A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity
November 15th 2008 05:11
A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity
Print above image and use with chapter one of 'The Christmas Tree' .
Printing Instructions
A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity.
A Christmas Tree
Note to Teacher/ Parent/ Tutor:
This activity follows Chapter One of ‘The Christmas Tree’.
Decide how you would like the children to decorate the Christmas tree. The following are ideas for you to consider. Of course you may have ideas of your own:
o Cotton balls – can be pulled apart and rolled into smaller balls.
o Little coloured pom-poms.
o Christmas stickers.
o Small pasta – use strong adhesive to glue the pasta to the Christmas tree – when dry can be sprayed or painted.
o Tightly screwed up strips of crepe paper (can be messy when wet!)
o Glitter
o Lengths of thin tinsel
– attached to the top of the tree and spiralled around and down the tree.
– attached around the bottom edge of the tree.
Each child will need:
- a copy of the semi- circle (on stiff, green paper or green card).
- a piece of (brown) pasteboard 15cm x 15cm for the stem of the tree.
- the accompanying instruction sheet.
You will need to read the instruction sheet with early readers. More developed readers will be able to read and follow the instructions with minimal help.
There are some difficult parts in this activity and it is a good idea to model them to the children before they begin the activity:
- demonstrate to the children how to bend the semi-circle into a cone shape and how to tape it
firmly so it holds its shape.
- demonstrate to the children how to bend the pasteboard into a cylinder and how to tape it
firmly so it holds its shape.
- demonstrate to the children how to attach the top of the tree to the tree trunk, using adhesive
tape.
Working cooperatively in pairs is helpful for these activities.
Number 3 on the instruction sheet reads “Decorate your Christmas tree”.
I have deliberately left this open ended so you can provide the art/craft materials that are available to you.
Before the children begin the activity it is a good idea to show them the materials which will be available for them to use.
A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity
Print above image and use with chapter one of 'The Christmas Tree' .
Printing Instructions
A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity.
A Christmas Tree
You are going to make a Christmas tree to help decorate your classroom.
At the end of the year you will be able to take it home to put with the other Christmas decorations in your house.
Read and follow the instructions carefully.
Tick the box before you move on to the next number.
Work carefully so you end up with a beautiful Christmas tree.
Instructions:
1. Cut around the edge of the semi- circle. Hint: Cut on the outside edge of the black line so the semi-circle has a black line around its edge. This will make your Christmas tree look smart. You will need to cut out carefully if you are going to cut right on the line.
Tick the box when you have cut around the edge of your semi-circle.
Circle the correct answer. Did you cut carefully on the outside edge of the black line? Yes / No
2. Bend the semi-circle into a cone. Tape firmly. Work with a partner so you can help each other.
Tick the box when you have the cone firmly taped.
3. Decorate your Christmas tree.
Tick the box when you have decorated your Christmas tree.
4. Bend the piece of pasteboard into a cylinder. Tape firmly. This will make the stem of your Christmas tree. Work with a partner so you can help each other.
Tick the box when you have the cylinder firmly taped.
5. Attach the stem of your Christmas tree to the top. This is a difficult thing to do. Work with a partner so you can help each other.
Tick the box when you have attached the stem to the top of your Christmas tree.
Congratulations. You have finished making your Christmas Tree.
A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity
Print above image and use with chapter one of 'The Christmas Tree' .
Printing Instructions
A Christmas Tree - Reading / Craft Activity.
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