Week 6: Formative Practice

How to Draw a Dragonfly

Here is one way to draw a dragonfly. You need a dime, paper, a pencil, crayons, or thin markers.

Step 1 – The Head

Trace a dime on your piece of paper using a pencil. You can use a pencil or thin colored markers to draw a face on the head. For a happy dragonfly, use curving lines to make a big smile. For a mean butterfly, make the eyebrows with sharp lines. Draw two antennae.

Step 2 – The Body

To make a body for the dragonfly, place your little finger sideways on the paper just below the head. Trace it with a pencil.

Step 3 – The Wings

Now it is time to place wings on either side of the body. An easy way to make a wing is to bend your index and middle finger, and then place those fingers' knuckles alongside the butterfly's body. Extend your fingers across the paper and trace both fingers. Repeat on the other side with your other hand.

Step 4 – The Details

Draw in the detail lines. You might like lines across the body or a pattern, like circles, on the wings.

Step 5 – The Colors

Color your dragonfly. Pick all the colors you like. They come in colors like brown, blue, red, and yellow. There is no wrong way to color in your dragonfly, so have fun!

Many children do not know they can draw a beautiful dragonfly easily.

Whose point of view is this?

• the children's

• the butterfly's

• the reader's

• the author's

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How to Draw a Dragonfly

Here is one way to draw a dragonfly. You need a dime, paper, a pencil, crayons, or thin markers.

Step 1 – The Head

Trace a dime on your piece of paper using a pencil. You can use a pencil or thin colored markers to draw a face on the head. For a happy dragonfly, use curving lines to make a big smile. For a mean butterfly, make the eyebrows with sharp lines. Draw two antennae.

Step 2 – The Body

To make a body for the dragonfly, place your little finger sideways on the paper just below the head. Trace it with a pencil.

Step 3 – The Wings

Now it is time to place wings on either side of the body. An easy way to make a wing is to bend your index and middle finger, and then place those fingers' knuckles alongside the butterfly's body. Extend your fingers across the paper and trace both fingers. Repeat on the other side with your other hand.

Step 4 – The Details

Draw in the detail lines. You might like lines across the body or a pattern, like circles, on the wings.

Step 5 – The Colors

Color your dragonfly. Pick all the colors you like. They come in colors like brown, blue, red, and yellow. There is no wrong way to color in your dragonfly, so have fun!

In which order are the events sequenced correctly?

• 1. 1) Trace a dime, and then draw a face.

  1. 2) Trace two fingers on either side of the body.

  3) Fill in the wings with lines, patterns, or circles.

  4) Trace one finger just under the head.

• 1. 1) Trace a dime, and then draw a face.

  1. 2) Trace two fingers on either side of the body.

  3)Trace one finger just under the head.

  4) Fill in the wings with lines, patterns, or circles.

• 1. 1) Trace a dime, and then draw a face.

  1. 2) Trace one finger just under the head. Trace two fingers on either side of the body.

  3) Trace two fingers on either side of the body.

  4) Fill in the wings with lines, patterns, or circles.

• 1. 1) Trace one finger just under the head. Trace two fingers on either side of the body.

  1. 2) Trace a dime, and then draw a face.

  3) Trace two fingers on either side of the body.

  4) Fill in the wings with lines, patterns, or circles.

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How to Draw a Dragonfly

Here is one way to draw a dragonfly. You need a dime, paper, a pencil, crayons, or thin markers.

Step 1 – The Head

Trace a dime on your piece of paper using a pencil. You can use a pencil or thin colored markers to draw a face on the head. For a happy dragonfly, use curving lines to make a big smile. For a mean butterfly, make the eyebrows with sharp lines. Draw two antennae.

Step 2 – The Body

To make a body for the dragonfly, place your little finger sideways on the paper just below the head. Trace it with a pencil.

Step 3 – The Wings

Now it is time to place wings on either side of the body. An easy way to make a wing is to bend your index and middle finger, and then place those fingers' knuckles alongside the butterfly's body. Extend your fingers across the paper and trace both fingers. Repeat on the other side with your other hand.

Step 4 – The Details

Draw in the detail lines. You might like lines across the body or a pattern, like circles, on the wings.

Step 5 – The Colors

Color your dragonfly. Pick all the colors you like. They come in colors like brown, blue, red, and yellow. There is no wrong way to color in your dragonfly, so have fun!

What is the main idea of step 3?

• how to create the wings of a dragonfly by tracing dimes on each side

• how to draw the wings of a dragonfly by tracing your fingers

• how to make shapes with your fingers that look like wings

• how to add details on the wings with thin colored markers

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How to Draw a Dragonfly

Here is one way to draw a dragonfly. You need a dime, paper, a pencil, crayons, or thin markers.

Step 1 – The Head

Trace a dime on your piece of paper using a pencil. You can use a pencil or thin colored markers to draw a face on the head. For a happy dragonfly, use curving lines to make a big smile. For a mean butterfly, make the eyebrows with sharp lines. Draw two antennae.

Step 2 – The Body

To make a body for the dragonfly, place your little finger sideways on the paper just below the head. Trace it with a pencil.

Step 3 – The Wings

Now it is time to place wings on either side of the body. An easy way to make a wing is to bend your index and middle finger, and then place those fingers' knuckles alongside the butterfly's body. Extend your fingers across the paper and trace both fingers. Repeat on the other side with your other hand.

Step 4 – The Details

Draw in the detail lines. You might like lines across the body or a pattern, like circles, on the wings.

Step 5 – The Colors

Color your dragonfly. Pick all the colors you like. They come in colors like brown, blue, red, and yellow. There is no wrong way to color in your dragonfly, so have fun!

Which choice BEST describes the connection between the paragraphs under "Step 1 - The Head" and "Step 2 - The Body"?

• Step 1 says to draw the body first, and then Step 2 says to draw the head on top of the body.

• Step 1 says to draw the body, and then Step 2 says to draw the wings going out from either side of the body.

• Step 1 says to draw the head first, and then Step 2 tells how to draw the body out from the head.

• Step 1 says to draw the head first, and then Step 2 says to wait to draw the body until the wings are done.

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How to Draw a Dragonfly

Here is one way to draw a dragonfly. You need a dime, paper, a pencil, crayons, or thin markers.

Step 1 – The Head

Trace a dime on your piece of paper using a pencil. You can use a pencil or thin colored markers to draw a face on the head. For a happy dragonfly, use curving lines to make a big smile. For a mean butterfly, make the eyebrows with sharp lines. Draw two antennae.

Step 2 – The Body

To make a body for the dragonfly, place your little finger sideways on the paper just below the head. Trace it with a pencil.

Step 3 – The Wings

Now it is time to place wings on either side of the body. An easy way to make a wing is to bend your index and middle finger, and then place those fingers' knuckles alongside the butterfly's body. Extend your fingers across the paper and trace both fingers. Repeat on the other side with your other hand.

Step 4 – The Details

Draw in the detail lines. You might like lines across the body or a pattern, like circles, on the wings.

Step 5 – The Colors

Color your dragonfly. Pick all the colors you like. They come in colors like brown, blue, red, and yellow. There is no wrong way to color in your dragonfly, so have fun!

The author says making a dragonfly is easy. Why does the author think that?

• The author thinks that because all you have to do is trace the body parts to make a dragonfly.

• The author thinks that because they are an artist.

• The author thinks that because everyone is good at drawing.

• The author thinks that because everything you draw in this picture is a triangle.

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Dragonflies

Before you start to do your drawing, here are some basic dragonfly facts. A dragonfly is one of the most interesting of all insects. Some say that if a dragonfly visits you, you are worrying too much instead of living in the moment. Dragonflies live near ponds, canals, riverbanks, and ditches . They mainly feed on other small insects. Most adult dragonflies live only a week or two, but some may live up to 8 weeks. Okay, now that you have some background, you can start to do some dragonfly drawings.

What conclusion can be drawn about the ideas in the first paragraph of "Dragonflies" and how it connects to other ideas in the passage?

• There is no connection.

• The passage gives information about dragonflies that would make them want to draw one!

• They connect like Connect Four.

• The passage gives information about dragonflies that nobody would find interesting.

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