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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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