Standardized Testing and Reporting - STAR

Ring-the-Bell Roller

2        From a round oatmeal box, four tiny bells, string, and
poster paints, Jimmy made a pull-toy. He cut a small hole
in the middle of the box-just big enough to slip bells
through-and he cut smaller holes in the top and in the
bottom.

3        After placing the bells in the box, he wrapped string
around a pencil and poked the pencil through the holes in
the box to get the string through. Then he tied the ends of
the string together in a knot and taped up the bigger hole.
He painted the box with bright poster paints. After the
paint dried, Jimmy tied a long string in the middle of the
first string for pulling the ring-the-bell roller.

Corky the Duck

4        Jimmy made Corky out of a piece of thin cardboard;
a thick, round cork; wax crayons; and two thumbnails.
He drew the outline of a duck on the cardboard and
cut it out. Then he colored it all over with crayons, being
careful not to miss any spot, because the wax crayons
make the cardboard waterproof. (If every bit of paper or
cardboard is colored, it will shed water as the feathers on
a duck's back do.)

5        Then he cut a slit in the very center of the cork. He
fitted the duck into the slit.

6        Then he pushed the thumbnails through the bottom of
the cork and into the duck to help keep it from falling
over in the water. One time Jimmy made ships instead of
ducks—a whole fleet of them.