Waiting for Winter
- Ms. Najera
- Dec 8, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 9
Here are some more touching winter stories for you to enjoy in the classroom or at home with your families.
Objective: Learn how to find books using library signs, secions, and visuals. Practice asking for help when looking for specific topics. Develop skills in using the online catalog and navigating both print and digital collections (including a revisit to MackinVia).
ALA Standards:
Student: I.A.1, II.A.2
Staff: I.A.2, I.B.2, I.D.1, II.A.3, II.C.1, II.D.2, III.A.1, III.B.1, III.C.2, IV.A.1, IV.A.2, IV.B.1, V.A.1, V.B.1, V.D.2, VI.A.1, VI.B.2, VI.D.3
ASL WORDS THEME: Winter
STORYTIME
Wright, Maureen
AR Quiz No. 140650
RL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
A snowman who finds it dreadfully cold keeps doing things that cause him to melt, while the children who rebuild him each time offer clothing to keep him warm.
Jang, Seon-hye
AR Quiz No. 183888
RL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
On a snowy night, Grandma has some surprise visitors who are cold. She needs to measure her visitors for blankets. How does she measure them? What size blankets do they need?
Messner, Kate
AR Quiz No. 148146
RL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
During a cross-country ski trip through the winter woods, adventurers can discover all sorts of animals living under the snow.
John, Jory
AR Quiz No. 517587
RL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
The Cool Bean picks Beanadette's name out of a hat for the annual gift exchange, but he's not feeling very merry. He's feeling pressure because Beanadette will expect the coolest present of all. He wonders if he can find the perfect gift in time.
STUDENT TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBILITY
TEACHER TOOLS
Explore advanced features in Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, Drive, and Slides. Use Google forms for assessment and organize files in Google Drive to streamline instruction. Below are some helpful videos teaching on how to use them in the classroom.
GOOGLE DOCS - a free, web-based word processor offered by Google, allowing users to create, edit, and format documents in real-time within a web browser or mobile app. It enables seamless collaboration, where multiple users can edit the same document simultaneously while automatically saving changes to Google Drive.
GOOGLE SHEETS - a free, cloud-based spreadsheet application within the Google Workspace suite that allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on data in real-time. Accessible via web browsers, it features automatic saving, robust collaboration tools, data analysis tools (pivot tables, charts), and integrations with other Google apps.
GOOGLE FORMS - a free, web-based survey and form-building tool offered by Google. It allows users to create, customize, and share online forms, quizzes, and surveys to collect data, which is then automatically organized and can be analyzed in real time, often by linking to Google Sheets.
GOOGLE DRIVE - a secure, cloud-based file storage and synchronization service developed by Google that allows users to store, share, and access files from any device. It offers free, shared storage (typically 15 GB) across Google services and enables real-time collaboration on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
GOOGLE SLIDES - a free, web-based presentation software developed by Google, allowing users to create, edit, and collaborate on presentations in real-time within a web browser. As part of the Google Workspace suite, it enables creating slide decks, inserting media, and using themes, similar to PowerPoint but cloud-based.
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