blow and throw snow

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to throw snow as they read and write long o words spelled with -ow, such as blow, throw, snow, slow, and bow.

Literacy Activities
Make and show snow

• Have the children write words that rhyme with -ow on a piece of paper.
• Have the children crumple their piece of paper to make a snowball.
• Let the children show their snowball to another child.

Throw snow

• Let the children stand in a row.
• Have the children place their paper snowballs in a row at their feet.
• Let the children throw their snowballs up in the air and then catch them.

Blow snow 

• Have the children rip a tiny piece of their snowball to make a snowflake.
• Let the children see if they can blow the snowflake across a desk and make it go.
• Let them throw their snowballs one at a time, going down the row.

Win a bow

• Scatter the word cards (found below) face up on the floor.
• Have the children throw their paper snowball to try to get it to land on a word card.
• Tell the children that if they read the word on a card, they'll win a bow.

More Practice
Write target words introduced in the activity

• Display a word wall with -ow words (e.g., flow, know, below, low, snow, throw, blow, bow, stow, glow, show, tow).
• Have the children use some of the word wall words as they write about doing something with, in, or about snow.