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Monday, January 14, 2013

Winter Fun

Despite the 70 ish degree weather we've had the past few days here in the south, my sweeties at school have been having lots of fun learning about winter.

We made these cute snowmen crafts and then used adjectives to fill in the blanks and describe our snowmen.  I love how different each one looks despite everyone being given the same materials (with the exception of the colors of the earmuffs and scarves).  I started by making a large version of the snowman.  We then labeled the different parts on the big snowman and talked about how we can use labels from pictures to help us spell words we may not know when we write.  I wrote a story about my snowman and we made lists of different adjectives we could use to describe our snowmen.  Then each student filled in their own "Do You 'Snow' Who I Am?" writing page. 

Here are a few of our winter themed centers we've been working on during our morning literacy centers.

Flow Map for There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!
At this center I wrote our popcorn words for the week on ping pong balls and they scooped out a "snowball" and wrote the word on the recording sheet.

At this center they turn a card over, read the word on the hat, find the word on the recording sheet and color it in thhe corresponding color.

Long O/Short O Vowel Sound Sort

If you'd like to win a copy of the 3 items these came from leave me a comment and I'll choose a winner tomorrow.  Don't forget to leave your email address.

Congrats Dina!  They've been sent to your email.


19 comments:

  1. I love the ping pong ball idea! So clever!
    kcahcrim@comcast.net

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  2. I love these centers! And I love that ping-pong idea just like the comment Above! I know my kids would like it too! Thanks for the opportunity. Girlforgod27@aol.com

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  3. These look like such fun winter activities! I'm crossing my fingers....:)

    Taryn
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  4. They look great!!
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    Becky

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  5. Love these ideas & would love to win. If not, looks like I'll be buying;)
    Chrissybryant74@gmail.com

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  6. These look great!
    krishankins09@gmail.com

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  7. What cute activities! :)

    Sarah
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  8. I would LOVE to win these activites. They are cute, fun, and exactly what my students need right now! Thank you.

    Clair
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  9. Keeping my fingers crossed that I will win these fun centers for my room. Thank you! Jamie

    jamie.betts300@comcast.net

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  10. These activities look like a lot of fun!
    lraines78@gmail.com

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  11. All of these activities look like so much fun! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
    Cathy
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  12. Tons of fun!!! Your new units are adorable. Will have to add ping pong balls to my shopping list!!
    Stacey White
    swhite@cfc.k12.wi.us

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  13. Such cute ideas! I would love to win!
    Dina
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  14. These looks wonderful!

    Heather (heathernnance@yahoo.com)

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  15. These look perfect for my kinders! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Michelle
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  16. What a wonderful opportunity to win products that the children will love and they will learn from as well.
    Terry
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  17. These would be great!
    Mandy
    missmandy94@hotmail.com

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  18. Thank you so much, Amy! These activities look like fun. I know my kids will love them! So glad to be a winner!
    Dina
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  19. so cute....snowmen are one of my favorites
    sharlahays@mac.com

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