# Winter Vocabulary

## Vocabulary Words
- burrow 
- fireplace 
- icicle 
- mitten 
- mole 
- owl 
- skates 
- sled 
- snowflake 
- wool

## Vocabulary Introduction
### Initial Presentation
Find pictures for all vocabulary words listed below as well as the two known words paired with each vocabulary word. The known words should be in children’s vocabularies. If not, substitute another from the set of pictures that your students are likely to know.

### Subsequent Presentation
After the initial presentation, the pictures of the known words can be put away.

| Vocabulary words | Known words |
| --- | --- |
| burrow | box, cup |
| fireplace | stairs, paper |
| icicle | triangle, paper |
| mitten | boot, shirt |
| mole | cat, fish |
| owl | cat, egg |
| skates | bike, swing |
| sled | snowman, slide |
| snowflake | sun, hat |
| wool | sock, frog |

## Quick Definitions
- **burrow:** the place underground where some animals live in the winter.
- **fireplace:** where our parents can make a fire in the house to keep us warm.
- **icicle:** ice hanging from trees or houses.
- **mitten:** warm gloves for your hands.
- **mole:** a tiny little mousy animal that lives in the ground.
- **owl:** a bird that wakes up at night and says, “Hoot, hoot!”
- **skates:** shoes used on ice.
- **sled:** a toy that you use to slide down a snowy hill.
- **snowflake:** a single piece of snow.
- **wool:** fabric made from sheep fur.

## C AR Quest
The following are questions that you can ask students about the story you are reading.

### Questions:
- **Relate:** The mole burrows in the mitten to get warm. When it’s cold, what do you burrow into to get warm?
- **Competence:** Where are the people skating?
- **Competence:** What color is the wool the boy, Niki, brings to his grandmother?
- **Abstract:** Why is Baba, the grandmother, sitting close to the fireplace?
- **Competence:** Where are the tracks made by the mole?

## Building Bridges— Start ’em Up! Topic
What did you do the last time it snowed?

## New Vehicles— Extension Activities
### Activity 1: Burrow into the Mitten
#### Materials: 
Pictures of mitten, rabbit, hedgehog, mole, owl, mouse.  
**Description:** Give each child a mitten and have him or her cut it out and staple or tape matching sides together. Talk about how we cover ourselves with sweaters, mittens, and coats, but animals grow more fur and eventually burrow into a warm place in the ground to hibernate.

### Activity 2: Snowy Art
#### Materials:  
- Piece of blue construction paper  
- Piece of white construction paper (whole)  
- White construction paper (torn into lots of different-size pieces)  
- Glue, pens  
**Description:** Have each child design a snowy scene using construction paper and decorations to represent snowflakes and other winter elements.