Winter Fun with First Grade

If you live in Southeastern Wisconsin you are well aware that we have had a long, tough winter.  The first graders and I decided to embrace it and celebrate winter in Wisconsin!  We have been doing all sorts of activities about snow and winter for the past few weeks.  One of my favorite books about winter is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.  The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation has a fabulous website.  On the site is an animated version of the story and lots of games.  The first graders really enjoyed the story and playing the games.

There is another great site I discovered, Snow Days.  With a few clicks of the mouse, students are able to create a snowflake and then share it for everyone to see.  The first graders were so excited to see the snowflake they created floating down the screen and then see all of their classmate's snowflakes as well!

Most recently we read two more great books for this time of year, Snowmen at Night and Snowmen all Year by Caralyn Buehner.



In the fall the first graders made an online book based on the story, For Just One Day.  While planning with first grade teachers Mrs. Trost and Mrs. Coss, we decided we would like the first graders to do another book together.  This time we would challenge them to write a longer story.  Each student wrote a story called Snowmen at School.  They used their Google account, Kerpoof for the illustrations and I used FlipSnack Edu to put them all together into an online book.  Click below to read their stories!

Mrs. Trost's Class

Mrs. Coss' Class

Now that we are done with our winter activities, Spring can come anytime now!