the magic book

The Magic Book

So many uses, so little time

Carmen B. Sanchez Texas, 2012

The Magic Book

• Contents disappear when opened from sides.• Requires only one and one half sheets of paper.• Uses are bound by the imagination only.• Depending on age of students, can be made as whole class (all at once) or in small groups (teacher with 3 or 4 students at a time)

Using the whole sheet

Fold paper in half horizontally.

Fold back toward folded edge

Do the same to the other side.

Fold in equal parts The purpose of the book will determine the number of folds and size of paper used.

Open the paper so it is folded in half

Very important step.

If students are left handed, instruct them to hold the scissors in their left hand and the open part of the paper in their right hand.Right handed students will do the opposite.

From the folded edge they will cut on the marks left from the previous fold and only to the center line.

If done the wright way…

The paper should show two slashes down the middle.

USING THE HALF SHEET OF PAPER

Notice we used two different colors…

Fold paper in half vertically.

Cut paper on fold line.

It’s weaving time!

Take the two strips of paper and weave them through the opening of your whole sheet.

Fold your booklet so it looks like a W

Close it.

Work your thumbs to the middle and carefully open your booklet.

Decorate around the perimeter of each square.

The content will fill the inside.

These two magic books were created to go inside the front cover of the science notebook for 5th grade students.

Close the booklet and write an appropriate title.

On the inside

Depending on the purpose of your magic book, the students will write the appropriate content inside the squares.

Another view

The skills needed to think as a scientist would.

To make it magic…

• Hold the booklet so you can see the writing.• Take the outside flaps between your thumb and index finger• Gently pull in opposite directions.•Voilá! The writing disappeared!

Want to see the writing again?Fold the book and open with thumbs from the center.