ICE SKATING AND A SNOWBALL FIGHT

Even though it doesn't snow where we live, we celebrated a SNOW MUCH FUN DAY!

Here we are ice skating!  The children had fun skating to fast/slow and stop/go music. As the children got used to skating I asked them to skate backwards, sideways, etc.

Here are the students throwing snowballs at each other.  The snowballs were flying so fast!

Here's our snowball box!

Lots of snowballs!

The students each wrote 4 popcorn words on scrap paper for the snowball fight.  After the snowball fight the students drank hot chocolate and read the popcorn words written on the snowballs.  What a fun way to read and review!

SNOW MUCH FUN UNIT IS FINALLY READY!

Here's a preview of some activities in my SNOW MUCH FUN UNIT.

Using a document camera, the form is projected and together we write the steps to building a snowman using strategies and resources - stretchy snake, sounds chart, etc.

The students spin a picture spinner, listen for the beginning blend and stamp the correct snowflake.  They have to pay attention as one snowflake does not get stamped.

The students pick a card and write the word on a snowball under the correct word family.

There are a total of 5 spinners.  The student gets some snow dough, spins the spinners and builds a snowman according to the directions on the spinners.

Students pick 3 cards of the same color and put the words in ABC order.

The students spin the spinner and colors the correct amount of mittens counting by 2's.

The student picks a number card, counts out the marshmallows, and divides the marshmallows between the 4 mugs.  Is the number even or odd?

The students play I spy around the room reading the analog time and writing the digital time on their recording sheet.

The students pick a mitten card, count each mitten color to write an addition sentence.

This is the recording sheet for Melt the Snowflakes.  The student picks a snowflake card, rolls a die and covers the correct amount of snowflakes.  Then the student writes a subtraction sentence to match the results.