Sensory Details in There Was a Cold Lady who Swallowed Some Snow

    We reviewed our five senses and sang I Have Five Senses by Dr. Jean. Then we discussed how sensory details help us picture the story in our mind like black hat or steaming hot cocoa. Then we read There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow. We stopped to discuss things we could see, hear, smell, taste, and touch in our story. Then students were given a sticky note and a sense. They went to their seats and illustrated something from the story they could experience with the sense they were given. We came to the carpet, students shared as I labeled their pictures. Then they sorted their pictures by sense on our chart. 

Snow Fun Graphing

    We read Huggles' Snow Day by Ted Arnold. We talked about the different snow day activities in the story. Then we talked with our partner about which one of the the following three activities we would want to do: build a snowman, have a snowball fight, or make snow angels. We lined up and made a graph on the carpet. 

Then the students put their name cards down to graph the activity they chose.

    Finally, we collected data by making tally marks to represent those who chose each activity. Then students created their own graph. We discussed the data represented on our graph and wrote about the results.

Naming Words with The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

    We reviewed naming words. Then the students found objects in the classroom. They had to tell us the naming word and classify it as a person, place, or thing. They found:

a computer-thing,

the class library-place,

and a friend-person.

    Then we read The Jacket I Wear in the Snow stopping to discuss the naming words on each page and classifying them as a person, place, or thing. Then we used interactive writing to write the naming words and label the clothes on our girl cut out and wrote about what we wear in the snow.

    When I take our writing down, I will make them into a class book and add to our class library for the students to read.