Winter and Snow Word Wall Cards

Last year I made some Christmas and Holiday word wall cards and included some winter and snow themed words in that pack.  I didn't put the winter/snow theme words up before Christmas because I wanted to save them until our winter/snow theme.  As I was doing some winter and snow themed activities today, I thought of some additional words that I wanted to include on the world wall for our theme.  I quick whipped this up after school today.

Words included:  
snowflake, igloo, snow drift, snowman, stocking hat, mittens, boots, scarf, snowball, sled, shovel, ice skates, snowboard, button, carrot, sticks, top hat, mug, ice cube, hot chocolate, iceberg, penguin, polar bear, arctic fox, eskimo, snow pants, coat, snowing, freezing, blizzard

You can find this word wall set HERE at my TPT store.

Snowman, Winter, Healthy Habits, MLK Cut Apart Sentences

We are still in the process if updating our cut apart sentences and decided to bundle all these together.  During the month of January we have a few mini-themes:  Winter/Snow, Dental Health, Personal Hygiene, and Staying Healthy.  Then you throw Martin Luther King Day in there, too. 

In this set will find 9 different thematic cut aparts included:

A snowman is icy and cold.
The snowman had a carrot nose.
Martin Luther King Jr. said, "I have a dream."
Bundle up before you go out to play.
Wash your hands with soap and water.
Brush and floss your teeth every day.
Eat good foods and exercise to keep your heart healthy.
Use soap to wash when you take a bath.
Use a tissue to blow your nose.

You can find this set HERE at my TPT store.

Winter and Snow Riddles

January always sneaks up right after Christmas vacation, and you're right back into the swing of things and going strong until spring/winter break.  We've been trying to update some activities and add some new things to our snow theme this year. Just finished this Winter and Snow Riddles activity. Our first graders are loving these activities. We have a few more themes to make them for so keep checking back:  Healthy Habits, Post Office Riddles, Dr. Seuss Riddles.

You can find Winter and Snow Riddles HERE at our TPT store.

Roll, Label, and Read the Snowman FREEBIE

Looking at my pile of things to file away after school today and realized I made this last week and forgot all about it...so thought I'd write up this post and share it all with you!

This Roll, Label, and Read the Snowman activity we plan to do the week we come back from Christmas vacation when we do our snow theme. It is very similar to a freebie we found on Pinterest from Sara Cooley at her TPT store: Roll and Color a Pilgrim.  The kids loved it so much we though we should make some to go with our Winter/Snow theme.

Included in the packet are 3 games:

1. Roll and Color a Snowman:  Students roll two dice and add the two numbers togehter, then color the sum by finding it on the snowman and coloring that part.
2. Roll and Label the Snowman:  And another where they roll one die and label the parts of the snowman by using the chart that has a part of the snowman by it.
3. Listen, Read, and Color the Snowman:  Teacher reads aloud a word and students find that word on the snowman and color it. 

You can find it for FREE at our TPT store HERE.

 

The kids at school today said that Santa needs some snow to get his sleigh off the ground.  So hopefully by Christmas Eve we'll have a little snow on the ground so he can get up, UP, and AWAY to deliver his presents!

How to Build a Snowman Activitiy Set

We're planning ahead to January's Winter and Snow theme and decided to add this How to Build a Snowman activity this year.  Last year we created some parts of a snowman pocket chart cards to aid us in doing an interactive class sequence writing of how to build a snowman.  We've revamped it a little bit from last year to include a sequence writing sheet that has picture clues and Build a Snowman pieces.

Directions:

• Display the pocket chart cards in your word wall or showcase in your pocket chart for students to sequence the steps of how to build a snowman.
• Use the poster of the snowman as a display when you do the sequence writing or when you want your students to build the snowman as a center using the Build a Snowman pieces.
• Use the sequence writing she as a writing project to do individually or display in your Smartboard or Mimio to do as a class interactive writing.
• Use the Build a Snowman pieces as you do the sequence writing to add to the snowman.  Put magnets on the back of the pieces and connect to a cookie sheet or your magnetic white board.

You can find this activity pack at our TPT store HERE.
Clip art in this activity comes from Carrie's Snowtime Doodles collection.