Book Lesson The Snowy Day The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Games & Activities | The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation The Snowy Day Inspired by The Snowy Day Steer Peter through a downhill obstacle course Lesson Plans, activities and read alouds http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/ezras-books/the-snowy-day/ http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/game/the-snowy-day/ http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/snowyday.html Discussion Questions What is happening in this story? Have you ever played in snow? What do you think happened to the snowball in his pocket? What kind of area do you think Peter lives in? What clues does the book give you. Look at the different scenes in the story and make some guesses about how you think Peter might be feeling. Notice the way Keats' uses color to show different moods in the story. Activities Following up on the discussion above about Keats using color to show changes in mood find other paintings or prints that show warmth, coolness, happiness and sadness through use of color. This is a
