Ezra jack keats wrote a book for young children called the snowy day. Awesome snowy day book and activities everyday speech. When i read this story we made tactile pages on the book. W hen my kids were small, they really enjoyed reading the snowy day by ezra jack keats. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. There are seven pages in the packet, plus an answer key.
It is a good book to read often until the preschool child learns the story and can pretend to read it. See more ideas about snowy day, book activities and winter activities. Discussion starters, activities and lesson plan ideas for this classic story of an. Perfect picture book friday a silly snowy day by michael coleman pictures by. If you havent had a chance to read this caldecott award winning story, you are missing out. Make snow angels, have a snowball fight, make fun tracks in the snow, build a snowman and slide down a hill. This classic book is a favorite of preschool children who are eager for a day to play in the snow like peter. After reading aloud the snowy day, i introduce a snowy day center with a. Dec 01, 2000 preschool age children love to learn new big words and a silly snowy day offers them one, ridiculous. Jan 19, 2017 work on your balance with this snowy day game.
There is a quietness about the book which evokes that sudden quiet that comes over a city right after a snowfall. Emergent reader, anchor chart, and texttoself connections printables. A silly snowy day by michael coleman reading comprehension packet. The snowy day, winner of the 1963 caldecott medal, tells the story of a young boy, peter, who wakes up to discover that a beautiful blanket of. The snowy day sensory writing tray prek pages every preschooler will want to get their hands in the snow, just like peter and they can with this quick and easy winter sensory writing tray. Supplement the book a silly snowy day with these activities. The snowy day by ezra jack keats enhance reading abilities with an activity about ezra jack keatss book the snowy day that enriches and expands childrens language and emergent literacy skills. Kaleb and i sat down to read the book together and just as we finished the book, he looked up and out the window and it was snowing. Children will explore winter themes through music, reading, movement. Use these five questions to guide young students in a brief discussion about the book by ezra jack keats. Please do not link directly to just the pdf files the link you are. The snowy day discussion guide five discussion questions.
The book also promotes perreading skills with the repetition in the text. Delighted by the possibilities, peter rushed to spend the day outside. The snowy day by ezra jack keats has been a favorite of mine for as long as i can remember. To ask other readers questions about a silly snowy day, please sign up. A silly snowy day book activities by emkens creations tpt. Ezra jack keats 19161983 is the caldecott medal winning author of the snowy day, which broke ground in 1962 as one of the first picture books for young children to portray a realistic, multicultural urban setting.
It can be read and completed independently, completed with a read aloud, or completed as a group. If you would like to share, please share a link to my blog or to the page that hosts these files. A silly snowy day book activities book activities, day. Enjoying the snowy days snowy day fun babies to bookworms. The book also shows children that exploration of the world leads to fun and learning. Introduce a snowy day center with a threestep project. The snowy day by ezra keats aff link was such a fun book to read and reread with our children. Children will learn vocabulary terms and use prompts to think critically about the story. Discover educational activities, crafts, and printables to go along with the book, the snowy day, by ezra jack keats. Ill be sharing an activity at least once a month for the group too. This readers theater is designed for 8 different readers and wou. This is a readers theater script based on the childrens book, a silly snowy day by michael coleman.
The snowy day activities the snowy day book, winter. Its not uncommon for snow days to turn into tv marathons, but its important to keep kids active and engaged even when the weather outside is frightful. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Winter artsnowy scenes a little pinch of perfect this is a great process art activity to let your little ones free explore winter and snowy scenes. Invite the students to chant along as you place each childs character and name card in the chart and point to the words with a fun pointer. Save valuable time and find already created activities, from the boardmaker community and premium activities, to meet all your students individual needs. Use these snowy day activities to guide your preschoolers on their own winter adventures. And now for the fun we had celebrating peter and his snowy day.
Jan 4, 2016 descriptions and links to free the snowy day activities including art projects, reading, writing, and sequencing activities. Jan, 2012 the week we planned to work on the snowy day unit and turned out to be rather a good week to do so. Oct 23, 2017 the snowy day reading activities dolly partons imagination library. Start by reading the book the snowy day aloud to your class. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. A silly snowy day by michael coleman readers theater by. Preschool activities in this article are centered around this book and will teach children some science lessons about snow. Preschool activities centered around this book help children explore their natural surroundings. Typically, when i find books that we love and i know that they will be read over and over again, i like to find educational activities to go along with the book. Each year i try to cover lessons in hibernating animals and a silly snowy day is now part of my collection of childrens book on the subject.
A silly snowy day printables, classroom activities, teacher. Literature guide for the snowy day by ezra jack keats page 2. The snowy day preschool corner homeschool creations. Nov 05, 2017 the snowy day the snowy day by ezra jack keats is the perfect readaloud for kindergartners in january. A silly snowy day printables, classroom activities, teacher resources. Perfect picture book friday a silly snowy day by michael coleman pictures by gwyneth williamson. Nov 21, 2014 if you take a mouse to school by laura numeroff and felicia bond animated childrens book duration. Naturally, we had to include this book in our engaging readers series the snowy day reading activities visualizing. A majority of the activities can be used with the book snowy day. It is funny how an image can take your right back to kindergarten. I developed this packet to use in the ld resource setting as a followup to the story, a silly snowy day by michael coleman. Breaking color barriers, quietly the classic childrens book by ezra jack keats turns 50 this year. Some of the activities were created for specific texts, but most of the activities. Readers theater and repeated reading is an excellent tool for building fluency and provides a opportunity for performance reading.
This book also helps slowly introduce preschoolers to the early science concept of the changing physical properties of snow and water. Any variety of snow crafts would be fun, such as creating scenes from the story or forest scenes. Snowy day shadow box pink stripey socks create a shadow box to recapture the magic from the book. Fun snowy day activities that relate to the book the snowy day by ezra jack keats. The snowy day was the first fullcolor picture book to feature a black child and. Jan 04, 2014 directions for using the snowy day pocket chart.
Preschool age children love to learn new big words and a silly snowy day offers them one, ridiculous. The snowy day after listening to the first half of the book, students draw inferences and write an ending. Peter woke up one morning to discover a fresh new layer of snow outside. Literature guide for the snowy day by ezra jack keats. The snowy day by ezra jack keats is a classic story in fact it won the 1963 caldecott medal of a little. When tortoise heads out into the snow, the day gets very silly. Winter art snowy scenes a little pinch of perfect this is a great process art activity to let your little ones free explore winter and snowy scenes. Free teachers guide for the snowy day by ezra jack keats. The snowy day was the first fullcolor picture book to feature a black child and made a big splash in the world of childrens books. And lets be honest it doesnt take long for that to happen, which leaves the grownups grasping for fun snow day activities that dont involve a screen. Students will enjoy reading about peters winter fun while they practice making connections, retelling and visualizing. The snowy day by ezra jack keats, poem snowflakes by. An activity you can do is have students compare different animals habitats in the winter. It is a good book to read often until the preschool child learns the story and can pretend to read it to themselves, another prereading skill.
A fun planting and growing grass science activity for kids. If you have snow outside, have a fun day inspired by peters snow day. This accompanies winter weather or forest animal vocabulary. A silly snowy day printables, classroom activities. In this pack you will find graphic organizers, character comparisons, writing, abc order, and other activities that go along with the book. The snowy day lesson plan students make snowflakes from tortilla shells as part of a lesson on snow. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
When it came out in 1962, it was one of the first major kids books to feature. When peter wakes up to discover that snow has fallen during the night and covered everything as far as he can see, he eats breakfast, puts on. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. The snowy day by ezra jack keats 2 crossword puzzle complete the puzzle. And, if snowy days arent an option in your area, this book provides children with an opportunity to join peter as he investigates one particularly snowy day. Jan 04, 2016 the snowy day by ezra keats aff link was such a fun book to read and reread with our children. The story is quite moving in its depiction of the simple joys of newfallen snow. Next, introduce the pocket chart activity to the class in whole group. Apr 20, 2020 in striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read.
Activities, graphic organizers, literature circles. Here you will find snowy ideas, lessons, printables, and much more to make learning fun in the cold snowy wintery weather. The illustrations are so unique and fun to imitate and there are many activities that goalong with the book to encourage learning, aside from the handson ones. Over the past few weeks of snow, we have taken advantage of the opportunity to read the snowy day by ezra jack keats. Snow day this story is full of fun activities to take part in when you have a snow day.
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