Mini-Lesson Power Point

Saving Our Fairytale

CharactersGrade 3

Estimated Time 90 minutesby Courtney Kordes

Objectives Identify types of

endangered wolves

Importance of protecting and respecting wolves in their natural habitat

Brainstorm ideas on how to prevent wolves from becoming extinct

ArtistGeoffrey William Backhouse

Born in North Wales in November 1903

Expertise was in Drawing Animals in Nature

Read Students the book the Three Little Pigs by Golden Books

Ask: What would the story be like if the wolf was no

longer one of the characters?

Would the fairytale still exist without the wolf?

Guided Activity

What is the wolf portrayed as in this painting?

How is the wolf portrayed in the Three

Little Pigs?

Does this painting show the wolf in a

different way?

This is a better representation of the wolves today because both the Grey and Red Wolves

are endangered in the United States.

Materials Black, Red, Gray, and Pink Construction Paper

Scissors

Glue Stick

Marker

Toilet Paper Roll

Ruler

Pencil

Independent Activity Toilet Paper Roll Wolf Procedure:

Choose what color wolf you want to make, grey or red.

Cut out pieces that model the ones taped up on the board in the right color construction paper

Make the ears and face

Glue the snout and glue construction paper around the toilet paper roll

Glue the mouth to the snout and then to the toilet paper roll

Glue on the ears

Make the eyes and write the best way to save the wolves!

Evaluation Informal: Were the students able to

brainstorm ideas on how to prevent the Red and Grey Wolf from becoming extinct?

Formal:Meets Criteria with Excellence

Satisfactorily Meets Criteria

Improvement is Needed to Meet Criteria

Comments

Wolf Type Used the right colored construction paper throughout their project to show that their wolf was either a Red or Grey Wolf.

Used the right colored construction paper throughout most of their wolf. May have used one other color once but can tell which wolf they intended to build.

Did not attempt to make a Red or Grey Wolf. Used different colored construction paper throughout.

Ideas Expressed Wrote on the side of their wolf something that would protect the species from becoming extinct.

Wrote something on the side of their wolf about wolves but not about how to save them.

Either did not write anything or wrote something that had nothing to do with wolves on their wolf.

Quality Project is done neatly and all the parts of the project are placed in the correct places.

Project is done neatly and only one mistake while assembling their wolf.

Project is sloppy and numerous parts of the wolf are not placed in the correct place.