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Holiday Bookmarks
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Subject: | Arts & Humanities
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Grade: | K-2, 3-5, 6-8
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Brief Description
Students create bookmarks with a holiday theme.
Objectives
Students demonstrate creative thinking skills in decorating bookmarks.
Keywords
holiday, crafts, bookmark, December, Christmas
Materials Needed
- different colored poster board or tagboard
- rulers
- scissors
- glue or paste
- markers
- student-selected art materials
- different colored felt or pieces of various types of material (optional)
Lesson Plan
- Ask students to define the word bookmark. Discuss how people use bookmarks. Tell students that they are going to make holiday bookmarks.
- Distribute poster board or tagboard, rulers, scissors. Tell students to cut the board into 8-inch by 2-inch strips. (You might want to cut out the bookmarks for young students.)
- Let students choose materials to decorate their bookmarks. Encourage creativity!
Variation 1: Have students make the bookmarks from felt or from pieces of various types of material.
Variation 2: Have students make bookmarks related to themes of specific December holidays; for example, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas.
Assessment
Observe students' participation in the activity.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Math:
NM.K-4.10
NM.5-8.13
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.3
Visual Arts:
NA-VA.K-4.1
NA-VA.5-8.1
Updated 11/08/2001
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