Monkey Masks

Activity Name:          Monkey Masks

Goal:  Cut, color and paste pieces relevant to development and learning in domain.

Condition: Giving the opportunity to have access to scissors, template, glue, paper plate and popsicle sticks, the students will create a monkey mask by cutting out the pieces from the template and gluing them in the appropriate places to resemble a monkey face, gluing a popsicle stick on the bottom for holding.  After gluing, the students will color their mask to resemble a specific type of monkey they have choosing from the pictures displayed on the promethium board that we have learned over the past couple of weeks.

Content: Use appropriate vocabulary such as monkey, ears, eyes, nose, face, heart, circle, oval and environment.

Materials:                  

Scissors

 Printed out template of monkey face parts

 Paper plates

 Glue stick

 Popsicle sticks

 Crayons

 Construction paper is needed (extension)

Procedures: 1. Pass out enough for every student to have one template of monkey face each, one paper plate with first part of monkey face already glued on with wholes already cut out for eyes and enough scissors for each table. 

2. Have students write their name on the back of the paper plate. 

3.  Have students cut out the different parts of the face. 
4.  Show students the ear, how the shape is oval, show the students where it will go on the plate and have students put some glue on the right part of the paper plate where the R is located, the students will have to tuck the ear a little bit under the part already glued on, there will be room to pull up at that part, student will match up the R on the ear with the R on the plate. 

5.  Show students the ear, how the shape is oval, show the students where it will go on the plate and have students put some glue on the left part of the paper plate where the L is located, the students will have to tuck the ear a little bit under the part already glued, on there will be room to pull up at that part, student will match up the L on the ear with the L on the plate. 

6.  Have students put some glue on the back of the heart shape, and student will have to line up the holes for the eyes, teacher will be walking around to help students with this, place the heart piece on the paper plate after student is sure they have it lined up with eyes.

7.  Now show the students the circle that’s for the mouth, show the students where the mouth will go on the paper plate, have student put glue on the back of the circle shape and then have them glue it on.
8. Have student decide which monkey they want theirs to look like. 

9. After they have chosen, have them color them to look like that type of monkey.  10.  Show students the popsicle stick and where to glue it, Have students glue on the popsicle stick. 

11. When students are done have them present there monkey mask to the class and tell us which monkey they colored theirs like. 

Evaluation: Rubric