Snowy White World to Save*
written by Stephanie Lisa Tara

This gentle story introduces listeners or readers to the environmental concerns of global warming. A polar bear familily’s day-to-day activity and struggle to survive illustrate its effects. The story ends with a hopeful message and lists ideas for continuing the fight against global warming.

 

Activity Idea:

Conduct a postcard campaign to spread the word about global warming. Using the Postcard Creator tool at Read, Write and Think’s website, students create a postcard to be shared with family, friends or a buddy student in another class. After typing their message and printing, students can draw a picture or find one to print from the internet to finish their postcard.

* Brown Books Publishing Group, 2007

Additional Books

• Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming by Jean Davies Okimoto (Sasquatch Books, 2007)
• This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming by Jan Thornhill (Maple Tree Press, 2007) – good resource book
• Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dangers of Global Warming (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Anne Rockwell (Collins, 2006) – facts with some opinions

Primary literature link for grades K-2:
100th Day Worries (Counting) Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books (Lincoln) Abe Lincoln Remembers (Lincoln) Abe Lincoln's Hat (Lincoln) The Carrot Seed (Plants) Election Day (Election) Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia (Family) Giraffes Can’t Dance (Dancing) Hurty Feelings (Feelings/Emotions) I Pledge Allegiance (Community) I.Q. Goes to the Library (Research) If I Were President (Elections) If You Give a Pig a Party In My Family/En mi Familia (Family) In the Blink of an Eye (Life Science) It is the Wind (Weather) It's OK to Be Different (Diversity) Just Like Home/Como En Mi Tierra (Homes/Community) Marianthe’s Story (Art) Meet the Orchestra (Music) Mercy Watson to the Rescue The Mission of Addition (Addition) Mr. Wiggle Looks for Answers (Research) My Teacher for President (Election) Pigs Will Be Pigs (Measurement & Money) Recycle Every Day!(Environment) Snowy White World to Save (Environment) Touch the Poem (Poetry) Stinky the Bulldog (Diversity) The Upside Down Boy / El Nino de Cabeza (Being Different) The Water Hole (Environment) The Whole Human Race (Diversity) When Marion Copied (Research) Whoever You Are(Culture Diversity)		6+1 Traits® Writing Ideas ideas and content organization word choice voice sentence fluency conventions presentation Project Based Learning: The Zoo The following are possible ideas or activities to use: Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! If I Ran the Zoo Zoo

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