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Snow & Snowmen
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January 6, 2006


 



This page contains links to all of the Suggested Books listed in my new Winter Themed Emergent Reader Blackline Masters sets, along with some additional books that the KinderKids and I enjoy at this time of year.

There are quick links in this table, and cover photos and detailed links to the individual titles are further down the page. Please be patient while photos load :o)

Have a warm and wonderful winter!

Suggested Books Quick Links
Listed by corresponding Emergent Reader titles
Christmas Theme ~ all 3 titles "My Cookie" & "The Gingerbread House"
"Snowman" "Mittens" & "Keeping Warm"
"My Penguin" Additional books for Winter
Winter Theme Big Books & Christmas Theme Big Books

Emergent Reader Sets Created By Victoria Smith
Click here ~ or on links below ~ for Suggested Winter Themes  Books for each title
Wonderful thematic books for Shared Reading, Guided Reading, and Independent Reading.

Set includes ready-to-color blackline masters for six Big Books and ready-to-copy masters for six student-sized books.

I color the illustrations and mount the pictures and text on construction paper.  You can also simply color the pictures and laminated the full-size pages for durability, without mounting on colored paper.

Includes instructions for making Pocket Chart Sets and Seasonal/Thematic Vocabulary

Winter Theme
Emergent Readers



Six Titles
6 Big Books, 6 Little Books
see sample pages from each book below
order online for only $32

High Frequency Word List:

a, am, an, and, are, big, blue, brown, by, can, candy, can't, cap, circle, color, green, has, hat, hop, is, kid, like, likes, little, my, name, on, oval, red, see, that, the, these, to, too, two, we, yellow, your


suggested companion books


suggested companion books


suggested companion books


suggested companion books


suggested companion books


suggested companion books

Wonderful thematic books for Shared Reading, Guided Reading, and Independent Reading.

Set includes ready-to-color blackline masters for three Big Books and ready-to-copy masters for two student-sized books.  "Santa Song" comes in Big Book size only.

Includes instructions for making Pocket Chart Sets and Seasonal/Thematic Vocabulary

Christmas Theme
Emergent Readers


Three Titles
3 Big Books, 2 Little Books
see sample pages from each book below
order online for only $21

High Frequency Word List:

all, and, are, at, black, boys, by, candy, cap, come, for, girls, his, is, like, look, my, of, red, see, the, they, with, your


suggested companion books


suggested companion books


suggested companion books



 


Christmas Theme Books

To find out more about a book, click on the title or on the Amazon.com "Add To Cart" button.

Jan Brett's newest Christmas story ~ published September 2002 ~ is a terrific addition to our annual Jan Brett Author Study, which begins in late November and lasts until the end of February.  The illustrations are gorgeous, and the story continues Brett's tradition of Christmas Troll tales.  My friend Patty gave me an extra-special copy of this book, autographed by Brett on her trip to Phoenix in November 2002. 

Brett's website has some wonderful printable pages to accompany her stories.  You'll find links to them at the bottom of this page, in the Printables & Projects section.


Who's That Knocking On Christmas Eve?
By Jan Brett

 


Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury

A wonderful hardback collection that includes seven of Brett's best winter stories in one volume: The Mitten, The Hat, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, Trouble With Trolls, Christmas Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, and The Twelve Days Of Christmas.


The Night Before Christmas
By Mary Englebreit

Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear

The Light Of Christmas
Jolly Old Santa Claus

 


The Jolly Christmas Postman

I'll Be Home For Christmas
A Toot and Puddle Story!

Little Porcupine's Christmas
From the author & illustrator of
Miss Bindergarten

The Christmas Candle
Awarded the American Mother's 1998 Book Of The Year Award

The Polar Express
By Chris Van Allsburg
1986 Caldecott Medal Recipient

Dream Snow
By Eric Carle
Santa's Book of Names
This Is The Star

Clear Moon, Snow Soon

A Letter to Santa Claus

A Silent Night for Peef

Peef The Christmas Bear

If You Give A Moose A Muffin

Bear's Christmas Star

The Mark of the Maker

An outstanding retelling of the Christmas story, from Joseph's point of view.

Coming Through the Blizzard

Olive The Other Reindeer

How The Reindeer Got Their Antlers
Froggy's Best Christmas

Morris's Disappearing Bag:
A Christmas Story
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
A Christmas Carol
The Christmas Ship
Santa and The Three Bears
The Legend of the Candy Cane
   
  clipart/xm4cl34a.gif Jan Brett Christmas Stories  

The Night Before Christmas
I do an extensive author study on the books of Jan Brett between Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day.  We always begin with her Gingerbread Baby story, followed by her wonderful Christmas stories in December, and moving on to her other Winter Themed books in January and February.

The Wild Christmas Reindeer

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Trouble With Trolls
Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury

Christmas Trolls

Gingerbread Baby

Go To G Is For Gingerbread Unit


 



 
Companion Books For
My Cookie & The Gingerbread House

To find out more about a book, click on the title or on the Amazon.com "Add To Cart" button.


Gingerbread Baby

Maisy Makes Gingerbread

The Cajun Gingerbread Boy

The Gingerbread Doll

The Jolly Christmas Postman
The Gingerbread Boy
The Gingerbread Rabbit
The Gingerbread Man.

My Gingerbread House

Who's In My Gingerbread House?

Who Stole The Cookies From
The Cookie Jar?

Who Took The Cookies
From The Cookie Jar?

The Doorbell Rang

The Little Cookie
By Margaret Hillert

The Cookie House
A retelling of the
Hansel & Gretel story
By Margaret Hillert


A Cow, A Bee, A Cookie, And Me
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For dozens of related activities ~
plus songs, poems, and literacy center ideas ~ please visit my
G Is For Gingerbread Unit


 


Companion Books For
Snowman

To find out more about a book, click on the title or on the Amazon.com "Add To Cart" button.


Snowballs
For terrific follow up activities for Snowballs ~ including many Internet links ~ visit my Lois Ehlert Author Study on my InMyRoom photopages

SNOW
A Caldecott Honor Book

Snowflake Bentley
1999 Caldecott Medal Winner

The Snow Speaks
A gently told story filled with evocative language, with a Christmas theme to be enjoyed all winter.  My class loves to join in on the repeated line "The children know ..."
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Winter Eyes
By Douglas Florian
wonderful winter poetry!

Grandmother Winter
Another Winter story I love because of the language ~ just what my emergent readers and writers are ready for at this time of year

The Missing Mitten Mystery
The First Snowfall

Snowie Rolie

I Am Snow

Snip, Snip ... Snow!

Snow Shapes
A Hello Reader
"Read and Do" Book

The Snowman

Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here

Snow Dance

When It Starts To Snow

Flannel Kisses

First Snow

Here Comes the Snow
A Level 1 Hello Reader

It's Snowing! It's Snowing!
By Jack Prelutsky
more terrific winter poems

Froggy Gets Dressed

Polar Bear, Polar Bear,
What Do You Hear?

Dream Snow

Bunny's First Snowflake


 


Companion Books For
Mittens & Keeping Warm

To find out more about a book, click on the title or on the Amazon.com "Add To Cart" button.


Gingerbread Baby

The Mitten

The Hat

Visit my Jan Brett Author Study on my InMyRoom photopages


The Missing Mitten Mystery

Missing Mittens
MathStart:  Odd & Even Numbers

The Jacket I Wear In The Snow

A New Coat For Anna

Something From Nothing

Old Jake's Skirts
a delightful must-have story!
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens:
A Book About the Four Seasons

Inexpensive Big Book Edition


Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers
traditional rhyme/story/song

The Three Little Kittens
traditional rhyme/story/song

The Mitten Tree

The Dress I'll Wear To The Party

Red Is Best
a KinderKids favorite read-along story!

 


Companion Books For My Penguin

To find out more about a book, click on the title or on the Amazon.com "Add To Cart" button.