The Best Winter Writing Activities For Elementary
Around the holidays, I usually like to try and come up with some really unique holiday or winter writing activities that will be different from the stuff that students have become used to. Adding in a variety of lessons, crafts, and activities never fails to get students excited and engaged in our writing practice.
With many teachers and students still learning virtually this year, I have been thinking about winter writing activities that students can get really engaged with whether they are learning in person or online.
This Trapped In A Snow Globe writing activity has to be my favorite this year!
Students will get to create a photo of them trapped in a snow globe and write about it. It comes with 14 background slides to choose from and 4 slides of movable parts to add. Just choose a background, palace a picture of your student “trapped”, and then add your accessories!
After that, there are 6 slides for students to brainstorm, organize thoughts, and write a story about their snow globe. What I love about this is that it is designed for distance learning so you can easily add gifs in place of photos.
You’ll also get black and white slides for students to digitally or handwrite their stories. You can choose from narrative, persuasive, or opinion writing. You’ll get 4 writing prompts to choose from or 2 pages that are left blank so you can create your own prompt.
There is also a Google Form so you can do a “Favorite Design Contest” with your students!
Step 1. Choose a background
Step 2. Add your photo or gif
Step 3. Add your accessories
Step 4. Write about it!
Afterward, you can create a slideshow with music that includes all of your students’ creations!
Another fun twist to this activity is that students can all trap the teacher! Add your photo to each of their designs and they can write about how you got trapped.
Check out the video here
What are your favorite winter writing activities? Let me know in the comments!
