A Snowman Time of Year

Looking for a great Snowman unit that thematically includes  areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, science, independent practice, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading? The activities in this unit are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of "one-time"  preparation. 

Table of Contents

 Literacy Activities:

Snowman Spill: Automaticy of Lowercase Letter Sounds

Snowman Match-up: Matching Letters and Sounds

Build a Snowman: Blending and Segmenting Words

Snowman Melt: Reading High Frequency Words

Draw a Snowman: Reviewing Early Phonics and Phonological Skills

Independent Practice

 My Favorite Things: Identifying Medial Sounds

Beginning Sounds: Identifying and Writing Beginning Sounds

A-Z: Fluently Connecting Dots From a-z.

Writing the Alphabet A-Z and a-z: Practicing Alphabet Letter Formation

 Math Activities:

Snowball Fight: Comparing Numbers

The Snowman’s Buttons: Decomposing Numbers

Snowman Sets: Joining Sets Using a 10 Frame Strategy

Snowman Sums: Making a Sum of 10 Using an Unknown and a KnowN Addend With Visual Representation.

Independent Practice

Symmetry Snowman: Symmetry Activity

Snowman Puzzles: Using Geometric Shapes to Construct a Snowman

The Tallest Snowman: Measurement

Snowman Number Hunt: Matching Quantity and Numerals

Math Journal Prompt: Joining Sets

Guided Reading Books

The Snowmen (Level B)

The Snowmen (Level C)

Writing Prompts/Word Wall

My Snowman

How To Build a Snowman

Snowman Word Wall

Science

The Melting Snowman: Observing States of Matter

Science Journal Page: Why does the sun melt the snowman?

Art Projects

Snowman Gallery Art Show

Marshmallow Snowman

Shape Snowman

Painted Snowman Portfolio Sample

Songs

Five Little Snowmen

I’m a Little Snowman

Drawing a Snowman