When Do We Wear This?
Teacher: Anne Aune, Helen C. Peirce
School of International Studies
Suggested grade/s: pre-K bilingual
Estimated time: one class period
Mural/s addressed
John W. Norton, March and July,
from the original twelve-panel (now 11-panel) mural, The
Months of the Year, c. 1925, oil on canvas.
Objectives
Students learn vocabulary related to the seasons,
and learn to categorize based on logical reasoning.
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Key terms
- mural
- clothing
- seasons
- weather
- flag
- skyscraper
- mural
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Materials
- glue
- index cards
- calendar
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Procedures
- Teacher:
Glue photographs of clothes worn during winter, spring, summer,
and fall–cut from magazines and other sources–onto
index cards.
- Have
students identify the articles of clothing on the index cards.
- Ask
students to say or write the name for each piece of clothing
in Spanish and English.
- Have
students sort the cards by season.
- Ask
students to match cards of clothing with the appropriate month
in the Norton murals on the Web or the original panels at Peirce
school (or pages from a calendar).
Evaluation
Base students’ achievement on their ability
to use and understand English and Spanish terms for particular
kinds of clothing and other "Key terms," and participation
in class discussion.
Follow-up
Integrate weather symbols (e.g., sun, rain,
snow, and clouds) cut from the newspaper weather report into the
deck and have students match cards with the appropriate month
in the murals.
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