“First graders at my school are doing a large unit on birds. Originally, I was planning to use it with my small group of ESL students to work on vocabulary relating to birds. However, I ended up providing coverage for the classroom teacher and the whole class had a blast choosing their bird, using books in the classroom to decide on realistic colors. Many students benefited from the cutting practice and practicing multi-step directions. We mounted on cardstock, laminated them and then put them on a popsicle stick to resemble puppets.”