Pistes d'exploration

Notice the equations, and how the numbers go up and down.

Use both pictures and words to describe the process of making a great snowman.

Make a group book with each student contributing two lines of a snowman (monkey, fish, leprechaun) verse, rhyming or not. To title the book, count the snowmen.

Make a class list of snow activities you like to do in the winter.

Use this book on the 100th day of school to practise counting. With the book as a model, create a “100 Book” of things you have done in school so far this year.

Discuss which winter activities you enjoy.

Find ways to sort the winter activities from the book; decide how you would like to sort them and explain why.

Make a class poster of winter snow and ice activities.

Play Snakes and Ladders to practise numbers up to 100. Design a snowy version of this game.

Perfect Snow, Snowballs

Mots-clés

Picture book , addition , counting , snow , snowmen , stories in rhyme , winter

Commentaire descriptif

Captivating images of snowmen illustrate this playful counting and adding rhyme. Children will love the theme of winter play as these fellows sled, ski, gaze at stars and build a fort with ice blocks. The language incorporates short rhymes and simple addition sentences, “Three more snowmenplaying hide and seek.Two more snowmentrying not to peek. 3+2=5.” This is a great way to connect math language with real-life notions. Young readers may wish to count the snowmen to verify the sums—if they’re not too eager to find out what the funny creatures will do next. The illustrations are both artistic and comical. Strong pen lines create shadow and form, while the snowmen’s stick arms gesticulate expressively. An amusing range of hats, scarves, jackets—even a shower cap—make unique characters of everyone. The final spread shows the whole gang together, in a panorama of snowy fun. The language finishes with a long sum: the addition of all previous sums. Children may be impressed to learn that in reading this book, they have added all the way up to 100.