This week we’re going on a reading adventure with the book Owls in the Family! Your first assignment is to finish reading this book!
Next, watch this video to learn even more about owls
Next we’re going to be trying a new type of art at home! You will need a special art supply, oil pastels, to do this project. Oil pastels are like a super fancy crayon and I think you’ll have fun experimenting with them! You will be following an online tutorial for creating a close-up artwork of an owl! The tutorial doesn’t have talking so you may want to watch it with your mom and pause the video as needed to follow along. Bonus if you get your mom to do an owl artwork WITH you!
Here is the link for the art tutorial
Also, there is a famous silly poem written about an Owl! It is called The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear.
In Great Britain this poem was voted the #1 favorite children’s poem — that means a lot of kids knew this poem and had heard it a lot growing up! I had never heard of it before. In Great Britain they voted their second and third favorite poems to be Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Humpty Dumpty and I have heard of both of those — how about you?
Since this poem is so famous in Great Britain, here is a video of a famous British lady reciting the poem from memory. Click here to watch the video
You can watch this video as well — this is a fun version of the poem with pictures.
During Class we will be going on an adventure in nature like the boys in the book. We will also be discovering what treasures we can find inside of owl pellets! To prepare you for that activity I want you to watch this video about owl pellets:
Finally I want you to write in your journal about what your ideal pet is. Would you like an owl? Have you always wished for a certain type of animal for a pet? What would make that animal a great pet? What would you do with that pet? Be prepared to read/share your journal entry in class!
Checklist:
- Finish Book
- Watch video about owls
- Watch two poem videos
- Create owl pastel artwork
- Watch owl pellet video
- Write in your journal about your ideal pet
- Come to class ready to share your journal entry, to go on an adventure in nature (dress appropriately for adventuring!), with your artwork and ready to dissect owl pellets!
