Title/ Description: Paper bag Owls Level: grades 4-7 Duration: One, 45 min. class periods Goals and Objectives: To learn about what makes owls unique from other birds based on their habitats, appearance, and survival skills. To investigate the purpose owls serve in our environment. Vocabulary: Carnivores: An animal that has a diet …
Duration: 1 hour Level: K-8th ESL Vocabulary: “Anansi the Spider,” “Trickster,” “Legend,” “Traditional story,” “Ashanti/Asante,” “Ghana” Objectives: To highlight the value and importance of stories, as well as the students’ own ability to shape their own stories Materials: “Anansi the Spider“, white lined paper, construction paper, googly eyes, white pipe …
Treasure chests Duration: 30 minutes Level: K-3rd Objectives:To consider what is most valuable to ourselves Vocabulary: “Treasure,” “valuable,” “precious” Materials: Treasure chest template, scissors, pencils, coloring materials Procedures: Fold the template like an envelope so that the lock top and bottom line up Cut along the curved lines Teachers ask …
Crowns Click here to download the PDF Duration: 45 minutes Level: K-8th ESL Objectives: To boost students’ self esteem by materially celebrating their unique skills and self-expression Vocabulary: “I am the King/Queen of ______.” Materials: White paper, scissors, staples, pencils, coloring materials Procedures: Cut an 8”x11” piece of paper into …
Title/Description: Halloween Silhouette Level: Elementary school Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: Halloween symbols – pumpkins, ghosts, blackbirds, monsters Goals and Objectives: Students will be able to demonstrate how to draw, cut, and glue Vocabulary: Overlapping, silhouette, contrast Materials: Scissors, chalk/pastel, glue, construction paper (black, orange, white, purple), markers …
Duration: 30 minutes Level: K-8th ESL students Objectives: To illustrate maintaining and making connections across the world through writing. Materials: 3”x5” index cards, pencils, coloring materials Procedures: Teachers hand out materials and explain postcards as a way to let people who live somewhere else know where you are, what it’s …
Duration: 30-45 minutes Level: K-3rd Materials: Brown, white, orange, and white construction paper, paper white and black circles, glue, scissors, and orange and black markers/crayons/colored pencils. Procedures: Cut an 8”x11” piece of construction paper in half, length-wise. Fold into thirds Cut the part of the paper that when folded, rests …
Title/Description: A Mural for Martin Luther King Jr. Level: Middle/High School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Martin Luther King Jr. and racial prejudice Vocabulary: Mural, boycott, character, prejudice, mosaic Materials: Butcher paper, pencils, markers/crayons/colored pencils, scissors, white computer paper Procedures: Day 1 Anticipatory Set: Ask preparatory questions about …
