Teacher friends, have you heard of the book Snow Globe Family? It is one of my favorite winter read alouds! I love to pull this book out just before a big snow storm. Because it is such a good story, we are spotlighting it on the blog this week. This is one of those books that captivates children and gets their imaginations going. Whatever activities I include with my lesson for this book has students actively engaged. I hope you and your students love this one as much as I do! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
The book Snow Globe Family tells the story of two families. The big family lives inside a real house and they have a snow globe on their mantel. Inside the globe lives a little family, very similar to the big family. Long ago, there used to be many snow storms inside the snow globe but now it hardly ever snows. However, the baby in the big family is very interested in the snow globe. One day while some members of the big family are out sledding, the baby makes his way over to the snow globe. He gives it several big shakes, creating a huge snow storm inside the snow globe. In the end, both families get to go outside and have fun sledding in the snow.
Students will love this imaginative story about the little family living inside a snow globe.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Aside from reading comprehension, I love incorporating writing activities when I teach this book in my classroom. I find that the story really gets my little writers’ creativity flowing. Check out some of our other ideas for skills you can teach with Snow Globe Family.
- Have students compare and contrast the two families in this book.
- Stop as you read and ask students to make predictions about what might happen next.
- Ask students to create a list of names for the different family members in the story.
- Encourage students to be descriptive with their writing as they describe events and illustrations from the book.
- Compare past tense and present tense verbs using examples from the book.
- Explore prepositions and how they describe nouns or pronouns.
- Discuss what it means to be patient 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
- 30 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
Whether this story is new to you or an old favorite, you’re going to love our book companion resource. These make great plans to leave for a sub this winter or to extend into a longer unit.
GET THE PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES
ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
- Snowflake Bentley by Jaqueline Briggs Martin
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- Snow Day by Lester Laminack
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