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Unit
April Larson
Fall 2007
Literature Selections
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Snow Day by Moira Fain
Stella Queen of the Snow by MarieLouise Gay
50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch
Thomas Snowsuit by Robert Munsch
The Shortest Day-Celebrating the
Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan
Weather Words by Gail Gibbons
Related Literature
The Biggest Best, Snowman by Margery Cuyler
The Lonely Snowman by Angela Holroyd
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley
Neitzel
Elmer in the Snow by David McKee
Sadie and the Snowman by Allen Morgan
The Big Snow by Bertha and Elmer Hader
Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather by
Jennifer Dussling
Rhinos Who Snowboard by Julie Mammano
Author Study
Students will be doing an author
study on Robert Munsch, who wrote
Thomas Snowsuit and 50 Below
Zero. Students will look at the other
books Munsch has written about
winter.
Students will be
Students will read other
directed to websites
various books about
about author Robert
winter, snowmen,
Munsch and read facts sledding, etc. They will
about him and his
be guided to read
books.
Robert Munschs books
Students will find a book
first.
or poem relating to the
theme of the unit, read it,
and write a response.
Students listen as
READING
teacher discusses
winter, snow, and
how/why it
happens.
LISTENIN
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Read Snowflake
Bentley aloud
and then watch
the movie of the
book.
WINTER
VISUALLY
REPRESENTI
NGwill
Students
Students will
write a story
WRITING
about a
blizzard.
Students will write poems
Students will write
about winter, playing out in
an If I Were a
the snow, and their favorite
Snowflake poem.
thing to do in the snow.
Their snowflake
Students will be taught
poem will be hung
about limerick poems and
with the snowflakes
write a limerick.
Students will participatethey
in made.
peer conferencing
workshops.
VIEWING
Students will
watch the video
Rain and Snow
and discuss.
Students will view
paintings by
famous artists of
winter scenes.
Students go on a
walk outside and
take picture of the
snow, pictures of
them playing in the
snow-making snow
angels, etc.
Students will
watch the video
Snow.
create a word
wall with
snow/winter
terms.
Students will
color a scene with
crayons, press
hard, paint with
white paint, and
sprinkle with
clear glitter.
Unit Plan-Cross
Curricular Ideas
Students will
play Toss the
Snowballtossing a white
balloon around
a circle, the goal
being not to let
the balloon
touch the floor.
Students will
play Jack Frost
tag.
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Phy E
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Social
Studies
Students will
listen to Winter
Wonderland and
choreograph
movements.
Students will
make maps of
the U.S. and
Students will be
color the areas
visited by a local
that have the
weatherman.
highest amounts
of snowfall.
Students will
take a survey on
who likes/dislikes
winter and graph
the results.
Students will
insulate
snowballs using
cloth, packaging
peanuts, and
other materials
to see which
keeps the
snowball
Students willthe
longest. .
take snowballs
and do
experiments to
see which is the
fastest way to get
it to melt.
Print
Sound out words using phonics
Use classroom resources
Consult a dictionary or glossary
Apply spelling rules
Capitalize proper nouns and adjectives
Comprehension
Categorize
Classify
Note details
Compare and contrast
Use context clues
Notice organizational patterns of poetry, plays, and
stories
Recognize literary genres
Language
Notice compound words
Use contractions
Use possessives
Appreciate rhyme and other poetic devices
Use punctuation marks
Use simple, compound, and complex sentences
Combine sentences
Reference
Use a glossary or dictionary
Read and make graphs, tables, and diagrams
Study
Follow directions
Technology
Video
Audiotapes
Internet
Cameras
Grouping Patterns
Whole Group
Discussion of winter
Read aloud of Snowmen at Night
Readers theatre of The Snowflake
Dance
Grand conversation about people who
like winter and people who dont
Word wall
Walk outside and snow pictures
Viewing paintings
Watching videos
Jack Frost Tag
Singing the Snowflakes Falling
Down song
Survey-who likes/dislikes winter
Estimation activity
Weatherman visit
Authors chair
Winter Wonderland choreography
Toss the Snowball
Small Group
Snowball melting
Snowball insulating
Peer writing workshops
Snow Day activity
Independent
Audiotape
Snowflake making
Mapmaking
Poem writing
Story writing
Reading other related
literature
Robert Munsch author
study
Website findings
Writing a response to
poem or story
Painting a winter scene
Schedule
A.M.
P.M.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
L.A.-Introduction of
unit. Discussion of
snow/winter why it
happens.
L.A.-Grand
conversation about
winter/snow. Students
will brainstorm ideas
as a class for their
stories about a
blizzard and begin
writing.
L.A.-Students will
create a KWL chart
which will continue
throughout the unit at
the beginning of each
day.
MATH-Students will
do a survey of who
likes/dislikes winter
and graph the results.
S.S.-Students will be
visited by a local
weatherman.
S.S.- Students will
make maps of the U.S.
and color the areas
that have the highest
amounts of snowfall.
MATH-Students will
learn concept of
estimation by
estimating how many
cotton balls it will take
to make snowman.
L.A.-Students will
find a book or poem
relating to
snow/winter and
write a response.
L.A.-Students will
participate in peerconferencing
workshops.
L.A. -Students will
watch the video Rain
and Snow and
discuss.
MUSIC-Students
will sing the song
Snowflakes Falling
Down.
L.A.-Students will
listen to The Missing
Mitten on audio tape
at the reading center.
L.A.- Students will
read out various
books about snow,
winter, snowmen,
sledding, etc.
L.A.-Students
will watch the
video Snow.
L.A.-Students
will create a
word-wall.
L.A.-Students
will make
snowflakes to
decorate the
classroom.
MUSIC-Students
will listen to
Winter
Wonderland and
L.A.-Read
Snowmen at
Night.
L.A.-Limerick
poems will be
introduced and
students will
begin rough
drafts.
L.A.-If I Were a
Snowflake poem
will also be
introduced and
students will
begin rough draft.
L.A.-Students will
go on the walk
outside, take
pictures, etc.
P.E.-Students will
play Jack Frost Tag.
SCIENCE-Students
will insulate
snowballs and see
which materials
keeps the snowball
the longest.
SCIENCE-Students
will take snowballs
and do experiments
to see which is the
fastest way to get it
to melt.
L.A.-Students will
use the authors chair
and share their
blizzard story or their
poetry.
P.E.-Students will
play Toss the
Snowball
Assessment