This fun craft can also be tied into reading and writing, so you're safe if anyone (you know, ANYONE) pops in while you are crafting away. I may have ranted a
This activity is super easy and the kids love it!
For read aloud on Owl Fun Day, I pick Owls by Gail Gibbons. She's a great nonfiction author...I love her books!
Click the picture to get yourself a copy! |
As we read, they wrtte down facts they
learn about owls from the book. They use small stickies again. I
use the Sharing Board from Laura Candler's Graphic Organizers for
Reading to help them organize and keep track of their sticky notes.
After we read and write facts on our sticky notes, we use this awesome graphic organizer to collect the facts! Christina from Bunting, Books and Bainbridge made this awesome organizer.
The first part asks them to write what they already know, and the second part asks them to write what they learned. The very last part asks them to write a question they still have. It is perfect to go with our owl fact sticky notes from earlier!
If you are interested in the graphic organizers, check out this great product from Christina!
After we get all the research and reading strategies out of the way, the really fun part can begin. (Although who can argue that reading strategies with awesome graphic organizers aren't fun?)
We make walnut owls! :-)
They are so fun and easy! We just attach the graphic organizer to the bottom and then hang them up for a cute bulletin board.
We always have fun making this cute owl craft! It's great for Halloween, fall or just for a quick fun Friday activity.
If you are interested in another fun fall activity, check out my post about making crockpot applesauce and writing apple poems with my third graders! There's a fun freebie! Click the picture below to take you to the blog post...
If you make Walnut Owls, I'd love to see how they turn out! Have a great week!
~Nichole
After we read and write facts on our sticky notes, we use this awesome graphic organizer to collect the facts! Christina from Bunting, Books and Bainbridge made this awesome organizer.
The first part asks them to write what they already know, and the second part asks them to write what they learned. The very last part asks them to write a question they still have. It is perfect to go with our owl fact sticky notes from earlier!
These are amazing graphic organizers...go get yourself a copy! |
After we get all the research and reading strategies out of the way, the really fun part can begin. (Although who can argue that reading strategies with awesome graphic organizers aren't fun?)
We make walnut owls! :-)
They are so fun and easy! We just attach the graphic organizer to the bottom and then hang them up for a cute bulletin board.
We always have fun making this cute owl craft! It's great for Halloween, fall or just for a quick fun Friday activity.
If you are interested in another fun fall activity, check out my post about making crockpot applesauce and writing apple poems with my third graders! There's a fun freebie! Click the picture below to take you to the blog post...
If you make Walnut Owls, I'd love to see how they turn out! Have a great week!
~Nichole