Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Snowy Nap will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of peer influence and gratitude, this The Snowy Nap picture book by Jan Brett is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with The Snowy Nap Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Snowy Nap. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with The Snowy Nap reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
THE SNOWY NAP SUMMARY
In the story The Snowy Nap, Hedgie takes one last walk around the farm before hibernating for winter. Hedgie runs into the different farm animals and they all tell him about the different fun things that happen in winter that he will miss out on. Hedgie decides that he is going to stay up for winter.
Hedgie ends up falling asleep outside and Lisa brings him inside because he is frozen! In the cozy house, he is able to watch winter happen from the window. When he is finally ready, he falls asleep for winter and Lisa brings him inside to his warm den in a tree trunk.
THE SNOWY NAP LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based The Snowy Nap reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- sequencing
- analyzing setting
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- peer influence
- gratitude
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- compound words
- quotation marks
THE SNOWY NAP ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for The Snowy Nap?
- Lexile® Measure: 600L
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.4
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Jan Brett. It was illustrated by Jan Brett.
What genre is The Snowy Nap?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
