Stephanie Corder, Art Teacher
AZ Academy, Virgin Islands
UNIT: Bookmaking
Lesson: Proverbial Words of Wisdom Books
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Objectives:
Students
will complete the beginnings of famous proverbs, to create and
illustrate new comical ones into a “peek-a-boo” book.
Materials:
- White water color paper
- Colored pencils
- Construction paper for the cover
- Ribbon
Procedure:
- Read
the beginning of several proverbs to the students allowing
them to take turns suggesting answers and voting on the best
one.
- To
make the book, fold and cut the paper following the directions
at: http://www.makingbooks.com/whoami.html
- Instruct
students to write the beginning of each proverb on the outside
of each page and its answer on the inside.
- For
the finishing touch, have them make an illustration in the
center of the books.
- Complete
the books by following the directions at the website “making
books with children.”
These are the proverbs I used:
- “People
in glass houses shouldn’t…..” they said, “Slam the
Door!”
- “Don’t
count your chickens before….” They said, “You eat
them!”
- “A
woman’s place is……” They said, “In the pool!”
- “All
that glitters is…..” They said, “A rainbow!”
[ Art
Room of Stephanie Corder ]
