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Textiles: cotton and a soft toy

Lessons 25–26 · 2 lessons · R.R. Ismailova. Technology Grade 3. Novda Edutainment, Tashkent, 2023
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A lamb from cotton wool

Textbook pp. 52–53
GoalLearn the path of cotton and make a lamb from cotton wool.
New words
cotton · paxtacotton plant · g‘o‘zacotton boll · ko‘sakfibre · tola
Explanation

Cotton is the snow-white fibre that grows around the seeds of a bushy plant, the cotton plant. In summer it flowers: the flower is yellowish at first and then turns pink. When the flower drops, a green boll appears in its place and grows. By autumn the boll splits open and shows the fluffy fibre inside. Picked cotton is cleaned at a factory and turned into thread, cloth, medical cotton wool and filling for quilts and pillows.

Worked examples
Gluing cotton pieces on a card lamb makes a fluffy fleece.
Class activity

You need: card, cotton wool, black paper, glue, scissors, pencil. Steps: 1) Draw and cut out a lamb body from card. 2) Spread glue on it and stick on small pieces of cotton wool. 3) Cut a head and four legs from black paper and attach them. 4) Add eyes, ears and some grass. Safety: do not breathe in or put cotton fibres in your mouth; keep glue away from your eyes.

Practice
1
Which plant gives cotton?
2
What is a boll?
3
What is made from cotton?