![]() ![]() Why do snowmen really look different the next day?.Point out that the snowmen drink “ice cold cocoa.” Ask you child why it’s not “steaming hot cocoa?”.Discussion Points:Īsk your student the following questions: Children will learn about personification, rhyming words and talk about why snowmen really look different the next day. This lesson is a wonderful compliment to our free Winter Theme Unit study. From the highly successful team that created such winning titles as Fanny’s Dream, Snowmen at Night is fabulous, frosty, and fun! Overview: what do snowmen do at night? This delightful wintertime tale reveals all! Caralyn Buehner’s witty, imaginative verse offers many amusing details about the secret life of snowmen and where they go at night, while Mark Buehner’s roly-poly snowmen are bursting with personality and charm. If you are still wondering if your students will enjoy something like this try our free interactive read-aloud here, or if you are ready to try ‘Snowmen at Night’ in your classroom click on the image below.Description (from Amazon): Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you’ve wondered. You can learn more about how I use text dependent questions to guide the daily read-aloud focus here. Each day is structured with a different focus as we read the story. Try an interactive read-aloud in your classroom today!Īre you thinking I am crazy for spending 4 days on one book? I can promise your students will not get bored with these lessons. Grab the Snowman at Night Read Aloud Lessons here. We finished this read-aloud lesson with a simple snowman art project to accompany the writing. There were so many ideas flowing and they were all motivated to write their thoughts. My class really enjoyed this writing activity. Then the students completed the compare and contrast graphic organizer.įor the fourth day, I thought it would be fun to have students think of something else the snowmen might do at night. I had my students share what they like to drink at night with their partner using a conversation stick. I love the conversations these text dependent questions strike up with my class. My students loved deciding what they like to drink before they go to bed. During the first read, students usually don’t understand why snowmen drink iced cocoa and this gave us the opportunity to talk about it and why the snowmen might drink iced cocoa instead of hot cocoa. This lesson helped us look more closely at some of the phrases in the story. Then the student compared what the snowmen did to what they do at night. We discussed the new word together and they completed their own graphic organizer.Īfter revisiting the story the third day, we discussed comparing and contrasting. I chose grin from the story and modeled how to complete the graphic organizer, then I gave the students a new word. ![]() Together we brainstormed things from the text that the snowmen did at night and then the students chose three of those to write and draw on the snowman.Īfter revisiting the story the second day, we used a vocabulary sheet to dive into the definitions of some difficult vocabulary words. On the first day I had students complete a simple and fun snowman shaped graphic organizer to recall key ideas and details from the story. We spent 4 days diving into this story by learning more about the author’s craft, asking text dependent questions, completing fun graphic organizers, making a snowman craft, and discussing what snowmen do at night. Why does the snowman’s mouth look a little crooked and why does it seem to have lost a little height? Could it be because they come to life and do silly things at night? This book sparks the students imagination as to why snowmen look so different the day after they build them. My class loved reading ‘ Snowmen at Christmas‘ in December so much, I just had to bring out ‘ Snowmen at Night’ for January. Snowmen at Night Read Aloud – The Core Coaches Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner is the perfect read-aloud for January. ![]()
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