Winter Weather Library Lesson – Elementary Library Lesson

Description

FAST FACTS

• Recommended for: Grades 2-4; created for school libraries, but it works for classrooms, too!
• Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons, total of about 50 minutes
• Formats: PPT or Google Slides, PDF
• Editable: YES, all text is editable

INCLUDES

• 38-slide PPT and Google Slides presentation (editable)
• List of 18 recommended winter-themed picture books, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels (1 page PDF, editable)
• Two differentiated scavenger hunts + answer key (2 pages PDF)
• Lesson plan, includes CC, TEKS, NGSS, and AASL Standards, pre-filled for this lesson but also 100% editable (2 pages, PDF)
• Prep, set up, and tips (6 pages, PDF)
• Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)

PART I–WHOLE CLASS LESSON

• Introduces the winter weather theme
• Brief introduction to Aesop and fables
• Full-text weather-themed fable: “The Wind and the Sun” (adapted so the language is clear for Grades 2-4)
• Linked two additional full-text winter-themed fables if you want to extend the lesson.

PART II–SCROLLING SLIDES

• Fun winter facts and trivia questions
• weather vs. climate–What’s the difference?
• Winter in southern hemisphere/Antarctica
• Winter in equatorial countries
• Why you should wear sunscreen in winter
• two winter idioms (“give the cold shoulder” and “skating on thin ice”)
• two kid-friendly, step-by-step recipes (hot chocolate and grilled cheese)
• This or That?
• Would you rather?
• joke about snowmen

PRINTABLES

• Two scavenger hunts–one is easier (mainly coloring) and one is more challenging (questions from the lesson)–Students find all answers and images in the presentation.
• Answer Key for the Scavenger Hunt trivia questions
• Winter-themed Recommended Reads for Grades 2-4–includes a total of 18 picture books, middle grade fiction books, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels.

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