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Alaska Quilt

Cathy (2009) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:15:33 +0000

Summary: Students will create their own 12″ x 12″ Alaskan quilt.

Download Lesson Plan: Alaska Quilt (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: Quilt Stencils 1 (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: Quilt Stencils 2 (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: Quilt Stencils 3 (PDF)

Readers Theater

Cathy (2009) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:01:51 +0000

Summary: Readers Theater is the reading of a text in a play-like fashion. I have written two scripts. The first script is geared towards pre-readers. The teacher reads the portion of the script that moves the story, and students respond with a refrain or simple lines that are repetitive and easy to learn. The second script is for written for first and second grade students. Although props and costumes can be involved in an elaborate Readers Theater, most involve the children simply reading the text with good fluency. By performing a Readers Theater, students are given an excellent reason to read, reread, and reread a text; they are practicing for a performance.

Download Lesson Plan: Readers Theater (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Script (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: First and Second Grade Script (PDF)

Willow Ptarmigan — Master of Disguise

Cathy (2009) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:45:09 +0000

Summary: After conducting the toothpick experiment and reading Gone Again Ptarmigan students will see in this art activity how important camouflage is to Alaska’s state bird, the willow ptarmigan and other Arctic animals. (Other Arctic animals that change their coats or feathers with the season are the Arctic fox, the short-tailed weasel (known as ermine in their winter coats), the snowy owl, and the snowshoe hare. Polar bears keep their camouflage all year long!)

Download Lesson Plan: Willow Ptarmigan – Master of Disguise (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: Ptarmigan Stencil (PDF)

Mush! Art Lesson

Cathy (2009) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:17:05 +0000

Summary: Students will observe Jon Van Zyle’s Iditarod art as well as some of his other work showing the beauty of Alaska. They will learn a song about Jon and then draw their own Mush! Art following a step-by-step format.

Download Lesson Plan: Must Art Lesson (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: Jon Van Zyle Song Sheet (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: How to Draw a Husky (PDF)
Download Lesson Supplement: How to Draw a Musher and Sled (PDF)