Winter Shenanigans!

Our Winter unit in Science has been lots of fun! We explored how plants and trees change. We have also learned how animals migrate, hibernate, and adapt. But what do people do?

We got our creative juices flowing when Mrs. Beliveau read Snow Day. In the book, a "snow day" is declared and kids must stay home from school! The children in the book do loads of fun seasonal activities, which became an excellent conversation starter for our class!

We brainstormed some of our favourite winter activities!

Then, Mrs. Beliveau promised we could do those Winter activities we just read about! Ski, sled, build a snowman, skate ... but how?

The boys and girls dressed in their warm woollies and posed as if they were doing a snowy activity. Can you guess what winter activity these kids are acting out?

Then students focused their efforts on writing a complete sentence about their activity, 

chose a whimsical Winter background, 

and glued their cutout with a few details to complete the picture!

This activity was so rich! We were able to focus on writing a complete sentence, paying careful attention to beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period, all while exploring seasonal changes in winter!

Can you guess what each student is doing? Visit our hallway bulletin board and flip the picture over to read the sentence on the back!

Project idea adapted from a project featured by Christina Bainbridge. 
Visit her blog at Bunting, Books and Bright Ideas.