The Mitten : A
Ukrainian Folktale |
The Mitten : A
Ukrainian Folktale |
I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months. Below you will see some things I have tried with my class.
- Make two large cutouts of mittens. On one mitten place the words: glinty, snug, quickly, warm, drowsy, plump, swelled, and enormous. On the other mitten place the words: shrank, dull, tiny, flat, wakeful, loose cold, and slowly. Discuss the words with your class. See if the are able to tell you two words that are opposites.
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Make cutouts of mittens and write one of the following on each mitten...
It was so cold outside...
Here it was the middle of July and it started snowing!
Just as we finished building the best snowman ever, the sun came out!
The first time I put on iceskates...
Guess where I found my mittens!
If it doesn't stop snowing soon...
The sled, with me on it, went faster and faster until suddenly...
· Notice the details: the plates over the fireplace, Nicki and Baba's clothing, Nicki's boots, the thatched roof with the crossed sticks to hold it in place, the birds' nest near the chimney. Why did Brett put the eye-catching embroidery in each frame? Is it merely decorative or does it pull your eye to something important. Look at the background of each frame
Notice the parts of the book which are very
realistic. She has shown or told about the animals who live in
that area, their specific natural habitat, their appearance and
their defense mechanisms.
Get this Unit For Lots of Ideas and Ready to Use Activities |
Fun With Mitten Math
Cut 13 small mitten shapes and write the numbers 0-12 on the mittens for each student. Have the student glue them on to a snowy scene in the correct order.
Mitten Graph - Give each student a large mitten on white paper. Have the students color the mitten with their favorite color and then cut-out the mitten. Make a giant graph out of the colored mittens. Generate questions and statements based on the graph. "How many students like red mittens?"
Identify the point at which the tale and the mitten have stretched beyond credulity. Find out the sizes of each of these animals and get into some math activities by estimating how big the mitten would have to have grown.
Sing! Sing! The Mitten in the Snow (to the tune
of the Farmer in the Dell) |
Related Nonfiction Books
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What color was the mitten? / How many animals went into the mitten? / What was the boys name? Why did the animals go into the mitten?/ Why was Niki's mitten so big at the end of the story? Can you think of any other animals that might like to go into the mittten to get warm? / What time of year does it get cold? Where would the animals in the story normally live? What might have happened if the bear had not sneezed? / What if Nicki would of found the animals in the mitten? How would it feel to be in the mitten? |
Other Books about
Mittens
Click here and then print the
page. Cut each animal out and have it laminated. Use the animal
pictures to make math stories for you students to solve.
Make a class big book about a
class of first graders whose teacher loses their mitten, what
happens next?
Graph how many mittens tall every
student in your class is. Guess and see how many mittens away the
office, bathroom, etc.are from your room.
For a mitten snack you can have each child
bring in a mitten. Supply a box of animal crackers, tell the
students math problems like put in 2 tigers and 1 elephant, how
many animals are in your mitten? You could also use pita bread
halves to be an edible mitten.
Red Mitten I like
winter best |
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