Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner is a book I make sure to read to my class every year. No matter what type of class I have and what interests they have, students adore this story. Our blog post today is all about this magical read aloud that gets young readers imaginations going. Snowmen at Night is a book that can make a child fall in love with books and reading. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
In this book, a young boy makes a snowman and realizes it looks different the next day. He starts to imagine all the things that snowmen do at night. Snowmen come alive at night and make their way to the park. They drink hot cocoa, go ice skating and play baseball. The boy imagines the snowmen having snowball fights and sledding down a hill. Once the sun starts to rise and the snowmen are tired, they make their way back to their home. This cute rhyming story explains why children’s snowmen might look different over time.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
My students love this book so much I could seriously teach them anything using it. My reluctant writers will take out pencils excitedly, and students that struggle with grammar are willing to give something new a try. There is so much you can do with Snowmen at Night.
- Explore the rhythm and rhymes in this book. Young readers always enjoy a rhyming book!
- Practice summarizing and retelling. This is a concept students often struggle with but will this story makes it fun!
- Encourage students to get creative and write their own creative story about what snowmen do at night.
- Integrate science and ask students to write about what really happens to snowmen overtime.
- Introduce multiple meaning words.
- Introduce different pronouns and compound words.
- Discuss the importance of friendship and build a classroom community.
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
When I first started teaching using this book I spent so much time creating my own resources to go with it. Today, I am excited to share our book companion with you, in the hope of saving you time!
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
- Snow Day by Lester Laminack
- Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor
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