1st Grade, 1st Grade What Do You See?

For this project we focused on the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Billy Martin Jr.  We each got an animal template and we used different colored and patterned paper to cover the template with.  We then cut it out and glued the animal to a piece of colored construction paper.  At the bottom, we wrote about what animal we saw and a few characteristics of that animal.

Another project we could do relating to this book could be to create animal masks from paper plates.  The students can color their paper plates, and add different colored and patterned paper to create the mouth and nose, and finally cut holes for the eyes.  They would then punch two holes, one on each side of the paper plate, and tie a string through the holes.  The students could then wear the mask and act out a few characteristics of the animal they created.