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We read Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and My Brother Loved Snowflakes
by Mary Bahr. Then as a review of the information in the stories, the
students played Rags to Riches.
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for other ideas. Next using some of these facts and their own knowledge of our
reading and discussion, they created a Kidspiration file that
included five facts and appropriate graphics about Snowflake
Bentley. Their files
were evaluated with a rubric
that included the following items:
name, five correct facts, use of graphics, and accurate
complete sentences. After
sharing our Kidspiration files, we talked about adjectives that
described Snowflake Bentley. This
helped with our fairy tale writing as we discussed adjectives that
can make our writing come alive.
The adjectives were added to our class Kidspiration file
which is attached. In
Science we sorted samples of snowflake pictures into the seven
different families of snow (Plate, Stellar, Column, Needle, Spatial
Dendrite, Capped Column, and Irregular Crystal) that have been
determined by the International Commission on Snow and Ice.
Then it was time for writing poetry about snow.
Now all we need is some real “Texas Snow.”
We are still hoping!!!
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Snow has a
special glow floating in the sky.
I lie and think
how does it start up there so high.
Snow is like a
flying squirrel floating down at night.
What a sight, at
night, a big flight, a great night
By Logan |
Ice
Cold slippery
Skating,
Bobsledding, lugeing,
Always fun to pay
on
Ice
By
Christian |
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Snowflakes
White, cold
Falling,
sparkling, floating
Always fun to see
Snowflakes
By Hanna |
Dog
Furry, warm
Pulling, running,
barking
Playing in cold
weather
Snow
By Rachel |
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Snow Fort
Protecting,
strong
Hitting,
crunching, flopping
Ready, aim, fire
Snow Fort
By Jacob |
Ice
Cold, clear
Freezing,
breaking, skating
Fun to play on
Ice
By Jacobi |
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Cocoa
Hot, chocolatey
Drink, sip, taste
Always good to
drink
Cocoa
By Tiffany |
Snowflake
White, cold
Gliding,
floating, melting
Fun to play with
Snowflake
By Steven |
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Snowflakes are
bright
Like a light.
Snowflakes are
big and small
But are not big
as the mall.
Snowflakes are
white as snow
They fall down
slow.
Snowflakes have
different shapes
But aren’t
circles like grapes.
Snowflakes have
holes
But not like
moles.
Snowflakes are
made of snow
Which everyone
does know.
Snowflakes
sometimes fall
But sometimes not
at all.
By Melissa |
Snowflakes, snowflakes,
falling so light,
Snowflakes, snowflakes, Why aren't
you bright?
Snowflakes, snowflakes falling on
the ground
Snowflakes, snowflakes, you don't
make a sound.
Snowflakes, snowflakes kids love
you day and night,
Snowflakes, snowflakes you're just
right.
Snowflakes, snowflakes you're so
cold
Snowflakes, snowflakes you never
get old.
By Chelsea |
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Snow
Fun, white
Skiing, sledding,
snowboarding
Fun things to do
Snow
By Kelsey |
Hockey
Rough, tough
Check, skate,
race
Hockey is cool to
watch
Hockey
By Grant |
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© Patricia Knox & Susan Silverman - Kidspired Frosty Tales
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