Lined paper for pasting at the bottom of the page to aid in writing
Yarn or staples to hold book together
Procedures:
After returning from a beach walk, students should share their
discoveries. Tell them that the class is going to create a book just
like "Brown Bear's", except they are using intertidal creatures
instead of forest creatures. Start them with the octopus and continue
with all the animals and plants that share the same environment with
the octopus. The class may benefit from reading Brown Bear, Brown
Bear again.
Have each student chose a special creature or plant they saw or
remember best or liked the most and let them draw it on their page.
Each student will have a page in the book. The students can be as
creative as you want them to be! Provide posters, magazines and books
with pictures of intertidal animals and plants as examples to help
them. Be sure the students use bright colors and, if possible,
unusual textures.
When pictures are completed, organize them in no particular
order. Let the students write the names of their animal or plant on
lined paper. When the writing is finished, paste it onto the bottom
of their picture. The instructor will need to know the order of the
animals, so that she/he can tell which animal the octopus is looking at,
and which color the octopus is seeing.
Arrange the pages and fasten together with yarn or
staples.
