Winter Reading Activities | Summary Snowman & Central Idea Hat with Bulletin Board, Printable & Digital

Description

These winter reading activities work alongside any book or text you choose. The Summary Snowman helps students retell a fiction story with a main character, problem, and solution, and the Central Idea Hat works with the nonfiction text of your choice.

What’s Included

• Bulletin board letters: We Love Reading SNOW Much!
• Printable summary snowmen with different printing options, using Somebody Wanted But So Then
• Digital summary snowmen: students move pieces to build a snowman and type each part of the summary
• Printable central idea hat with different printing options, using the terms central idea and supporting details
• Digital central idea hat: students move pieces to build a hat and type the central idea and details

Skills Practiced

• Summarizing fiction
• Central idea and supporting details in nonfiction

Ways to Use

• After any winter read aloud
• Reading centers
• Winter hallway or bulletin board display
• Digital reading response

Digital Options

• PowerPoint: two files you can open and use, or add to the platform of your choice
• Seesaw: both activities are preloaded, so you can save and assign them with one click
• Google Slides: copy the files to your Google account with one click

More Winter Reading

• Sneezy the Snowman Activities
• Snowmen at Night Activities
• Penguin Reading and Research Activities
• Winter Literacy Stations