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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS WINTER LIBRARY LESSON
- Recommended for: Grades K-5
- Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
***Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a winter themed read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.
THIS WINTER LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 60-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 22 recommended snow and ice themed read-alouds (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages, differentiated, PDF and PPT)
- Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Prep, set up, tips (6 pages, PDF)
- Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards (2 pages, PDF and PPT)
- Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
- Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)
ALL SLIDES HAVE A SNOW AND ICE THEME
Animal adaptations for cold weather is a major focus in this Winter Library Lesson; but there are also slides devoted to winter weather and other winter-themed items.
- original song lyrics: “I’m a Little Snowflake” (sing to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”)
- ASL sign language: “winter / cold” and “coat”
- brief information about 11 animal adaptations for cold weather survival (listed below)
- weekly and daily agendas (you fill in the template)
- Word of the Week: blizzard, hemisphere, and down feathers
- freshly-fallen snow absorbs sound; ice reflects sound
- Winter solstice
- Winter idioms – “cold snap” and “brain freeze”
- Iditarod race (Alaska)
- World’s snowiest city
- World record for the largest snowball
- Aurora borealis
- lots of facts and information about cold-weather animals
- winter joke
- ice hockey term – “hat trick”
- would you rathers
- this or that
- trivia questions and answers
- Happy birthday to…
- Photos and clipart feature 21 different animals
- All slides are illustrated with real photos and colorful clipart for Grades K-5.
ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS FOR COLD WEATHER INCLUDE:
Includes real photos and information for each animal.
- fur (snowshoe hare)
- feathers (cardinal)
- blubber (walrus)
- migration (Arctic tern, monarch butterflies)
- hibernation (bats, bears)
- brumation (bearded dragon)
- burrowing (chipmunk)
- swimming deeper (Koi fish)
- huddling (penguins, garter snakes)
- storing food (squirrels)
- changing fur color (Arctic fox)
- also includes photos and information about: sea otters, caribou, moose, polar bears, narwhals, snow leopards, and blue whales
DIFFERENTIATED WINTER THEMED SCAVENGER HUNT
- 2 versions + answer key
- Version 1 – students color the objects as they find them in the presentation slides
- Version 2 – questions about the information in the slides + smaller images to find
RECOMMENDED READS : WINTER THEME
- Includes picture books, fiction, nonfiction and biography, and one graphic novel
- all have a winter theme
- total of 22 titles
- includes two small images for students to color
- titles are editable, so you can customize the books included for your library
- All titles were hand-selected by a veteran school librarian for quality, diversity, positive reviews, and currency.
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