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Winter: Everything You Need
Online activities, lesson plans, discussion guides, and other teaching ideas for celebrating winter
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Articles Clothing and InsulationGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Find out the kinds of clothing--both traditional and modern--that are worn in the Arctic regions. Topics include the similarities of caribou skin... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Duck returns to her pond while the weather is still cold. When she is told to return to a warmer place, Duck thinks of the best things about... |
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 Articles Cool Winter Arts and CraftsGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Twenty-one art projects from everyday objects and recycled materials for you to explore with your students. It's time to get messy! |
Winter Crafts and MoreGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Valentine's Day arts and crafts, ideas for a historical field trip, and ways to use the iPad in class. |
Winter Idea ExchangeGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Teachers discuss their favorite winter-time science and art activities for the classroom. |
Snowfall Surprise excerptGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Read an excerpt from Snowfall Surprise (Candy Apple #21) by Jane B. Mason and Sarah Hines Stephens |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources Clockwork Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 In the fading light of a snowy winter's evening, with church bells and timepieces sounding the hour, a story has been set in motion by turns... |
Here Comes the Snow Discussion GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Everything is bright and cold and white in this simple rhyming story about a snowy day. |
Here Comes the Snow Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity comparing Here Comes the Snow! by Angela Shelf Medearis and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Snowy Day Discussion GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Discussion guide for The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats |
 Lesson Plans, Book Resources The Snowy Day Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 After reading aloud The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, introduce a snowy day center with a three-step Snowy Day art project. |
 Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources The Winter of Red Snow Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 A discussion guide to The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by... |
An Interview with Kristiana Gregory about The Winter of Red SnowGrades: 6–8 Kristiana Gregory was interviewed about The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania,... |
Lesson Plans Jacket I Wear in the Snow Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 The Jacket I Wear in the Snow is a great introduction to dressing appropriately for winter weather. Students love the predictability of this... |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activities for The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel. |
Writing Activities Winter Is Here! Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activities for Winter Is Here! by Kimberly Weinberger. |
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Articles, Online Learning Activities Seasons and SolsticesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Why is it hot in the summer and cold in the winter? Tour the Web for a look at the science behind seasonal changes. |
Fit to Print: December Bulletin Board IdeasGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Need help brainstorming and designing this month's bulletin boards? These holiday and winter-related images and ideas will provide plenty of... |
