Paper chains are a fun and easy decoration for students to make. This activity is perfect for adding some fun fall and festive decor to your classroom or for students to create and bring home to decorate their own houses!
Students can create Thanksgiving-themed paper chains using any of the fun imagery on Storyboard That. Textables, scenes, and characters can also be used to make stories within the chains. Use the filters for cool effects, like removing color or greyscale, and have students color in the images! There's so many options to customize this project that it's sure to be a fun activity for your students.
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visualizations | Images show creativity and care. | Scenes, characters, and items are appropriate for this purpose. | Images are confusing or do not make sense for this purpose. |
| Evidence of Effort | Work is complete, thorough, and neat. | Work shows some evidence of effort. | Work shows little evidence of any effort. |
| Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas may be disorganized or misplaced. Lack of control over grammar, mechanics, and spelling reflect a lack of proofreading. |
