Frida Kahlo Hispanic Heritage Month READ ALOUD STEAM Activity

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with STEAM Activities!

Teach students about the famous hispanic painter, Frida Kahlo. Design and craft 3 paint brushes to create your own self-portrait!

The Engineering Design Process:

Test out 3 different paint brushes as you paint a self-portrait! Students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.

Connect to a Read Aloud: Frida and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown!

This STEAM Project is a companion activity to Frida and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown. It's an amazing book to help your students learn more about Frida Kahlo!

Nonfiction Writing Extension:

After completing the STEAM Activity, students write about what they learned about Frida Kahlo.

Aligns to Common Core and NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards)!

Material List:

• Paint
• Clothespins
• Pom-Poms
• Yarn or String
• Popsicle Sticks
• Straws
• Tape
• Scissors
• Crayons, Pencils, and/or Markers
• Frida and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown (Recommended)

Includes:

• Teacher Instructions (with example photos)
• Student STEAM Journal
• Frida Kahlo Reading Passage and Questions
• Student Instructions
• Spanish Vocabulary Words
• Writing Extension
• CCSS Standards
• NGSS Standards

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