Teach your class about the reason the days get shorter and the nights longer.
Teach your class about the WINTER SOLSTICE!
This book is informative with delightful picture your class will enjoy!
One of my favorite books to read at this time is "The Shortest Day" by Wendy Pieffer.
The illustrations are beautiful and the explanation about the Winter Solstice is easy for young children to understand.
The reading always follows with a discussion where I write down the KEY facts children recall from the story.
I remind the class to watch carefully and see what they notice about simple changes that winter brings. They are free to share them with the class on a daily basis when we do our daily calendar/weather activity. It's amazing but praising one child for sharing encourages others to become more alert and bring things they have seen. If the class is slow to bring ideas in I often will start a day off sharing something.
Informational Text in three forms.
Graphic Organizers for gathering key facts.
During reading on December 21st I prepare the mini books for the class.
During our reading groups we read the book and highlight the key facts.
The level of support needed to read the book will depend on the level of the group.
I encourage them to color the pictures and read through the book again independently or with a partner.
Pages for helping students gather their thoughts to write an informative piece to showcase.
Groups leave with one of these three activities to complete again depending on the level of the student.
Another idea is to complete the Let's Find Out together in the group and then have them complete one of the other two independently.
These slides will help you explain the Winter Solstice with your class.
Slides One to Five share informational text about the Winter Solstice.
When it begins
Why it happens
Short days and Long Nights
Long Shadows
Enjoyable winter activities
Slide Six: Writing about the Winter Solstice using information learned.
Slide Seven: Sensory and choosing favorite winter activity
Slide Eight: Let's make words from hemisphere
We bundled up the Interactive Google Slides and the Paper Pencil Resource.
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