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Scholastic (1987), Edition: Reprint, 32 pages
Description
Sadie can't believe it! For a whole winter, she builds and rebuilds a snowman who becomes her very special friend, but it always melts. At the end of the winter, she manages to save just a little bit of her snowman for next year.
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LibraryThing member NicoleHeelan
This story is about a little girl named Sadie that makes a snowman during the winter. Animals around her house take pieces of the snowman throughout the story. When the sun comes out, the snoman begins to melt. Each day Sadie reconstructs the snowman all through the winter. When spring time comes
I really enjoyed reading this story. I thought it was really cute, and I like how she saved her snowman for the next winter.
In the classroom, the children could all draw their own snowmen with chalk on some black construction paper. Also, we can all sit down as a class and talk about our favorite seasons and why.
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around, Sadie tries to keep the snowman cold by keeping it in a tent and under her porch. She finally takes the last of the snowman and puts it in a bag in the freezer. When the next winter season comes, Sadie gets the bag out of the freezer and makes a snowman with it.I really enjoyed reading this story. I thought it was really cute, and I like how she saved her snowman for the next winter.
In the classroom, the children could all draw their own snowmen with chalk on some black construction paper. Also, we can all sit down as a class and talk about our favorite seasons and why.
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LibraryThing member Maria.kuntz
Summary: Sadie makes a snowman and soon it melts leaving her sad. She soon realizes she will be able to make one again next winter.
Personal Experience: I'm from Georgia and reading this book makes me wish I had grown up in the northern winters with snow.
Classroom Ideas:
1. We would make snowmen with
2. I would let the students share with the class fun times they had making a snowman.
Personal Experience: I'm from Georgia and reading this book makes me wish I had grown up in the northern winters with snow.
Classroom Ideas:
1. We would make snowmen with
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cotton balls.2. I would let the students share with the class fun times they had making a snowman.
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LibraryThing member sarahdvs
Summary: This story is about a little girl that loves to build snowmen when it snows. But every time all sorts of animals comes and steals the eyes, noses, and mouths. So she builds another one until it melts because of the sun. Then the next winter she builds a snowman again.
Personal Reaction:
Classroom Extension Idea: 1. The kids could get some ideas about how to build a snowman and what to use for the eyes, noses, and mouths. 2. They would probably do what Sadie would do keep building snowmen until they melted away.
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This is a really good book, about building snowmen. It is a cute book especially for the winter. Classroom Extension Idea: 1. The kids could get some ideas about how to build a snowman and what to use for the eyes, noses, and mouths. 2. They would probably do what Sadie would do keep building snowmen until they melted away.
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LibraryThing member SharineHodge
Summary
It was winter and Sadie was making a snowman. She rolled three balls of snow, put them together, used cookies for the eyes, apple for the nose and banana for the smile. Animals came and ate the food off the snowman while sun came out and melted it. This made Sadie very sad, so she decided to
Personal Reaction
I liked the creativity that Sadie displayed in this story by using different types of food on the snowman. I was also impressed by the fact that Sadie seemed very smart in the way she not only developed strategies to protect the snowman but she persisted in trying different things until something actually worked. I thought that was amazing! The real pictures on each page brought such life to the story that I felt I was actually there. There was a scene where it was actually snowing and the animals looks so real and alive. I think kids would love those scenes. I think Sadie was a real smart and determined little girl.
Extensions
This story can be used to teach sequencing of a tasks or events in composition. Students can be asked to write how to make a snowman. For younger children students can be given the sequences on pieces of paper then they stick them together in order on a sheet of paper. Students can engage in making a snowman during the winter time.
It was winter and Sadie was making a snowman. She rolled three balls of snow, put them together, used cookies for the eyes, apple for the nose and banana for the smile. Animals came and ate the food off the snowman while sun came out and melted it. This made Sadie very sad, so she decided to
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make another. She used crackers for the eyes, carrots for the nose and zucchini for the smile. Animals also ate the food off the snowman and she tried to cover the snowman with a blanket in order to protect it from being melted by the sun. It eventually melted. She made yet another snowman but this time she placed him in a ziploc bag until next winter came. She then took them out and made two snowmen. They lasted even longer this time and she was happy.Personal Reaction
I liked the creativity that Sadie displayed in this story by using different types of food on the snowman. I was also impressed by the fact that Sadie seemed very smart in the way she not only developed strategies to protect the snowman but she persisted in trying different things until something actually worked. I thought that was amazing! The real pictures on each page brought such life to the story that I felt I was actually there. There was a scene where it was actually snowing and the animals looks so real and alive. I think kids would love those scenes. I think Sadie was a real smart and determined little girl.
Extensions
This story can be used to teach sequencing of a tasks or events in composition. Students can be asked to write how to make a snowman. For younger children students can be given the sequences on pieces of paper then they stick them together in order on a sheet of paper. Students can engage in making a snowman during the winter time.
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LibraryThing member jenniferatkinson
Summary:
On a winter's day, Sadie builds a snowman using fresh winters snow, cookies for the eyes, an apple for the nose, and a banana for the smile. This snowman lasted a long time. Unfortunately, animals took away the food items and the snow melted. Sadie was sad to see the snowman go away. On
Personal Response:
I have always liked this book. I think it is a great circle of life concept by incorporating the seasons into it. I have always loved the nurturing concept of Sadie.
Classroom Extensions:
This is a great way to discuss snow. It can be used to teach the weather variations for snow to occur as well as the melting process.
The first snowfall is always so exciting. I would definitely read this just to get into the excitement and wonder of snow.
In researching this book, there were many great ideas on building your own snowman. I would have my students build their own. One of my favorite findings was using plastic water bottles and cotton balls inside the bottle, to make the snowmans body. It would last longer than doing it with paper plates, and I think looks like more fun.
On a winter's day, Sadie builds a snowman using fresh winters snow, cookies for the eyes, an apple for the nose, and a banana for the smile. This snowman lasted a long time. Unfortunately, animals took away the food items and the snow melted. Sadie was sad to see the snowman go away. On
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another snowy day, Sadie builds a snowman from the snow that was left over and the new snow on the ground. This time she used crackers for the eyes, a carrot for the nose, and a zucchini for the smile. This snowman lasted a long time as well. But again, the animals took away the food and the snow melted. This time, Sadie isn't so sad, because it will snow again. Each time it snowed, Sadie rebuilt the snowman and each time the weather warmed a bit, she watched him melt, but there was always enough snow left over, to build another one. As the days got longer and warmer, the last snowman began to melt. Sadie tried to protect him by building him a tent. But the wind blew hard and blew the tent away. As Spring came, Sadie did everything she could to keep her snowman from melting. She moved him under her porch, but he continued to melt. There was one last snowfall, and Sadie was able to make a smaller snowman, from what was left of the last one. He didn't last very long and melted completely away leaving only water behind. Sadie was sad again. But she had a great idea! She took the water and poured it into a plastic baggie. She put the baggie in the freezer, to save until the next winter. With that baggie in the freezer, Sadie enjoyed her Spring and Summer knowing that eventually it would snow again. When it did snow again, Sadie took the baggie out of the freezer and rolled to ball of ice in the snow. From there she made another snowman. Personal Response:
I have always liked this book. I think it is a great circle of life concept by incorporating the seasons into it. I have always loved the nurturing concept of Sadie.
Classroom Extensions:
This is a great way to discuss snow. It can be used to teach the weather variations for snow to occur as well as the melting process.
The first snowfall is always so exciting. I would definitely read this just to get into the excitement and wonder of snow.
In researching this book, there were many great ideas on building your own snowman. I would have my students build their own. One of my favorite findings was using plastic water bottles and cotton balls inside the bottle, to make the snowmans body. It would last longer than doing it with paper plates, and I think looks like more fun.
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LibraryThing member VictoriaHernandez
Book Summary:
This book is about a little girl who seems to like the winter weather and all the snow it brings. She builds a snow man with the first big snow of the season she uses fruits and vegetables for the face, however the animals come and take the fruit and vegetables off the face and eat
Personal Reaction:
I like this book as currently there is quite a bit of snow and ice all over the place. I like the story I thought it was really cute my favorite part was that she froze what was left to start all over again the next winter.
Extension Ideas:
Teaching topics like Seasons, Winter Traditions in different cultures, possibly even determination as this little girl saved the last of her snowman to rebuild later.
This book is about a little girl who seems to like the winter weather and all the snow it brings. She builds a snow man with the first big snow of the season she uses fruits and vegetables for the face, however the animals come and take the fruit and vegetables off the face and eat
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them. Eventually the first snow man starts to melt and she is saddened by this but another snow comes in and she takes what was left of the first snow man and starts another. She eventually builds two or three snow men during the winter and the animals continues to come and take the things she uses for the face. eventually she season starts to change and the snow man becomes a puddle of water that she freezes so when the next winter comes she has the old snow man to start the process all over again. Personal Reaction:
I like this book as currently there is quite a bit of snow and ice all over the place. I like the story I thought it was really cute my favorite part was that she froze what was left to start all over again the next winter.
Extension Ideas:
Teaching topics like Seasons, Winter Traditions in different cultures, possibly even determination as this little girl saved the last of her snowman to rebuild later.
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LibraryThing member Santiago_M.
Summary: This book is about a little girl named Sadie, Sadie love the winter because it would snow and she could build a snowman. Sadie would roll-up three big balls of snow and build a great snow man. She used Cookies for his eyes, apple for his nose, and a Banana to make his smile. The snowman
Personal reaction: The book has great colors and illustrations in it, and is part of what most kids and family’s like doing in the winter when it snows. A great way to show how there are so many ways to build a snowman using food, and materials to make their faces.
Classroom extensions:
1. There can be a time to build a snowman in the class with paper and cutout fruits and vegetables.
2. Look at different traditions, what they do during the winter when it snows. Have the students draw a picture of their winter time in the snow.
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would last a long time till the animals would come and take the food she used to make the snowman’s face. Then the snowman would melt away, then another snow storm came and she would build another snowman. This time she used crackers for his eyes, carrot for his nose, and a Zucchini for his smile. The snowman would last for a long time but the animals would come and take the food again. She had done this a couple of time till it became warm and the winter season was going away. So with the last one she made she kept the melted snow and placed it in the freezer till the next snow storm and she would build another snowman. Sadie just love winter when it snowed because she could build a snowman.Personal reaction: The book has great colors and illustrations in it, and is part of what most kids and family’s like doing in the winter when it snows. A great way to show how there are so many ways to build a snowman using food, and materials to make their faces.
Classroom extensions:
1. There can be a time to build a snowman in the class with paper and cutout fruits and vegetables.
2. Look at different traditions, what they do during the winter when it snows. Have the students draw a picture of their winter time in the snow.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 8 inches
Pages
32
ISBN
9780590418263