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~Snow Theme~
 We read The Snowy Day by Ezra jack Keats.
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I'm a little snow person,
Short and fat.
Here are my buttons,
Here is my hat.
When the sun comes out,
I cannot stay.
Slowly I just melt away!
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One
little, two little, three little snowflakes,
four little, five little, six little
snowflakes,
seven little, eight little, nine little
snowflakes,
ten little snowflakes falling down!
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We read
Stranger in the Woods. Students get to make
their own snowman out of construction paper.
Students rip construction paper to make their
snowman. This is great for strengthening fine motor
skills.
Pass the Ice Cube.
(Tune: Row Row Row Your Boat)
Pass, Pass, Pass the Ice Cube
Pass it very fast.
Pass, Pass, Pass, Pass
How long will it last?
Sit in a circle and pass two ice cubes around as
you sing the song. The children will learn
their body heat melts the ice cube! The students
have a great time!
We
measure snowmen!
We make snowmen using different shapes. We use
popsicle sticks for the snowman's arms.
We make snowflakes! These snowflakes decorate our
classroom through the winter months. SO CUTE!
Students make 3D shapes and diagrams
using snowballs (marshmallows) and
toothpicks! The students get very creative!
Students play
Mitten Memory at the Puzzle Center!
 
Students
stamp snowballs at the ABC center!
Students lace a mitten and
color The Mitten
characters. I send these mittens home with the students
to encourage the students to retell the story to their
families!
We
estimate snowballs!
(small marshmallows)
 
We add snowballs
to mittens to practice addition! When we
finish using our manipulatives,
students get to eat their snowballs!
Five Little
Snowmen
(To the
tune of: Six Little Ducks )
5 little snowmen went out to play
Over the hills and far away.
Out came the sun and melted one and
4 little snowmen came back that day.
(Repeat until you get to 0)
0 little snowmen went out to play
Over the hills and far away.
But soon the winter cold came back and
5 little snowmen came back that day.
 
Have a class snowball fight! I write letters on
paper...we crumple them up and throw them
around. When the music stops...the students
find a snowball, open it up, and read the
letter! For my students that are already
reading...I write sight words on their
yellow snowballs! When the music turns off
they know to find a yellow snowball.
We
sequence the stages of a snowman!
We review numbers 0-20 Snowball Bingo! We use small
marshmallows as the snowballs. Instead of saying BINGO
when you have four in a row...we say "SNOWBALLS!"
We make holes in
ice with salt! This is a great science
experiment!
 
I bought these snowflake
pointers at Michaels
for under a dollar each! Students use these
pointers to read the room!
We play ice hockey! Students slide an ice cube back and
forth and push the cube on the table with mini hockey
sticks (popsicle sticks)! Students get a tally for each
goal they make! I do facilitate this during free choice
time! This game is a hit in our classroom!
We make
snowmen! We used 3 no bake
cookies...roll them in powder sugar...stick in
2 pretzel sticks for arms, a gumdrop for the
hat, red string licorice for the scarf and red
hots for the eyes and buttons.
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We
make snowballs to eat! I woke up at 5:00 am with
this idea and this was a true hit! I bought vanilla
ice-cream and white sprinkles. Powdered sugar would
work well too. Students each got a scoop of
ice-cream. Students got to use their hands to mold
their snowball into a ball and then we added
sprinkles to make the snowball look like it had
crystals. I integrated shapes into this cooking lab.
Is a snowball in the shape of a triangle? (star,
heart, octagon, square, etc). I drew the shapes in
the air to give a visual to my ELL students. Was
this lab messy?? Actually, no. Students wiped their
hands on Kleenex and no one complained of sticky
hands while eating their snowball. I will definitely
do this again! What a hit! After students ate their
snowballs, we graphed...Did You Like Your Snowball?"
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