Filamentality Web page. Students will use the information learned through the research to create their own Pysanky egg design in a follow up activity. Read Rechenka's Eggs or Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco. Discuss the story and Pysanky eggs. Display various Pysanky eggs.
Class participates in developing a list of research questions about the eggs.
Questions are put on a chart. Demonstrate how to find information about Pysanky eggs using the Web. Use Filamentality Web page . Find the information needed, and read it together. Answer the research questions previously generated, and add answers to the chart.