Welcome to our celebration of Winter.  We

 have read books, written snow poems, made

 snowmen, and learned about animals that

 hibernate.  We hope you enjoy reading about our

 unit.

Eskimo Pie Graph

    We had a great time with our Eskimo Pie graph.  Everyone estimated how many

 bites they thought it would take to eat an Eskimo pie.  We also estimated how long

 we thought it would take.  The children made tally marks of all their bites.  We

 compared their guess with the actual amount.  They also measured how long their

 popsicle stick was.  We then made an Eskimo pie paper popsicle with each

 individual set of statistics on it.  It was a great and fun activity.  This idea came

 from Aims.

Snowman Art

                            Brooke's snowman      

                           Kadee's snowman 

                        Evan's Snow Scene         

             We designed mittens and graphed our favorite

color.  Below is a picture of our graph and an example

of the mittens the children made.

                Mitten graph                            

                          Mary Beth's mittens                

Literature 

   Manatee Winter  by Kathleen Weidner

   Snowy Winter Day by Estelle Feldman

   Why is it Cold? by Chris Arvetis

   The Mitten by Jan Brett

   About Winter by Richard Arlington

   The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader

   Ice and Snow by Stephen Krensky

   The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

   Emily and the Snowflake by Jan Wahl

   I Am Snow by Jean Marzollo

   Snow Day by Barbara M. Joose

   Winter Poems by Barbara Rogasky

   Is That You Winter? by Stephen Gammen

   Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

   White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt

   Snowed In by Barbara M. Lucas

   Snow Angel by Jean Marzollo

   Snow Bear by Jean Craighead George

   Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

   The Snow Kept on Falling by Kathie McQueary

Winter Poetry

      We wrote winter cinquain poems.  Below are a few examples.  Hope you enjoy

 reading these.

Winter Links 

Winter Units

Winter Fun

Primary Games

Snow

Winter Themes

ABC Teach

Winter Activities

Mrs. McGowan's Winter Poem Project

Ed Helper

Winter Theme

Zwolle School

Winter Math

The Teachers Corner

Tooter 4 Kids

Activities 

  1. Make a bird feeder with a pine cone, peanut butter, and bird seed.  Hang it from a  tree limb with fishing line.

 2. Snowman poem- Use  ABC Teach form with the word snowman going diagonally.  The children write a line on each row beginning with a letter from snowman.  Ex.  Snowmen are neat.

 3. Snowman Similes-    Use form from ABC Teach and fill in similes about snowmen.

 4.  Brainstorm a list of snow-related words.  Use the list for spelling words, writing poetry, writing and telling stories.  ABC Teach has snow theme writing paper.

 5.  Real Crystal Snowflakes- Make real crystal snowflakes from borax and pipe cleaners.  Directions on Enchanted Learning.

 6.  Winter Out Our Window.  Have children make snow scenes on blue construction paper using chalk.  Have pre-cut strips of black construction paper for the children to glue around the edge of their paper.  They also put two strips across the paper in a cross shape to make it look like a window.

 7.  Have a snowball  fight inside classroom.  Take a bag of marshmallows and have children count how many.  Divide   the class into two teams.  There are three rules that they have to follow-- 1. Don't throw hard.  2.  Don't climb to get a marshmallow.  3.  Don't eat any.   Set a timer to start.  After timer rings, gather all the marshmallows and count to see if any are missing.  Have an extra bag for the children to eat and enjoy.  An alternative to this would be to use cottonballs.

 8.  In the past our 1-2 teachers have done a "Snowed in at school day."  The children came dressed in their pajamas.  Each teacher was responsible for a snow activity and to read a book that went along with this book.  Our children loved this day.

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