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What is an interactive read aloud?

An interactive read aloud is purposeful and planned for. You choose a book before you meet with your students, determine teaching points (such as skills and vocabulary), and (if you’d like) jot them down on sticky notes. Put those notes at the places in the book where you plan to stop and talk. Then read and enjoy!

This pack has done-for-you interactive read alouds, but the discussion points are only suggestions. Always do what makes sense for your learners.

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Contents

p. 3 Master list of books about snow & snowmen for PreK & K

p. 4 Read aloud guide: Big Snow, by Jonathan Bean

p. 5 Read aloud guide: Snow Globe Family, by Jane O’Connor & S.D. Schindler

p. 6 Read aloud guide: Snowmen at Night, by Caralyn Buehner

p. 7 Read aloud guide: Sneezy the Snowman, by Maureen Wright

p. 8 “The Snow Globe Family” reading response page

p. 9 Put the pictures in order (snowman life cycle)

p. 10-14 Pocket chart sentences: Sneezy the Snowman

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Books about Snow Recommended by Anna Geiger – themeasuredmomplus.com

• Big Snow, by Jonathan Bean• Clifford’s First Snow Day, by Norman Bridwell• The First Snowfall, by Anne Rockwell• Frozen Noses, by Jan Carr• It’s Snowing! By Olivier Dunrea• Katy and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee Burton• Millions of Snowflakes, by Mary McKenna Siddals• A Perfect Day, by Carin Berger• Perfect Snow, by Barbara Reid• Red Sled, by Lita Judge• Red Sled, by Patricia Thomas• Snow, by Cynthia Rylant• Snow, by Erin Edison• Snow, by Grace Hansen• Snow, by Sam Usher• Snow, by Uri Shulevitz• Snow! Snow! Snow! by Lee Harper• Snow Day! by Lester L. Laminack• Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin• Snowflakes Fall, by Patricia MacLachlan• Snow Globe Family, by Jane O’Connor• Snow Is Falling, by Franklyn M. Branley• Snow on Snow on Snow, by Cheryl Chapman• Snow Sounds, by David A. Johnson• Stella, Queen of the Snow, by Marie-Louise Gay• There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! by Lucille Colandro• The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats• Tracks in the Snow, by Wong Herbert Yee• Waiting for Winter, by Sebastian Meschenmoser• White Snow, Bright Snow, by Alvin Tresselt• Winter Is for Snow, by Robert Neubecker• Zoo Flakes ABC, by Will C. Howell

Big Snowby Jonathan Bean

INTRODUCTION

“Do you think waiting is easy or hard? Why do you say that? What are things that are hard to wait for? This book is about a boy who is waiting for a big snow. Listen to find out how his mom helps him wait for the big snow. As I read, notice the details in the pictures.”

READ ALOUD GUIDE


Making predictions using

illustrations

skill

p. 1 How does David’s mother help him wait for the snow?

p. 2 Look at the picture. Is David a good helper?

p. 3 Look at this picture. Do you still think David is a good helper? Why or why not?

p. 8 Now how does David’s mother help him wait? Do you think David will be a good helper? Predict what you’ll see in the illustration on the next page.

p. 14 What is David helping his mom do now? What do you think he’ll be doing on the next page?

p. 19 Now how does David’s mother help him wait? Why doesn’t she give him another job to do?

p. 25 Tell about David’s dream. Would you like that dream to come true? Why or why not?

END Imagine that there were more pages to this book. What would happen next?

Page 1 begins on the first page with text.

Snow Globe Familyby Jane O’Connor & S.D. Schindler

INTRODUCTION

“This is a book about two families. There are ways the families are the same, and there are ways they are different. One family is big – like you and me. They live in a house. One family is small …so small that they live in a snow globe!” (Show a real snow globe if you have one.) “As I read, listen to find out how the families are the same and how they are different.

READ ALOUD GUIDE


Compare & Contrast

skill

p. 3 Can you tell me one way the families are the same?

How are they different?

p. 5 What does the snow globe family wish would happen?

p. 13 What is another way the two families are the same?

p. 15 What do you predict will happen next? Turn and tell the person next to you.

p. 19 What do you predict will be in the illustrations on the next few pages?

p. 23 Was your prediction correct?

p. 30 If there was one more page to the book, what do you think be on it? Use the picture as a clue!

END Let’s make a list of ways the families are the same and how they are different.

Start counting page numbers on the first page with words.

Invite students to use the response sheet to draw an event from the story.

READING RESPONSE

Snowmen at Nightby Caralyn Buehner

INTRODUCTION

Have you ever built a snowman? How might a snowman look different the day after you build it? Why?

We know that snowmen look different the next day because some of their snow melts, but the creators of this book have a different idea. They think that snowmen look different in the morning because they have a party at night!

READ ALOUD GUIDE


Noticing Illustrations

skill

p. 3 What do you predict the snowmen will do at night?

p. 7 Why would snowmen drink ice-cold cocoa? Why don’t they drink hot cocoa?

p. 9 Look at the picture on this page. What clues show you that the snowmen are having a really great time?

p. 17 The illustrator adds some funny details to these pages. Look closely at the pictures. What details make you smile?

p. 19 What details does the illustrator add to show that the snowmen are moving quickly down the hill?

p. 22 What do you think “tuckered out” means?

END According to this story, what DO snowmen do at night?

Have your learners complete the cut and paste worksheet to show the life cycle of a snowman.

READING RESPONSE


Sneezy the Snowmanby Maureen Wright

INTRODUCTION

“This book is about a snowman named Sneezy. Sneezy has a problem. He is either too cold or too hot. He never feels just right! What are things that cause you to be too cold? What are things that cause you to be too hot? Let’s read and find out what Sneezy does when he’s too cold or too hot.

READ ALOUD GUIDE


Cause /Effect

skill

p. 1 Why does Sneezy want a drink? What drink do you think he will have?

p. 3 What do you think will happen next?

p. 4 What caused Sneezy to melt?

p. 11 Why does Sneezy sit in a hot tub? What will be the effect of sitting in a hot tub?

p. 20 How is Sneezy feeling right now? What caused him to feel this way?

p. 21 What do you predict will happen next?

p. 22 Was your prediction right? Make another prediction.

p. 28 Is this a good way to end the story? Why or why not?

Use the pocket chart sentences with pictures in a variety of ways.

• Have your students help you retell the story by putting the sentences in order.• Give your learners a smaller set of sentences to put in order (just the pictures with Sneezy adding

more clothes, for examples).• Use the sentences to show cause and effect. (Show the sentence/picture of Sneezy getting in

the hot tub. Then ask for the sentence/picture that shows the effect of Sneezy getting in the hot tub.)

READING RESPONSE


The Snow Globe Family

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Put the Pictures in Order

1 2 3 4 5 6


Name _________________________

Sneezy is cold.

Sneezy has a hot drink.

Sneezy melts!




The children makeSneezy brand new.

Sneezy gets a hat.

Sneezy gets ina hot tub.




Sneezy melts!


Sneezy gets a scarf.




Sneezy standsby a fire.

Sneezy melts!





Sneezy gets a jacket.

Sneezy gets ice cream.



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