• Grade 1
• Wolf! – Activity #2: “Great Glasses!”

Activity #2: “Great Glasses!”

This activity continues to help the students understand the benefits of persevering.

Materials:

• Chart paper
• Felt pens
• Great Glasses template (provided)
• Red felt pens
• Crayons
• Black construction paper 11 x 14 inches (one sheet per student)
• Glue

Teacher Preparation:

• Print and enlarge enough Great Glasses onto 11 x 17 inch paper for each student

Step by Step:

Step One: Brainstorm examples of Wolf demonstrating perseverance. Brainstorm examples of how students can persevere. Record on chart paper.

• Examples: I practice my spelling. I learned to read.

Step Two: Provide each student with their Great Glasses.

Step Three: Students draw a picture of how Wolf persevered on the left side of the Great Glasses. Below the illustration, have the students write how Wolf persevered.

Step Four: Students draw a picture of how they personally persevere on the right side of the Great Glasses. Below the illustration, have the students write how they persevere.

Step Five: Students colour the rim of their Great Glasses with a red felt pen, similar to Wolf’s glasses in the story.

Step Six: Students cut out their perseverance glasses.

Step Seven: Students glue their glasses onto black paper and cut it out again, leaving a black border.

End Product:

A class-set of Great Glasses that illustrate how Wolf perseveres, and how they, themselves, personally persevere.

1 - Wolf #2

1 - Wolf #2-1

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