Graphic Practice Stories Sticks and Stones and Stars

INTRODUCE TO STUDENTS THAT THIS STORY WILL USE THREE SHAPES: HORIZONTAL LINES WILL BE THE STICKS (palitos) CIRCLES THAT DO NOT TOUCH WILL BE STONES (piedras) DOTS THAT DONT TOUCH WILL BE STARS (estrellas) CURVY LINE WILL BE SNAKE (serpiente)

If you slip outside at night, you might see this. (Si salidas por la noche, verias esto.) There are sticks on the ground. (Palitos en el suelo) [ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE BOARD, MAKE SHORT HORIZONTAL LINES.] On those sticks there are stones. (Piedras en los palitos) [ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL LINES, MAKE CIRCLES THAT DO NOT TOUCH.] Over the stones slithers a snake. (Sobre las piedras se desliza una serpiente.) [ABOVE THE CIRCLES, MAKE A CURVY LINE.] The snake can see stars up in the sky. (El serpiente ve estrellas en el cielo.) [ABOVE THE CIRCLES AND SNAKE, MAKE DOTS THAT DO NOT TOUCH.] What a splendid sight to see! (Que hermosa la vista que veas!)