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Snowy Winter Weather

Snowy Winter Weather

Students will explore winter's weather and create a snowy scene.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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  • Paper
  • Sponge(s)

Steps

  • Step 1

    Read a book such as "Winter Dance" by Marion Dane Bauer and Richard Jones, "So Much Snow" by Kristen Schroeder and Sarah Jacoby, or "Best in Snow" by April Pulley Sayre. Discuss how different creatures and people get ready for winter and enjoy the snow. Ask children to describe characteristics of winter and sights they might see during the season such as snow drifts, snow people, ice covering tree branches, etc.

  • Step 2

    Have students create a snowy scene. They can begin with a piece of blue construction paper as the background, then create the snowy images by dipping a sponge or a piece of sponge into white paint and dabbing it on the paper.

  • Step 3

    When their art is dry, have them present it to the class and discuss the activities they enjoy on a winter's day.

  • Step 4

Standards

LA: Read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band independently and proficiently.

LA: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g.,where, when, why, and how key events occur).

LA: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to grade level topic or subject area.

LA: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade level topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

SCI: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the types of habitats in which organisms live, and ask questions based on that information.

VA: Students will initiate making works of art and design by experimenting, imagining and identifying content.

VA: Students will investigate, plan and work through materials and ideas to make works of art and design.Use visual structures of art to communicate ideas.

Adaptations

Possible classroom resources include: Pandas! A Kids Book About Panda Bears - Facts, Figures and High Quality Pictures of Animals in Nature by Maya Lee Shye; Moon in Bear's Eyes by Stephen R. Swinburne; Koala Country: A Story of an Australian Eucalyptus Forest by Deborah Dennard

Using Crayola Model Magic, students create 3-D models of their bears When displaying student artwork, site the 3-D bears in front of the landscape scenes.

Allow students time to experiment with other snow-painting tools such as sponges, cardboard, plastic picnic utensils, toothbrushes, and salt. How do these tools assist in creating a landscape scene?

Students take a 9" x 12" piece of construction paper and fold it in half. On the front, students create a seasonal scene for a holiday card. Inside the card, students compose an original sentiment and "send" the card to a beloved family member.