{"id":3621,"date":"2011-12-12T03:08:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T08:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2022-06-11T00:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T04:19:28","slug":"ten-winter-activities-with-readwritethink-interactives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/ten-winter-activities-with-readwritethink-interactives\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Winter Activities with ReadWriteThink Interactives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/liamq\/6020388640\/\" title=\"Chinstrap Penguin with snow in its mouth by Liam Q, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6121\/6020388640_37657b9e8d_m.jpg?resize=189%2C240\" alt=\"Chinstrap Penguin with snow in its mouth\" width=\"189\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a>The last days of 2011 are counting down, and it&rsquo;s likely that your days in the classroom for 2011 are even fewer! As you&rsquo;re planning for the last days of the calendar year,  consider using ReadWriteThink interactives for one of these  fun, winter activities: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose an <a href=\"http:\/\/animals.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/photos\/winter-wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal you think about during the winter<\/a> (like penguins, polar bears, or snowshoe rabbit), and explore its habits and life cycle with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/animal-inquiry-30020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animal Inquiry<\/a> interactive.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/resume-generator-30808.html?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resume Generator<\/a> to create a resume for a character from a favorite story or song. What would Scrooge list on his resume?<\/li>\n<li>Compose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/shape-poems-30044.html?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" title=\"Shape Poems\">Shape Poems<\/a> with the bus for the last day of school. Students can talk about all the things they hope to do during the winter break&mdash;after they ride home on the school bus for the last time in 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Have students map significant personal events they remember from previous winter holidays with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/graphic-30039.html?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" title=\"Graphic Map\">Graphic Map<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Write a class alphabet book of activities to try during the winter holidays with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/alphabet-organizer-30035.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alphabet Organizer<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Ask students to think of a favorite event that happens during the winter break, and compose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/acrostic-poems-30045.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acrostic Poems<\/a> about it.<\/li>\n<li>Create <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/character-trading-cards-30056.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Character Trading Cards<\/a> for characters from winter-themed or holiday-themed books or songs. Imagine a trading card for  the Baby New Year!<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on all that has happened since the start of the school year in a class newspaper, created with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/readwritethink-printing-press-30036.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReadWriteThink Printing Press<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Explore school days and winter vacation in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/diamante-poems-30053.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diamante Poem<\/a> that unites the two opposing topics.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/profile-publisher-30067.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profile Publisher<\/a> to mock up social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, or newspaper or magazine profiles for characters from winter-themed or holiday-themed books or songs. What would Frosty the Snowman list on his Facebook profile?\n  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"25%\">\n<p>This list also posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.thinkfinity.org\/groups\/literacy\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/winter-fun-with-readwritethink-interactives?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading &#038; Language Arts Group<\/a> in the Thinkfinity Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last days of 2011 are counting down, and it&rsquo;s likely that your days in the classroom for 2011 are even fewer! As you&rsquo;re planning for the last days of the calendar year, consider using ReadWriteThink interactives for one of these fun, winter activities: Choose an animal you think about during the winter (like penguins, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,131,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom-activity","category-list-of-ten","category-readwritethink"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-Wp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20032,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions\/20032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}