Hidden in the Snow Writing
The students absolutely loved this writing project. After our read-aloud of A Very Special Snowflake by Don Hoffman, about a cute little white dog who they can't find in the snow, students composed a list of clues for something lost in the snow. Then, they colored picture with their hidden object in it and added a clear acetate sheet on top with paint to hide the object underneath, just like in the pages of Eric Carle's, Dream Snow. The students were so fun hiding behind a partition to create the final touches on their project so no one would see what they had hidden in their picture. Finally, the students read their clues, one-by-one and let one person guess after each clue and then flipped up the acetate to show the hidden object. I even had one student who had to write about a Komodo Dragon and of course a Komodo would never be in the snow and needed to make a "sand" picture instead. Thanks to Mrs. Bainbridge for this wonderful idea!