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Which giraffe is the tallest?

This easy to make paper giraffe can be used to practice the superlative or the comparative. After you roll the paper up to make a cone, you have to cut the base to make it stand up, so each giraffe ends up being a different height. I had my class line up their giraffes and we measured them up to see which one was the tallest. They also made sentences using the comparative saying that their giraffe was taller, shorter, bigger or smaller than a friend's giraffe.
Tomorrow, I'm making this giraffe with my second grade group to illustrate a story about a giraffe and to practice the names of wild animals. You can use orange or yellow paper or they can even color white paper.





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