Three Eye-Popping Lesson Ideas

by Rich Priestley

Pop-Up Unit Ideas by Grade Level

Animal Pop-up Books

Kindergarten and First Grade

Cityscapes or Ancient Pueblo Cliff Dwellings

Second and Third Grade

Pop-up Illustrator

Fourth and Fifth Grade

Animal Pop-up BooksAnimals

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How to…

Animal Pop-up Books Animal Ideas

Lion

Snake (or Lizard)

Turtle

Giraffe

Bird

Lion

Snake (or Lizard)

Turtle

Giraffe

Peacock

Cityscapes or Ancient Pueblo Cliff Dwellings

How to structure both…

Pueblo Cliff Dwellings

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Cityscapes

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Ancient Pueblo Cliff Dwellings

Cityscape

Art Occupations: Pop-up Illustrator

Pop-up Illustrator

Book Ideas

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Book Ideas Have individual students (or an entire class, if you want them

to do a collective book) pick a imaginative, yet simply illustrated, short picture book story to depict in pop-up form (the following are just a few examples of some of my favorite books that may fit this description):

“The Artist Who Painted the Blue Horse” by Eric Carle

“Brontorina” by James Howe

“I Want My Hat Back” by J. Klassen

“Leonardo, the Terrible Monster” by Mo Willems

“Math Curse” by Jon Scieszka

“Mechanimals” by Chris Tougas

“The Artist Who Painted the Blue Horse”

“Brontorina”

“I Want My Hat Back”

“Math Curse”

“Mechanimals”