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...

 

Dragon's Extraordinary Egg

This was an amazing book!

I loved it, my students loved it and my 6 year old son loved it!  What more can I say?  Here is what we did in library...

In 3rd and 4th grade we made origami penguins

    Origami Penguin display with Non-Fiction and Fiction penguin books.

 While my group did origami, the other group of students watched a video from the author/illustrator, Debi Gliori.

In 1st/2nd Grade, the student wrote penguin facts and drew pictures to go along with their fact.

In my Pre-K/Kindergarten class, we drew penguins and made a winter display to show off our handiwork :)