Totem Poles 2

Tuesday
Read through the 2 page article on Totem Pole Colours. Which colours and their meaning relate to your animal? Using only the colours listed on the chart, colour in your totem pole animal using markers or pencil crayons. You may also use brown in some spaces to represent the uncoloured cedar of the totem pole.
After you’re done colouring, please cut out your totem pole animal.

Thursday
Our last step will be writing 3 sentences about your animal using the the Totem Pole Writing template.
I am a __ because a __ is __.
e.g. I am a beaver because a beaver is a builder and family and home are very important to them.
I ____. (What do you do that is similar to your animal?)
e.g. I love building things at home with my LEGO set and magnetic blocks. I also love to be with my family during special occasions like holidays and birthdays.
I used __ because ____.
I used green because it symbolizes the earth and tress that a beaver uses to build its dam. I also used blue because it symbolizes the water of the lakes and rivers that the beaver builds its dam in. I left parts of the beaver brown to represent the colour of its fur.
Complete your good copy using the sentence frame HERE.

When working carefully through this activity for 20-30 minutes a day on Tuesday and Thursday, it should take you 2 or 3 days to complete it thoughtfully. If you are finished early, please feel free to create an animal to represent a family member. Take a picture of both your animal and the writing and email it to me!