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Scenes from a Snowy Day
Materials:
Building a Community of Writers resource book (CTP 2212)
crayons or markers
drawing paper
sentence strips
Directions:
1. Following the directions from the Building a Community
of Writers resource book, give each child a piece of
drawing paper.
2. Tell children you will read a sentence to them, and ask
them to draw the picture that comes to mind when
they hear the words. Say, The red bird was perched on
the head of the smiling snowman while two spotted
rabbits scampered below.
3. Write the sentence on sentence strips, and display it
with children’s work on a bulletin board display titled
Scenes from a Snowy Day.
Tip:
Praise anything children
write or draw. Do not force
children to read or write,
but encourage them.
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Scenes from a Snowy Day
A
MATERIALS
Give each child a piece of
drawing paper. Tell children
• drawing paper
you will read a sentence to
• crayons or markers
• sentence strips
them, and ask them to draw
the picture that comes to
mind when they hear the
words. Say The red bird perched on the head of
the smiling snowman while two spotted rabbits
scampered below. Write the sentence on sentence
strips, and display it with children’s work on a board
titled Scenes from a Snowy Day.
Word Pictures
B
MATERIALS
STANDARDS
CONNECTION
Arrange children in pairs, and have
them sit back-to-back. Place one
• various colorful
objects (e.g., playing
object per pair of children in a
cards, small toys,
paper gift bag. Give one child in
blocks)
• paper gift bags
each pair a piece of paper and
• drawing paper
some crayons or markers. Ask the
• crayons or markers
other child to take the object out
of the bag and describe it to his or
her partner. Encourage the child who is speaking to carefully
choose words to describe the object. The child with the
paper will draw what his or her partner describes. After the
activity, invite children to look at the object and the drawing
together. Encourage them to determine how well the
drawing matches the description.
✐ Use descriptive language in writing
✐ Understand that word choice can shape ideas, feelings, and actions
✐ Practice visualization
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