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| Unit: Snowflake Formation Part 1 (elem/upper elem) |
Five pages, comprehension skills and related exercises. |
| Comprehension: Types of Snowflakes (elem/upper elem) |
Facts and diagrams about snowflakes, with comprehension questions. |
| Project: Hexagon Plate Snowflake (upper elementary) |
Learn about tessellations and hexagons with this lesson. Includes comprehension and instructions for making a hexagonal plate snowflake. |
| Bookmarks: Winter |
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| Border Paper: Mittens (primary/elem) |
Wide-lined writing paper with colorful illustrations of mittens in the surrounding borders. Great for poems, notepaper, mini-booklets. Landscape orientation. |
| Border Paper: Mittens (without lines) |
Unlined paper with colorful illustrations of mittens in the surrounding border. |
| Color and Write Prompt: Winter (elem/upper elem) |
A picture of people sledding, a prompt to describe the picture, and lines for writing a short description. |
| Color and Write: Winter (elementary) |
Picture of ice skaters to color, and lines to write a detailed description. |
| Coloring Page: Winter Theme (7 pages) |
Seven pages of winter-themed pictures to color. No Christmas or religious images. |
| Comprehension: Ice Skating (elementary) |
A reading comprehension on the types of ice skating and a brief history. |
| Comprehension: Reindeer (upper elem/ middle) |
A fact-filled reading comprehension about reindeer- they don't really pull Santa's sleigh! |
| Comprehension: Winter Solstice (elem) |
This reading comprehension explains the whys and whens of the winter solstice. This lesson is appropriate for both hemispheres. |
| Comprehension: Winter Solstice (upper elementary) |
This fact filled reading comprehension presents the solstice celebration as a cross-cultural observance of the beginning of winter. |
| Crossword: Winter (easy) |
1 DOWN: Frozen water. |
| Decoding: Winter - Frozen Lake (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Happy New Year (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Hat and Gloves (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Hot Chocolate (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Ice Skating (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Jack Frost (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Sledding (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Snowflakes (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Decoding: Winter - Snowman (primary) |
A= 1, B =2, etc. Use the code to help name the picture. |
| Dominoes: Winter Theme (b/w) |
Play any "double six" domino game with these winter picture/word dominoes |
| Draw and Write: Hibernation |
Hibernation-themed graphics prompt students to draw and describe hibernating animals. |
| Early Reader: Mittens (primary) |
12 pages of easy reading, coloring, and other fun activities. |
| Early Reader: Winter (b/w) |
"I wear a snowsuit." This five-page easy reader booklet is a fun introduction to reading about winter for young readers. |
| Fiction: Skating Is Fun (primary) |
"I like to skate on the ice." Short reading comprehension (fiction). |
| Graph: Winter Solstice Traditions (blank) |
Use the tally sheet to interview people about their favorite solstice traditions; then use the bar graph to compare popularities. |
| Research and Report: Winter Solstice |
Report planner, KWL, and lined paper to write a report on the winter solstice. |
| Shapebook: Winter |
[member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. This snowman-shaped shapebook has prompts for students to answer about winter. |
| Shapebook: Winter (elementary) |
Trace and cut out. From "boots" to "winter", each page of this mitten-shaped shapebook has a word relating to winter. Makes a great bulletin board decoration. |
| Sign: Winter |
Use as a center sign or booket cover. |
| Tally and Graph: Winter Solstice Traditions |
Use the tally sheet to interview people about their favorite solstice traditions; then use the bar graph to compare popularities. This tally suggests several solstice traditions, from burning yule logs to wassailing. |
| Venn Diagram: Mittens |
Venn diagram with mittens along the top, use to compare types of mittens, stories, winter themes. |
| Venn Diagram: Summer and Winter |
Use this Venn diagram to compare summer and winter. |
| Word Wall: Winter |
From "boots" to "toboggan", these vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. |
| Worksheets: Winter (pre-k/primary) |
Circle the winter clothes, circle the winter pictures, etc. Six pages of worksheets. |
| Writing Paper: Mittens (elem/upper elem) |
Narrow-lined writing paper with a colorful illustration of mittens in the top margin. |
| Writing Paper: Mittens (Primary) |
Wide-lined paper with colorful mitten illustrations in the top margin. |
| Writing Paper: Winter (primary/elem) |
Wide-lined writing paper with an illustration of icicles along the top and of a sign reading "ice on bridge" at the bottom. |
| Writing Prompt: Winter (elementary) |
"Winter is..." ten pages of delightful winter-related writing prompts and writing exercises. |
| Writing Prompt: Winter Fun (elementary) |
Paper with winter-themed illustrations in the border, and prompts to write similes about winter. |
| Writing Prompt: Winter Metaphors (primary/elem) |
Winter is ___." Use this paper, with snowmen in the surrounding border, to write a winter poem. |
| Writing Prompt: Winter Solstice 1 |
Imagine that you were in charge of all the solstice celebrations for an imaginary country... |
| Bulletin Board Trim: Winter (color) |
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| Bulletin Board Trim: Winter (b/w) |
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| Coloring Page: Christmas - Candle |
Candle with holly sprig. |
| Writing Prompt: Winter Solstice 2 |
What winter holidays do you celebrate?... |
| Writing Prompt: Winter Solstice 3 (elementary) |
Choose a religion or culture that celebrates the winter solstice... |
| Dot to Dot: Christmas Bells |
to 24 |
| Dot to Dot: Christmas Tree |
to 50 |
| Foldable Desk Tag: Snowflakes 1 |
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| Foldable Desk Tag: Snowflakes 2 |
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| Foldable Desk Tag: Snowflakes 3 |
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| Assignment Forms: Snow (all ages) |
Fun snowflake-patterned late homework notices, assignment notices, and grading sheet. |
| Book Report Form: Snow |
Two report forms guide students through the writing of a book reports for fiction and non-fiction books about snow. |
| KWL: Snow (booklet) |
Foldable booklet for students to organize their knowledge about snow and snowflakes. |
| Poetry Prompts: Snow (upper elem) |
An introduction to some basic poetic structures, including alliteration, similes, and acrostics, using snow themes. Includes border paper for final drafts. |
| Report Form: Snowflakes |
Booklet format for students to write a short report on snowflakes. |
| Research and Report: Snow |
Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about snow. Includes a survey and graph to find out about people's favorite thing to do in the snow. |
| Book: Emma's Magic Winter (primary) |
Word search, crossword puzzle, story sequencing, multiple choice comprehension questions, and spelling practice to review Jean Little's story of a magical winter and magic boots. |
| Word Problems: Winter Addition (elem) |
"Clem really likes cross country skiing. Last week he skied twenty-one miles. This weekend he skied seven more miles. How many miles did he ski altogether?" Five winter-themed addition word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Addition (upper elem) |
"Pierre wants to buy a new mountain bike that costs $999. This summer, he earned $476 mowing lawns. This winter he has already earned $201 shoveling snow. How much money has he earned so far this year?" Five winter-themed addition word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Division (upper elem) |
"A group of people are cross-country skiing. Altogether, they ski one hundred ninety-six miles. There are fourteen people in the group. How far does each one ski, on average?" |
| Word Problems: Winter Multiplication (elem) |
"Mike's hockey team has scored an average of four goals in each of their last ten games. How many goals have they scored in all?" Five winter-themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Multiplication (upper elem) |
"Tracy collects forty-eight icicles for her science class. They are twenty-five inches long on average. What is the total length of the icicles Tracy collects?" Five winter-themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Skip Counting (elem) |
"Bob's class is cutting out paper snowflakes to decorate the classroom. If each child cuts out two snowflakes, how many do five children cut? Six children? Seven children?" Five winter-themed word problems with skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. |
| Word Problems: Winter Subtraction (elem) |
"Rebecca is going skiing with her family. It is a seventy-mile drive to the mountain where they ski. They have driven forty miles so far. How far is it to the mountain now?" Five winter-themed subtraction word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Subtraction (upper elem) |
"Bob and his friends are baking cookies for a school fundraiser. They baked eight hundred thirty-two cookies. However, they ate sixty-nine of them. How many cookies are left?" Five winter-themed subtraction word problems. |
| Color and Write Prompt: Building a Snowman (k/primary) |
A picture of a boy building a snowman to color and wide mid-dotted lines to write a very short story with theme words (winter, snowman, cold, scarf...) from a word bank. |
| Color and Write Prompt: Snowman (elem) |
A picture of a snowman to color and lines to write a very short story with theme words (icy, crystals, freezing...) from a word bank. |
| Color and Write: Snowman (elem) |
A picture of a snowman to color and lines to write about winter or snowmen. |
| Color and Write: Snowman (primary) |
A picture of a snowman to color and wide lines to write about winter or snowmen. |
| Color and Write: Snowmen (primary) |
A picture of four snowmen (one juggling) to color and wide mid-dotted lines to write about snowmen and winter fun. |
| Color and Write: Three Snowmen (elem) |
A picture of three snowmen to color and lines to write about snowmen and winter fun. |
| Tic Tac Toe: Winter Window (color) |
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| Classroom Newsletter: Winter theme (b/w) |
Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter. With a snowman and snowflakes. |
| Classroom Newsletter: Winter theme (color) |
Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter. With a snowman and snowflakes. |
| Word Problems: Winter Telling Time (primary/elem) |
"What time does Mike wake up to go ice fishing?" |
| Learning Center: Winter - Venn Diagram |
Use the Venn diagram to compare the two snowmen. |
| Learning Center: Winter - Tic Tac Toe |
Snowman tic tac toe. |
| Learning Center: Winter - Picture Prompt |
Write a winter story using the picture cards. |
| Learning Center: Winter - Story Sequence |
Sequence the winter events |
| Learning Center: Winter - ABC Order |
Put the winter words in alphabetical order. |
| Desk Tag: Have a Happy Holiday |
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| Book: Snow (primary) |
Word scramble, word search, cloze, short answer comprehension questions, true/false and a short writing prompt review Marion Dane Bauer's factual story about snow. |
| Word Problems: Winter Addition (primary) |
"Megan goes cross-country skiing with her family. On Saturday they skied ten miles. On Sunday they skied five miles. How many miles did they ski in all?" Five winter themed word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Skip Counting (primary) |
"A horse-drawn sleigh can go ten miles an hour. How far can it go in three hours? How far in four? How far in five?" Five winter-themed word problems with skip counting by 10s. |
| Word Problems: Winter Subtraction (primary) |
"Boris goes on a seventeen-mile sleigh ride with his parents. They’ve gone three miles so far. How many miles do they have still to go?" Five winter-themed subtraction word problems. |
| Dominoes: Winter Theme (color) |
Play any "double six" domino game with these winter picture/word dominoes |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing Coloring (preschool/primary) -b/w |
"Color the boots orange." Follow the directions and color the six winter clothing-themed pictures. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Write the Number (preschool/primary) |
Write the number that represents the number of pictures. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Same and Different (preschool/primary) |
Circle the picture that doesn't match the other three. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Match Pictures to Words (preschool/primary) |
Match the picture on the left with the word on the right. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Match Pictures (preschool/primary) |
Match the picture on the left with the picture on the right. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Follow the Pattern (preschool/primary) |
cap, scarf, cap, scarf ... What's next? Cut and paste the picture that follows the pattern. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Color the Number (preschool/primary) |
Follow the directions and color the correct number of pictures. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - circle (preschool/primary) -b/w |
Circle all the winter clothing-themed pictures on the page. |
| Worksheet: Winter Clothing - Categories (preschool/primary) |
Put an X on the picture that doesn't belong in the group. |
| Worksheet Set: Winter Clothing Theme |
Our preschool "winter clothing-themed" materials - worksheets, flashcards, etc. - in one download. |
| Matching: Winter Clothing Words (preschool/primary) |
Print two copies of these six winter clothing words (cap, scarf, mittens, etc.) for a matching game of words, or match these words to the picture cards. |
| Matching: Winter Clothing Pictures (preschool/primary) |
Print two copies of these six winter clothing pictures (cap, scarf, mittens, etc.) for a matching game of pictures, or match these pictures to the word cards. |
| Coloring Page: Hanukkah - Girl |
Girl with dreidel. |
| Craft: Cedar Wreath |
A simple winter craft that uses tree sprigs to make a small wreath. |
| Acrostic Form & Art: Winter |
After completing a drawing of a tree, students compose an acrostic poem about winter. |
| Coloring Page: Father Time |
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| Booklet: Winter is "Snow" Much Fun (primary) |
Illustrate the sentences about snow ("I throw snowballs in the winter.") |
| Booklet: Winter Words (primary) |
Fill in the missing letters in this illustrated booklet of winter-themed words. |
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