Snowsong Whistling
CHALLENGING WORDS
chimneychorus
gleaming
sleigh
snowsong
swirling
tolling
waltz
wheezing
whistling
SUMMARY
A rhyming tale that takes you through the sights and smells of autumn and winter.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Retell what this story was about(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Describe your favorite part of this story.
(2) / Guess why the seasons change.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Name your favorite season.
(3) / Imagine you could only have one season all year, which one would you want it to be?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Explain why you chose this season.
(4) / Reminisce about a time you played in the leaves or the snow.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me who played with you.
(5) / Define ‘swirling’
(Answer) / To move with a whirling, rotation motion.
(Follow Up) / Use this word in a sentence.
(6) / When it says, “There’s a crisp in the air”, what season is being described?
(Answer) / Fall.
(Follow Up) / Tell me what season it is right now.
(7) / Name some things this story related to the fall.
(Answer) / Pumpkins, bluegill, apples, cider, chestnuts, school, bells, groundhogs, cornstalks, scarecrows, etc.....
(Follow Up) / Share with me what holidays are in the fall.
(8) / Tell me what happens to the trees in the fall.
(Answer) / Their leaves turn colors and fall to the ground.
(Follow Up) / Do you ever play in the leaves?
(9) / When it says, “Chill wind teasing”, what season is being described?
(Answer) / Winter
(Follow Up) / Name some things you do in the winter.
(10) / In the story, how did you know winter had come?
(Answer) / It started snowing.
(Follow Up) / Do you like snow?
Activities
1. / Draw a picture to represent your favorite season.
2. / Write a short story about a time you’ve played in the snow.
3. / Make a list of the holidays that occur in the winter & fall.
4. / Using the letters in ‘Snowsong Whistling’, make as many new words as you can.
Introductions
1. / Write the words “fall” and “winter” on paper. Ask the child to describe some things that happen in these seasons. Say, “Let’s read and see how our story describes these seasons.”2. / Ask child to tell you their favorite season and to explain why they like it so much. Say, “In our story today, we’ll learn why the author likes fall and winter.”
3. / Bring in a small item to represent each of the four seasons. Have the child guess which item goes with which season. Say, “Today we’ll read about two of the seasons, fall and winter.”
Book Title: Snowsong Whistling
Author: Karen E. Lotz / Illustrator: Elisa Kleven
ISBN: / # of Text Pages: 17 Book Level:
Building Oral Vocabulary
2 / flits / 7 / aching / 9 / celebrate
Prediction Questions
7 / Tell me what you think a snowsong whistling is.
17 / Guess what season will be next.
26 / Predict how this story will end.