How to Catch a Snowman is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"How to Catch a Snowman" by Adam Wallace is an enchanting children's book that combines winter wonder with imaginative strategies to catch a snowman. In the story, a group of determined kids brainstorm and construct elaborate traps using household items and winter-themed tricks to try to capture the elusive snowman. From building a giant snowball catapult to laying down slippery slopes, the children's creativity knows no bounds. As they embark on their snowy adventure, they encounter unexpected surprises and delightful mishaps along the way. With its lively illustrations and engaging text, the book sparks the reader's imagination and imparts valuable lessons about teamwork, perseverance, and the joy of winter play. "How to Catch a Snowman" is a delightful and whimsical read that captures the magic and excitement of the winter season.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Cause and effect can be a difficult skill for students. This book is a perfect mentor text for teaching this skill.
- Discuss the author’s use of rhyme and rhythm in this book.
- Analyze the setting of this book. Discuss where and when it takes place.
- Teach a mini lesson on compound words.
- Practice identifying conjunctions using examples from the story.
- Discuss what it means to persevere and why it is important.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Snowmen at Night by Caralyn BuehnerÂ
- Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright
- The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg
- The Biggest Snowmen Ever by Steven Kroll
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