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Snowy Owl

Snowy Owl

Students create a snowy owl puppet to fly through the night.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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  • Bag(s)
  • Photo(s)
  • Reference Materials
  • White Paper

Steps

  • Step 1

    Introduce the snowy owl to your students through pictures and/or books. A few suggestions would include: National Geographic Readers: Owls” by Laura Marsh; A Snowy Owl Story: Wildlife on the Move by Melissa Kim and Jada Fitch; or Snowy Owls by Melissa Hill and Gail Saunder-Smith. A class read aloud would provide opportunities for discussion about the animal, its life and habitat.

  • Step 2

    Share with students that they will be making their own owl puppets. Provide each students with a shite paper bag, size 5 lb. or 6 lb.

  • Step 3

    Using Crayola Blunt-Tip Scissors, demonstrate for the class how to trace and cut a large circle from a 9” x 12” (22.86 cm x 30.48 cm) piece of white construction paper. This will represent the owl’s head.

  • Step 4

    Students glue the circle to the bottom of the bag using a Crayola glue stick. Urge students to be careful not to glue the circle to the rest of the bag.

  • Step 5

    Using the remainder of the white construction paper, demonstrate how to cut two wings for the owl.

  • Step 6

    Students glue the wings to the inside fold on each side of the bag.

  • Step 7

    Distribute a piece of each yellow construction paper to each student. Instruct students to cut two small circles which will represent the owl’s eyes. Demonstrate how to glue them on the head, side by side.

  • Step 8

    Using scraps of black construction paper, show students how to cut a small diamond shape to represent the owl’s beak. Glue the beak beneath the eyes.

  • Step 9

    Distribute Crayola Washable Markers. Using the black marker, demonstrate how to draw and color the pupils of the eyes and the talons.

  • Step 10

    Suggest that students use a gray marker to draw the feathers. If students would prefer to use another color allow them to do so.

  • Step 11

    Now students are ready for a puppet show! Provide class time for students to play with their puppets and create verbal scripts of their interactions.

Standards

LA: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

LA: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

MATH: Reason with shapes and their attributes.

SCI: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

VA: Engage in collaborative imaginative play with materials.

VA: Explain procedures and develop skills in using tools and media of artmaking.

VA: Analyze aesthetic characteristics of their natural and constructed world.

Adaptations

Create a puppet show. Have adult assistance available to write student ideas of a script.

Use the puppets to relate interesting facts to the class about the snowy owl and/or its habitat.

Encourage students to make up a story about a snowy owl. Have adult assistance available to assist with writing their ideas down. Students illustrate their story.