Winter Way

After spending much needed time with friends and family, our winter season is fast-approaching, and what a way to welcome this time with some chilly stories to warm your heart.

Objective: Develop skills in using the online catalog and navigating both print and digital collections (including a revisit to MackinVia).

LA 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

The Snow Thief

Hemming, Alice

AR Quiz No. 551712

RL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 0.5

When Squirrel sees snow for the first time, Bird helps him adjust. Just as Squirrel starts to enjoy it, the snow disappears, leaving Squirrel convinced a thief is on the loose.

Pete the Cat: Snow Daze

Dean, James

AR Quiz No. 186771

RL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 0.5

After a heavy snowfall cancels school, Pete enjoys his day off. When one snow day turns into many, he realizes that you can have too much of a good thing.

There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!

Colandro, Lucille

AR Quiz No. 87226

RL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5

Modeled on the folk song "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," this story describes a cold lady who swallowed many different things, one after the other, but what happens after she swallows snow?

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBILITY

TEACHER TOOLS

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