Example Lesson Plans

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow is a great book to use during a winter theme. Perhaps your winter theme may occur during a larger theme known as cycles, where you discuss day/night, seasons, and various other things of like nature. This book is the story of a little character who has to get dressed to head out in the snow. Picture cues throughout the book enhance quick vocabulary development/recall while reading through this story with the child/children.

Language
- sequencing events (putting clothing on)
- actual verbs of putting on clothing
- clothing (object function)
- I would use the different clothing items to compare same/different, or even have a child sort summer clothes vs winter clothes ( or hot things vs cold things)
- Scavenger Hunts for clothes to place on a felt doll, velcro creation, or on oneself is a lot of fun too (children love it)
- things outside in winter vs things inside
-this book leaves lots of room for categorizing
For OLDER KIDS - you could have them describe a jacket they have (or wish they could create). They can write out their descriptions, then with craft supplies you could 'decorate' a cloth sweatshirt (this could take a few days as part of a two day plan), a paper jacket, or a felt jacket for a paper/felt doll. Providing 'cool' stickers of things they like is an incentive to get lots of participation. The earlier language activities can be modified for more complex learning strategies.

Articulation
- This book is filled with various words (and word combos)
jacket, boots, hat, scarf, mittens/gloves (whatever you need them to be), socks, long underwear (sometimes underpants), hat, sweater, pants
- other supplementary words are things like:
snow, cold, ice, put, on, 'put on', head, (various body parts where the items are worn, ie feet, hands, neck, chest, legs)

Helpful sites

http://www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/winter.htm (This site is GREAT for giving information on winter-themed books, songs, and activities. It is a must see for those of you who want to keep a winter theme going on throughout the winter.


http://www.wviz.org/edsvcs/prek/worksheets/The_Jacket_I_Wear_in_the_Snow.pdf#search=%22the%20jacket%20i%20wear%20in%20the%20snow%20activities%22 (This is a parent handout, but is also great for clinicians to get some 'game' ideas associated with this theme)

http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/snow_compounds.pdf (Snowy vocabulary words/worksheet)

http://www.snowtheme.ecsd.net/mjm%20snow%20theme.htm (A site filled with more winter ideas, especially mitten ideas)

I have some reproducibles available on hand for my students. Many of the worksheets I've collected/created throughout the years are simple line drawings that I'll 'do up'. But the above sites give some great helpful reproducibles and hints for activities.