Meet the Artist Student Pack | First Week of Art Activities K–5

Get to know your students as artists with this Meet the Artist Student Pack designed for grades K–5. This 36-page back-to-school resource combines writing, drawing, reflection, creativity, and student-interest activities to help students introduce themselves while giving teachers useful insight into their preferences, confidence, goals, and creative interests. Students can share their favorite art supplies, favorite colors, art goals, creative interests, favorite artwork, art-class preferences, and more. Use the pages during the first week of art, as morning work, an early-finisher activity, bulletin board display, student portfolio starter, sub plan, or beginning-of-the-year classroom community activity. Why Teachers Will Love It - Includes 36 printable pages - Designed for grades K–5 - Helps teachers get to know students as artists - Combines writing and drawing - Includes student-interest surveys - Includes art goals and reflection - Encourages creative self-expression - Works well during the first week of art - Makes a great portfolio starter - Can be used for bulletin board displays - Includes color and black-and-white options - Works well for early finishers - Useful for sub plans - Helps build classroom community - Requires little to no preparation Perfect For - First week of art - Back-to-school art - Elementary art - Grades K–5 - Meet-the-artist activities - Student introductions - Art interest surveys - Student portfolios - Classroom community - Bulletin boards - Morning work - Early finishers - Sub plans - Student reflection Skills & Concepts Students practice: - Self-expression - Reflection - Drawing - Writing - Goal setting - Creative thinking - Personal preferences - Visual communication - Artistic identity - Classroom community - Art vocabulary - Independent work - Portfolio reflection Materials Needed - Printed activity pages - Pencil - Eraser - Crayons - Colored pencils - Markers Optional: - Student sketchbooks - Portfolio folders - Bulletin board materials Estimated Time Flexible. Individual pages can be completed in approximately 10–20 minutes, while the full pack can be used across several class periods during the first week of art. Teacher Tip You do not need to use every page with every student. Choose the pages that give you the most useful information about your students, then save the completed pages as the first pieces in their art portfolios.