Winter Writing Projects

• Write a New Year's Resolution. Make a snowman out of paper doilies and decorate.  Write the resolution on the doily underneath and attach a smaller doily over the top (glued down only top half)

• Write a snow poem

Here comes snowflakes,

Here comes snowflakes.

__________________, __________________, __________________  (verbs)

Here comes snowflakes,

Here comes snowflakes.

__________________, _________________, _________________ (adjectives)

Now it's _________. (nouns)

Now it's _________.

Verb choices :  swirling, tickling, tingling, piling, melting, falling, freezing, blowing

Adjective choices:  cold, wet, white, sparkly, lacy, unique, fluffy, sticky, icy

Noun choices:  a snowman, a snowfort, a snowhill, etc.

Make a snowflake and add glitter.  Glue poem in center.

• Write a creative story with a problem/solution.  Draw a sledder.

Setting choices:  When:  an early out day, a snow day, Saturday, Sunday

Where:  Sledding on the (fast, steep, enormous, fast, dangerous) snow hills at the golf course, park, lake, ski resort

Character development:  I put on my ___ snowsuit, ___hat, ___gloves, ___boots. 

I called my friend ____.  Then I got my ______ sled.

We went to the (setting) and went down the snow hills.

Problem:  Suddenly I saw ___________ right in front of me.  (pine trees, a jagged rock, a huge buck, a ferocious dog)

I ___________. (swerved, tipped over, rolled off, turned right or left, dragged my feet to slow down) and barely missed the _______________.

Boy!  Wow!  Sledding is _____(fun, awesome, exciting)

Example story from a second grade student

It was a snow day.  No school!  I am going sledding on the fast snow hills at the golf course.  I put on my colorful snowsuit.  I got out my fuzzy warm hat and gloves.  I put on my new pink and purple boots.  I called my cousin, Riley.  Then I got out my brown sled.  It is really fast!  When we got to the golf course, we went sledding for three hours.  Suddenly, my sled was heading for the trees.  Oh, no!  I rolled off my sled quickly.  I barely missed the trees.  Boy, was I close!  Sledding is so much fun!

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