The Snowy Day | Book Study Activities, Class Book, Craft

This is a book study unit with literacy printables for The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned reading activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The craft makes a wonderful winter bulletin board display to showcase student learning.

Your students will love Peter's snowy day fun!

WAYS TO USE THE BOOK ACTIVITIES

• for whole class learning
• during small group guided reading time
• as individual student work
• as part of a book club
• homeschool instruction
• leave for a sub

Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

WHAT TEACHERS LOVE

• differentiate to suit your students' learning abilities and needs
• saves planning time
• standards based learning
• great to leave for a sub
• no prep - print and go

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

• student unit cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character traits
• character analysis
• story retell
• story events
• story clues
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

• making mental images
• giving my opinion
• giving my advice
• text-to-self connections
• If I had a snow day
• design a snowman

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• story writing prompt
• class book templates

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

• making words
• vocabulary word search
• syllable count
• alphabetical order

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

• making inferences
• snowy day activities/not snowy day activities
• cause and effect
• problems and solutions
• author's purpose
• main idea/theme
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• true or false comprehension questions
• story response
• story notes

CRAFTIVITY

• What I Would Do On A Snowy Day craftivity

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

• learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

LEARNING STANDARDS COVERED:

Common Core

• RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.6, RL.K.7
• RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7

TEKS

• K.5.C, K.5.D, K.5.E, K.5.F, K.6.A, K.6.B, K.6.C, K.6.D, K.6.E, K.7.A, K.7.B, K.7.C, K.7.D, K.9.A
• 1.6.C, 1.6.D, 1.6.E, 1.6.F, 1.7.A, 1.7.C, 1.7.D, 1.7.E, 1.8.A, 1.8.B, 1.8.C, 1.8.D, 1.10.A

VA SOL

• R.K.8.a, R.K.8.b, R.K.8.c, R.K.8.d, R.K.8.e
• R.1.9.c, R.1.9.d, R.1.9.e, R.1.9.f, R.1.9.g, R.1.9.h

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Owl Moon

Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice

The Three Little Kittens

The Mitten Tree

The Missing Mitten Mystery

Snowmen at Night

Tacky the Penguin

Sneezy the Snowman

Frozen Noses

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

The Hat

The Snow Globe Family

The Mitten

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