Classroom Activities
and Instruction
**How to make the Indian dwelling:
Materials:
Construction Paper
Felt
Dowel Rods
cardboard
Directions:
Glue botton of three dowel rods in a triangle shape onto
cardboard; then, bring the three dowel rods together and glue at top. Cover
with felt. Decorate the felt with construction paper cut outs or
paint. Fold back a flap and glue. Add figures and animals for
a more artistic touch.
**How to Make Paper Plate Indian
Materials:
Zoo pals plates
paint/crayons
Google eyes (larger size would be best)
Feathers
Construction paper
Directions:
Paint or color the Indian plate brown. Outline
in black the edges. Make fingers with black markers on additional
cups of the Zoo pal plate. Make mouth and nose. Use pink crayon
or paint for cheeks. Glue google eyes. Fashion a headband out
of construction paper. Glue feather.
**How to Make Indian Sweet Corn
Materials:
Trail Mix
Kayro syrup
Saran Wrap
Green tissue paper
Plastic bread ties
Directions:
In a large bowl, mix the trail mix and Kayro syrup together.
Then, place mixture on saran wrap and wrap into a corn cob shape.
Place green tissue paper around the corn to give the appearance of husks.
Tie with a plastic bread tie.
**How to Make a Black Cat
Materials:
6" paper plate
8" paper plate
Black crayon, marker, or
paint
yellow construction paper
for eyes
purple construction for
nose
craft sticks for whiskers
beads for whiskers
extra paper plate for tail
and ears
Instructions:
Color or paint (whichever
method you prefer) all paper plates. The 6" plate is the head, and
the 8" plate is the body. Glue these two plates together and what
would be the neck. Cut a tail out of the other paper plate and two
triangles for the ears. Color tail and ears black. Glue tail
and ears in desired place. Cut ovals from yellow construction to
make eyes for cat and glue where desired. Cut a triangle from the
purple construction for the nose and glue where desired. Glue craft
sticks on face for whiskers. Glue beads on top of whiskers to give
it some extra pizzazz!
My students made a black
cat after reading the story Black Cat by Christopher Meyers, winner
of the Coretta Scott King Medal.
What cute classroom decorations
they made!!
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