After kaleb traced the names of the shapes from the snowy day printables, i cut them out and we put them all on popsicle sticks. It also provides anchor charts to teach each topic and worksheets or activities to reinforce ideas. This caledecottwinning book is among the first to depict a multicultural family in an urban setting engaging in everyday activities and is considered a groundbreaking achievement. Please do not link directly to just the pdf files the link you are.
This snow day and jack frost book study unit is a great way to meet important common core standards in literacy and informational text using quality text such as the snowy day by ezra jack keats and jack frost by kazuno korara. The snowy day the snowy day by ezra jack keats is the perfect readaloud for kindergartners in january. Ezra jack keats wrote a book for young children called the snowy day. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. Winter artsnowy scenes a little pinch of perfect this is a great process art. The snowy day printables, classroom activities, teacher. And, if snowy days arent an option in your area, this. Identify descriptive words and phrases in the story the snowy day that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses use. A flurry of activities the ezra jack keats foundation. In this caldecott medal winner, a little africanamerican boy experiences the snow in the city spending the day outside playing. Revisiting the snowy day, this is a simple, innovative lesson from the website deep space sparkle that deepens the childrens experience of the book through art. Let peters experiences in the snowy day inspire your students to make their own snowy day collages complete with sparkling snowflakes and depicting their favorite winter activities.
I am so excited to share the snowy day literature unit. The snowy day art winter kindergarten, winter preschool. As a result of this lesson, the student will be able to. The snowy day grew in part from this frustration, and marked keatss first attempt at writing a book entirely on his own he coauthored my dog is lost. Some favorites include peters chair, whistle for willie, the snowy day, apt. Fun snowy day activities that relate to the book the snowy day by ezra jack. There is just something about it that reminds me of the snowy day, winter, ezra jack keats, snow paint i added a few of my favorite preschool winter crafts. The illustrations are so unique and fun to imitate and there are many activities that goalong with the book to encourage learning, aside from the handson ones.
Download this free lesson guide by clicking the yellow button below and ill send you my 5 nonreligious projects for the. Students read the book the snowy day and discover various winter themes. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. How beloved childrens book the snowy day became an. Interactive readaloud lesson plans and activities k1 this readaloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities including a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans to help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of. She stapled them to the front of all of their reading response pages to make a snowy day book. This unit includes 7 lesson plans that are common core aligned to go with the popular book, the snowy day by ezra jack keats. A lifelong new yorker, he set the story in the city, as he did with most of the visual artwork he had created since he was a teen, some of which is on. Its a simple, yet fun art activity to do after reading the snowy day by ezra jack keats. The process of making pictures in ezras style allows the children not only to create unique artwork but also to. Snowy day and jack frost book study and writing activities. Deep space sparkle offers art lesson plans and teaching resources that will help you teach art to kids, even if you arent a great artist. My winter classroom winter kindergarten, winter art.
Typically, when i find books that we love and i know that they will be read over and over again, i like to find educational activities to go along with the book. W hen my kids were small, they really enjoyed reading the snowy day by ezra jack keats. If you havent had a chance to read this caldecott award winning story, you are missing out. Up to that point, there were many picture books but they were in rural settings, author andrea davis pinkney told npr last year, soon after publishing her own childrens book in homage to the snowy day. Each lesson takes approximately 40 minutes and should be taught in this order. The snowy day after listening to the first half of the book, students draw inferences and write an ending.
Show the end sheets of the book, with the snowflakes. The snowy day by ezra jack keats is a classic picture book, sharing the magic and sensory experience of winter with early learners through its main character, peter first published in 1962, the snowy day was also the first childrens book to feature an african american protagonist, a fact being celebrated this year by the us postal service with a snowy day stamp booklet. Winter artsnowy scenes a little pinch of perfect this is a great process art activity to let your little ones free explore winter and snowy scenes. The snowy day was also one of the first works of american childrens literature to be set in an urban, workingclass home. Over the course of a school year, we will be exploring some of the most wellloved childrens books out there. Browse hundreds of k12 art lesson plans, plus thousands of other curriculum materials through the flex curriculum platform, right now. The snowy day by ezra keats aff link was such a fun book to read and reread with our children. If you would like to share, please share a link to my blog or to the page that hosts these files. A compilation of five ideas and activities at bottom of page along with a brainpop video about ezra jack keats. As we read the story, we matched the shapes on the sticks to the different shapes in the book by smacking them down oh yes, he loved that. With this caldecott awardwinning book, ezra jack keats first introduced the character of peter to the world. Making our mark in the snow teach preschool build prewriting skills in this multisensory experience. This book also helps slowly introduce preschoolers to the early science concept of the changing physical properties of snow and water.
Peter ventures out into the snow and marvels at the tracks he makes, the snowman he builds, and the angels he imprints in the snow. Next, students add a cutout of peter made prior to lesson by parent volunteers and use a rubberstamp, qtip, or fingertip to make snowflakes falling from the blue construction paper sky. A sweet blog reader sent these pictures to me to show how she shrunk the craft patterns down and turned them into book covers. I use the snowy day during an ezra jack keats author study, as well as during a seasonal unit on winter. Let the children act out the story of the boy sleeping, awakening, getting snow clothes.
Enhance reading abilities with an activity about ezra jack keatss book the snowy day that enriches and expands childrens language and. Write the room ordering numbers editable sight word write the room. Snowy day shadow box pink stripey socks create a shadow box to recapture the magic from the book. Children will learn vocabulary terms and use prompts to think critically about the story. This classic book is a favorite of preschool children who are eager for a day to play in the snow like peter.
Demonstrate how to fold the tortilla shell into quarters. Write a story about what you would do and how you could turn your day off into a wintry adventure. Read the story of the snowy day by ezra jack keates l. For this winter lesson, students develop movements to express the feeling of a snowstorm.
Using the ejk foundation home page as a guide, the students paint a. Arts and crafts city life cooking and baking snow, ice, blizzards winter winter. Reading comprehension skills are practiced such as visualizing and making connections. Students will distinguish among the various forms of precipitation rain, snow, sleet, and hail, making. Discover educational activities, crafts, and printables to go along with the book, the snowy day, by ezra jack keats.
Students love unfolding their tortilla shells to find they have created a snowflake. Ezra jack keats snowy day lesson ideas for kindergarten. The snowy day discussion guide five discussion questions. The snowy day lesson plan students make snowflakes from tortilla shells as. A mini book study companion activities pack for the snowy day by ezra jack keats.
Art center adapted from scholastics ezra jack keats author study, in the section the snowy day extension activities. These are books that have a problem and solution, but vary in reading levels. The snowy day by ezra jack keats is a perennial favorite in art rooms. Write the room ordering numbers editable sight word. Have them dictate or soundspell a sentence describing their favorite ways to spend a snowy day. The snowy day sensory tub along the way to go along with the book we are reading this week, snowy day, aiden helped me put together a snowy day sensory tub. The lesson plan chalk pastels blue, turquoise, purple and pink. A fresh snowy day is perfect for all kinds of great fun. The snowy day by ezra jack keats enhance reading abilities with an activity about ezra jack keatss book the snowy day that enriches and expands childrens language and emergent literacy skills. Since my kids love painting with this puffy paint, i thought this would be a. The text is simple yet easily brings round memories of my childhood days in atlantic canada. Explain that we are going to notice and talk about some choices he made while illustrating the book. Up book a perfect day big snow snowball names snowflake sounds phoneme segmentation emergent reader beginning sound sort free play free play free play free play free play snowflakes half day lesson plan. You collect the supplies, round up the artists and watch the creativity unfold.
The snowy day activities kindergarten and lesson plans. Show the book, the snowy day, and explain that ezra jack keats wrote and illustrated it. Open the snowflake on a plate and sparingly spread on some. Free teachers guide for the snowy day by ezra jack keats. Visual art lesson plan iron county school district book that is all about winter. The snowy day preschool corner homeschool creations.
Using the ejk foundation home page as a guide, the students paint a white, snowy hill on blue construction paper. The centers in this lesson plan are geared to kindergarten, but can also be used in first and second grade by making the tasks more challenging. Use this reading response map as your guide through ezra jack keats the snowy day. This 2 week unit will begin on january 16th and is the tenth book in the literature learning units that we will be using for the 20162017 year. Print two copies for a matching task or memory game. Snowy day worksheet for 2nd 4th grade lesson planet. Over 7 fun snowy day activities and lesson plans for. In this winter lesson, students develop movements to express the feeling of a snowstorm. They love following the little boy on his adventures through the city on a very snow day. Make one more fold, and use the scissors to cut out a snowflake. Asking and answering questions setting story sequencing. Winter crafts, painting lessons for kids click here for even more art lesson plans. Explain that students will be making their own snowflakes. If you use the snowy day as an anchor text for reading comprehension, you can take advantage of your students framework and directly tie in word study as well.
Ezra jack keats the snowy day the rockwell center for. Preschool activities centered around this book help children explore their natural surroundings. We also did a little art to imitate a scene in the book. Using those words, have your students write stories or poems about students favorite snowy memories. Here are a few worksheets that go along with the unit. As the first fullcolor picture book to feature an african american protagonist berger 30, keats puts the issue front and center by placing peter in a spot of importance. Creative problemsolving with ezra jack keats readwritethink. Print and cut out for individual flashcards or picture choices to comprehension questions. The cover art for the snowy day focuses on a small boy overlooking his footprints in the snow. This book is a good resource for teaching a phonics lesson on the hard c sound. Dec 17, 2016 educational activities, crafts, and printables to go along with the book, the snowy day by ezra jack keats. Literature guide for the snowy day by ezra jack keats.