This is a lovely art lesson to do during the Autumn season with the lovely colors a changin. I talked a little about Autumn, but didn't spend a lot of time on this since by 4th grade the students are pretty educated on seasons already. First, I had them draw the structure of the tree with a sharpie marker. I did the drawing with them, encouraging them to draw a large tree, and having them draw the trunk thicker then gradually get thinner until very thin at the ends of the tree. I also had…
