Winter Wonderland

BULLETIN BOARDS:           

 After reading Snowballs, by Lois Ehlert, students designed snow people and animals using doilies, construction paper, felt rectangles and squares, buttons, and markers. Cottonballs were taped on the board to represent falling snow and students' names and what their snow creature is hang above their work.

 

 

 A snowman, snowgirl, and snowleopard can be seen in this

 upclose look of the Snowballs bulletin board.

 

 

Students drew winter clothing and objects that would go in the pot to make "Snowman Soup". Students labeled the objects with color words.

 

 

 

BOOKS:

Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft

Snow is Falling by Franklin M. Branley

The Hat by Jan Brett

The Mitten by Jan Brett- Retell the story using a large bedsheet and animal masks found on www.JanBrett.com. You can retell the story using the lyrics to "The Mitten in the Snow" song, found at www.mrsjones.org/songs/themitten.html.

 

              Children circle the mitten (blanket) while class

            sings song and each child goes under the mitten

            when his/her animal is called.

 

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

The Snowman Storybook by Raymond Briggs

The Biggest Bestest Snowman by Margaret Cuyler

Snowballs by Louis Ehlert

Snowball Fight by Jimmy Fallon

The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

The Case of the Missing Red Mitten by Steven Kellog

The Snowchild retold by Freya Littledale

I am Snow by Jean Marzollo

Thomas’ Snowsuit by Robert Munsch

Fifty Below Zero by Robert Munsch

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel

The First Snowfall by Anne Rockwell

Poppleton in Winter by Cynthia Rylant

Winter Friends by Carl R. Sams

Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling

Rabbit’s Wish for Snow by Tchin

The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt

Hello, Snow! by Hope Vestergaard

Winter Days in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

 

 

     

 

POEMS AND MUSIC:

 

“Five Little Snowmen”

Five little snowmen,

Round and fat.

Each one wore a funny hat.

Out came the sun,

And melted one,

And that was that.

* Count down to one.

* 5 students hold a snowman card and 1 student holds a sun card. As class recites poem, sun taps a snowman on head, causing snowman to melt. Student then turns snowman card over to reveal melted snowman picture.

 

“The Funny Little Snowman”

A funny little snowman

Had a carrot nose.

Along came a rabbit

And what do you suppose?

That hungry little rabbit,

Looking for its lunch,

Ate the snowman’s carrot nose

Nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!

 

"Winter"

The buds are gone,

The world is white,

The winds are wild,

They chill and bite;

The ground is thick

With slush and sleet,

And I can barely feel my feet.

 

"Snowman"

by Helen H. Moore

Snowflakes falling

Thick and fast.

Build a snowman

Make him last...

Snowflakes falling,

Swirling snow,

My snowman melted-

Where'd he go?

 

"My Perfect Snowball"

I made myself a snowball,

As perfect as could be,

I thought I'd keep it as a pet,

And let it sleep with me.

I made it some pajamas,

And a pillow for its head,

Then last night it ran away,

But, first-it wet the bed!

 

"I'm a Little Snowman"

(tune "I'm a Little Teapot)

I'm a little snowman, short and fat.

Here is my broomstick, here is my hat.

When the sun comes out, I melt away.

Whoops! I am sorry I can't stay!

 

 

 

 

WRITING:

1. Journals- "My favorite thing to do in

                winter is_____________."

2. What Can You See on a Winter's Day?

    Class Book- Each child completes the

    sentence (Child's name) can see________

    on a winter's day.

 

 

   

   

MATH:

1.Estimation-

   How many snowballs (cottonballs or

   marshmallows) are in a jar?

   How many bear counters can fit in a mitten?

2.Graphing-

   What is your favorite color mittens?

   What is your favorite winter activity?

3.Patterning-

  Create a pattern on a mitten using buttons.

  Create a color pattern using real or paper  

  mittens.

4.Number Word/Numeral Match- Students

  match number word on one mitten to numeral

  on another mitten.

5. Addition/Subtraction- Add or take away using snowballs (mini marshmallows) on a lmainated mitten.

 

SCIENCE

1.      Make instant snow using Steve Spangler kit, which can be found at http://www.stevesplangerscience.com.

2. Ice Color Mixing- Fill ice cubes trays with a few red, yellow, and blue ice cubes made from water and food coloring.  Place color combinations (blue &yellow, red & blue, red & yellow) in bowls and allow to melt to see what new colors are made.

3. Melt icecubes using salt and discuss why they melted.

 

ART:

1.      Paper Plate Snowmen

2.    Doily Snowmen

3.    Winter Scene- Children draw a winter scene on blue construction paper using chalk. Make “snow” by gluing on kosher salt.

4.    Mittens- Glue on tissue paper squares. Brush glitter glue over mittens to make sure tissue paper is flat. Trim with cottonballs.

5.    Icicles on a pinetree- Children cut out green pinetree pattern. Make icicles by dipping plastic fork in white paint and dragging down pattern.

6. "Snowy Day" collage- After reading "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, students create snow day collages using a variety of paper such as tinfoil, foam snowflakes, and construction paper.

7. Rainbow Snowflakes- Lay a coffee filter on a paper plate. Child places a few drops of different food colors on to the filter. Lightly spray filter with water and let dry. Fold and cut into a snowflake.Display on bulletin board with poem:

 We were tired of winter days,
 Being cold and wet and gray.
 So we talked to winter's wizard

 He made it snow a rainbow blizzard.