The Night Tree
By Eve Bunting
Grade: Primary
Skills: Fine
Motor Skills
Listening
Skills
Following
Directions
Tools: Oval Tool
Rectangle
Tool
Wacky Brush
Objective: Students create their own night tree using Wacky Brush tools.
Procedure
1. Read
The Night Tree by Eve Bunting to class. Discuss story meaning.
2. In
Kid Pix Project instruct students on first drawing background color.
3. Using
the zig-zag tool or pine needle tool(Wacky Brush), instruct students on how to draw a
tree.
4. Next
have students use the bubbly tool(Wacky Brush) to draw popcorn garlands.
5. Using
the oval tool have students draw apples, oranges and the moon.
6. Stars
and animals can be placed using the rubber stamp tool.
7. Show
students how to draw a text box with the rectangle tool.
8. Instruct
them to use the typewriter tool to type the author and title.
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Let the students draw a tree and decorate with items that they would like to
give to their parents.
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Have students draw a traditional Christmas tree and write several sentences
about one of their family holiday traditions.
·
Import students’ pictures into Microsoft Word and instruct them to
write about the story or a story about their own Christmas tree adventure.
Forsyth County School
December 1997