To incorporate our snow days into Language Arts, I had the kids write down three sentences about what they did over the break. The next day, we went back and edited our writing to make sure all of the necessities were there (capital letters, finger spaces, punctuation, etc). Then, we traded papers with our neighbors to do peer editing. On Thursday, after another snow day Wednesday, I had each student draw a picture to match their writing. I glued and laminated each piece and put it together to make a book. It is wonderful! I can’t wait for them to see the finished product tomorrow!

Last week I also read the book “The Snowman Storybook”. I didn’t read the last page (which shows the snowman melted) and I had my class each write what they thought the little boy saw when he went outside the day after he built his snowman. So much fun! :)

A few weeks ago we learned about the different seasons of the year. Here is just a cute art activity that they did with tissue paper to show what a tree would look like at each time of the year.

How do you display your student’s papers? Well, after lots of staple removing in my wall, I decided to put up these great work framers. Just staple a piece of large construction paper up and put a clothespin on to hold the work. I have each clothespin labeled with a name so that the kids know exactly where their work will be hung. I love it and it looks so neat and clean!