Wolf in the Snow Collaborative Art/Library Project

We just finished a 1st grade collaborative library/art project that was so much fun!

We wanted our students to practice retelling a story read aloud.  The book that we chose was Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell. 



This is a beautiful picture book about a girl who finds a wolf pup lost in the snow.  She brings the pup back to it's pack but then she is lost and tired.  The wolf pack surrounds and protects her until her parents find her.  It's a wordless book so it's perfect for retelling.

After reading the book, during library time the students drew out the four main events in the book.



In art class, they worked in groups to create beautiful winter backdrops to go with the story.

Finally, in both art and library, we used Flipgrid to record the groups retelling the story.  

Here is one example:

Next week in library, we will use their retelling pictures with our new Ozobots to retell the book in a different way.

If you have a 1st grader at Harrison, ask them to retell the story to you!