Lesson Title - Creating a Story Mobile in a First Grade Classroom

Contributor - Cheryl Frazier

Essential Reading Element - Comprehension

Objective(s) - Students will demonstrate Story Comprehension through art and sequence on a paper towel tube mobile.

Materials -

• Construction paper shapes (squares, rectangles, circles, triangles)
• white drawing paper
• yarn
• cardboard paper towel tube
• scissors
• glue
• crayons or markers

Procedure - 

Draw pictures or events from your story on the white paper. Color the pictures. Mount each one on a construction-paper shape. Punch a hole at the top of each shape. Tie a piece of yarn to each one. Make four slits in the cardboard tube as illustrated. Force the yarn through the slit and secure it with a knot. Hang your mobile by another piece of yarn, tied at the center.

   

Implementation -  This activity will be used during Literacy Centers.

Examples, Resources, and Links -

From Activities for Any Literature Unit - Grades 1-3, pg. 71

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