Winter Unit: Pre-K, K, and 1

Reach common core standards the fun and active way by using this complete cross curricular thematic unit “White Wonderful Winter.”

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This 165 page unit contains scripted lessons with clearly stated objectives, common core standards, rationales, and materials. These activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. This professional style curriculum is just what you need to teach important concepts. The lessons can also be readily handed off to a parent volunteer or a classroom aide with complete confidence that objectives of the lesson will be reached.

Table of Contents:

Literacy

Scripted Literacy Lessons With Independent Options:

Abominable Snow Monster: Fluent Reading Alphabet Letters or Sight Words

Snowball Sounds: Naming Alphabet Letter Sounds Fluently

Sound Blizzard: Connecting Sounds to Letters

Snowflake ABC: Putting Letters in Alphabetical Order

Snowflake Hunt: Writing Alphabet Letters

Cocoa Words: Writing CVC Words

Independent Activities: 

Letter Whirl: Matching and Writing Alphabet Letters 

Hat Colors: Tracing Color Words

Math

Scripted Math Lessons With Independent Options:

Bundle Up: Using a 10 Frame to Make Number Combinations

Blizzard: Identifying before, after, and between using a number line

Skating Lessons: Counting Objects for Two Numbers in Succession

Snowball Fights at School: Counting by 10’s

Independent Activities: 

Snowflake Numbers: Composing 10 + a Given Number.

Snowballs: Representing Quantity using a 10 Frame

Snowstorm 10-Frame Write the Room: Writing Numerals Representing a Set

Science

Scripted Science Lessons

Snow Dough:Combining Ingredients to Make a New Substance

Crystal Creations: Growing Crystals

Writing Prompts/Word Wall

Winter Word Wall

Prompts: 

Winter Sports 

What I like About Winter

Guided Reading Books

Winter (Level C)

Winter (Level E)

Kitchen Cafe

Make a Snowflake, Then Eat!

Art Projects

Snowflake: Following Directions to Make a Snowflake

Snowy Day Kid: Constructing a Snow Kid Using Geometric Shapes

Songs

Snowflakes Falling Down

Bundle Me Up

Winter Time