Textured Chameleons

Kindergarten students learned that we use the word texture when we’re describing how something feels. Students created texture rubbings with texture plates. Then they explored making texture with paint by using texture scrapers in tempera paint. Students saw a video clip of a chameleon changing color, and read A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni. Then they traced chameleons, cut them out of their texture rubbings, and glued them to painted texture background. Finally, they wrote about where their chameleon could be hiding.