Blizzard

I wasn't alive during the Blizzard of '78 but my parents were and since it was only 3 years before I was born, I grew up hearing a lot about this infamous weather event!

Before we read this story in class, I shared some facts about blizzards and had them guess which Chickadee book we were reading in class.  It didn't take very long for them to guess which book we were reading!

I really enjoyed John Rocco's account of the Blizzard of '78!  I also loved the very creative ways in which he showed the passing of the days on each page.

There is a really neat fold out map that shows his journey through the neighborhood on his way to the store.  We took a detailed look at that map and then the students drew maps of their own neighborhoods.  It was really neat to see what about their neighborhood was important to them and also to see how many (or few) details each student included.  Here are a few examples of the maps that my students drew...