Core Arts, Kindergarten Common Core Integration

Reading Standards for Informational Text

RI 7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in
which they appear (e.g. what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts)
RI 9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on
the same topic (e.g. in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures)

Visual Arts Standard

3.1 Describe functional and non-utilitarian art seen in daily life; that is, works of arts that are used
versus those that are only viewed.
3.2 Identify and describe works of art that show people doing things together.
Idea Starter


Adjective Monster

Read Go Away Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley.
Identify shapes and elements of art by using adjectives.
Analyze and compare the shapes in the story. Students
can create a monster using shapes drawn from
worksheet or teacher desired.
http://artsedge.kennedy-
center.org/educators/lesso
ns/grade-k-
2/Adjective_Monster.aspx

Cinderella Trilogy

Students will compare and contrast three culturally
distinct variations of the Cinderella folktale. You can
use any versions of a story to compare. Have students
analyze the illustrations for art elements and possibly
create their own story/illustration.
http://artsedge.kennedy-
center.org/educators/lessons/
grade-3-
4/Cinderella%20Trilogy.aspx