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Strange Snowfalls

Engage in a reading activity about uncommon snowfalls, share unique weather experiences, discuss extreme weather depictions in media, and review vocabulary to deepen understanding. Enhance comprehension through pre-reading tasks, main idea analysis, drawing conclusions, and reflection on reading strategies. Collaborate with peers for a comprehensive learning experience.

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Strange Snowfalls

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  1. Strange Snowfalls GLE Focus: 2.1.3 Main Idea

  2. Materials Needed • Text Features Preview worksheet • Paper • Pen • Hi-liter • Article

  3. Student Sharing Activity Write your responses to these three questions. • What kinds of memorable or strange weather experiences have you had? • What kinds of books or movies have you seen that describe extreme weather? • What can you recall about extreme weather occurrences in our world?

  4. Student Sharing Activity • Share your first response with a peer. Write the peer’s answer on your paper too. • Share you second response with another peer, and write his/her answer on your paper too. • Share your third response with a new peer, and write his/her response too.

  5. So That’s a Word? (4 x 6 squares)

  6. Vocabulary – fit these six words in your definition chart • Accumulated • Conglomerates • Documenting • Inhabitant • Measurable • Yielded

  7. What effect does knowing the vocabulary words have on your understanding of the reading?Which words were did you know?

  8. Vocabulary Defined • Accumulated – gathered over time • Conglomerates – items made of smaller pieces “glued” together • Documenting – recording for proof • Inhabitant – someone or something that lives there • Measurable – able to be measured • Yielded - produced

  9. Text Feature Preview (Pre-reading) • Complete the handout with a partner. • Scan the article and fill-in the title, key words, subheadings, and description of the picture with a caption. • Answer the two questions at the end of the worksheet in complete sentences. • When finished, share and discuss your answers with another group.

  10. Setting Purpose • Today you will be reading an article about different kinds of snowfalls. Previously, you recorded your memorable weather experiences, and now you will read about other strange weather occurrences. Read to find out how the author describes extreme snowfalls in our world.

  11. During Reading Activity

  12. During Reading Activity • Read the article with a partner then fill in the main idea chart. • Put a main idea in the big box and four supporting details in the smaller boxes (choose one for each subheading). • Hint: use wording from the article in the supporting details. • We will share & compare answers when everyone is finished.

  13. Drawing Conclusions part 1 • Fold a piece of paper in half (hamburger-style) and write “Conclusion” on the top half and “Reflect” on the bottom half. • A conclusion is “reasoned judgment (opinion)” about a passage it is NOT just the main idea repeated. • Write a conclusion on the top half and give three examples from the text that support your conclusion.

  14. Drawing Conclusions part 2 • Think about and write a reflection about the strategies you used while reading “Strange Snowfalls.” What strategies were useful and how? How can you use these strategies in the post-test on “Historic Cold Waves of the 20th Century?”

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