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  Picture Puzzle Piece
Submitted by Carol Coffman, elementary teacher at Merrimack Elementary of Hampton, VA.

Mona Level: (pre-K)-5

Materials:

  • large tag board cut into puzzle pieces and numbered on the back (To aid with reassembling the puzzle)
  • crayons (include glitter and neon, make sure there are plenty of LARGE crayons for those that have difficulty manipulating the smaller crayons.
  • a picture puzzle piece
  • "Picture Puzzle Piece" by Shel Silverstein

Objectives:

  1. To demonstrate the ability to produce art based on personal experiences and the imagination.
  2. To develop hand-eye coordination through drawing.

Vocabulary:

Landscape

Lesson Design:

  1. Read Shel Silverstein's "Picture Puzzle Piece". Talk about their experiences with puzzles. "Have you ever held a piece of a puzzle and day-dreamed about what it was a part of?" Pass out Picture puzzle pieces or hold one up. "What could this be a part of? Maybe it's a section of a large mountain with goats eating spring grass. What do you think it may apart of? What place do you want it to be a part of?
  2. Brainstorm characteristics of different landscapes.
  3. Explain that we are going to make our own puzzle.
  4. Pass out a tag board puzzle piece to each student and other materials. Monitor, suggest, brainstorm! Encourage each student to depict a different scene - desert, meadow, etc......visuals of different landscapes help with ideas.

Closure:

Assemble puzzle. Discuss how it looks overall.


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