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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Snowflake Bentley

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Use Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Snowflake Bentley is a captivating children's book written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, based on the true story of Wilson Bentley. The book celebrates the remarkable journey of Wilson Bentley, a curious and determined young boy who becomes fascinated by the intricate beauty of snowflakes. Despite facing challenges and skepticism from others in his pursuit, Bentley dedicates his life to capturing snowflake photographs. Through his relentless efforts and passion for nature, Bentley becomes the first person to photograph individual snowflakes, revealing their unique and breathtaking designs.

This fictional narrative based on Bentley's life and research will fascinate students as they practice making inferences, visualizing, and identifying important events and unique text structures.
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Determining Importance with Snowflake Bentley

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Determining Importance with Snowflake Bentley

This nonfiction story will naturally encourage your students' curiosity about snowflakes and researchers. This lesson plan encourages readers to stop throughout the text to notice interesting facts and determine which are important to remember after reading.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8RI.3.2L.3.6RI.3.5RI.3.6RI.3.7
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.1E3.7F3.6A3.7G3.6B3.9D(i)3.6E3.9D(ii)3.6G3.9D(iii)3.6I3.10A3.7A3.13A3.7B3.13C3.1A3.7C3.13E3.1C3.7D3.13H3.1D3.7E
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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Snowflake Bentley

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Snowflake Bentley

Snowflake Bentley is a smart choice for showing students how to identify multiple messages presented by an author in one text. This lesson plan shows students how they can identify some messages early in the story and then adjust their thinking as they read.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.2RI.3.4RI.3.7RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.10A3.7B3.10B3.7C3.10C3.7D3.10D3.1A3.7E3.10F3.1C3.7F3.13C3.1D3.7G3.13E3.1E3.8C3.13H3.6A3.9D(i)3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6I3.9D(iii)3.7A
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Making Inferences with Snowflake Bentley

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Making Inferences with Snowflake Bentley

In this lesson plan, students will practice using the illustrations and supporting narrative to make inferences about Wilson Bentley's motivation, feelings and the opinions of those around him.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RI.3.1RI.3.4RI.3.7RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7C3.1A3.7D3.1C3.7E3.1D3.7F3.1E3.7G3.6A3.9D(i)3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6F3.9D(iii)3.6I3.13C3.7A3.13E3.7B3.13H
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Understanding Text Structure with Snowflake Bentley

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Understanding Text Structure with Snowflake Bentley

The unique multi-genre format of Snowflake Bentley is perfect for helping students study and identify the characteristics of different text structures within one book.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.5RI.3.7RI.3.8RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7B3.13E3.7C3.13H3.7E3.7F3.1A3.9D(i)3.1C3.9D(ii)3.1D3.9D(iii)3.1E3.9E(iii)3.6A3.10B3.6H3.10C3.6I3.13C
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Visualizing with Snowflake Bentley

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Visualizing with Snowflake Bentley

Snowflake Bentley gives developing readers an opportunity to practice identifying visualization queues while reading nonfiction. Students will work to identify specific words in the text and factual sidebars that help them create supporting images in their minds.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.1RI.3.5RI.3.7RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.6D3.10C3.6E3.13C3.6I3.13E3.7A3.13H3.7B3.7C3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.9D(i)3.1E3.9D(ii)3.6A3.9D(iii)
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Syllables with Snowflake Bentley

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Syllables with Snowflake Bentley

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin as a springboard for instruction focused on syllables.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how syllable division patterns (VCCV, VCV, VCCCV) are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with syllables.

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  • RF.3.3RF.3.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Snowflake Bentley

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Vocabulary Connections with Snowflake Bentley

This set of vocabulary development resources for Snowflake Bentley highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.3.4aL.3.5bL.3.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7F3.3A3.3B3.7E
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Running Record with Snowflake Bentley

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Running Record with Snowflake Bentley

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Snowflake Bentley. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect Matching with Snowflake Bentley

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Cause and Effect Matching with Snowflake Bentley

Read Snowflake Bentley then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Snowflake Bentley. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Snowflake Bentley

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Snowflake Bentley

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Snowflake Bentley includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.
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Retelling and Summarizing with Snowflake Bentley

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Retelling and Summarizing with Snowflake Bentley

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Determining Importance with Snowflake Bentley (Spanish)

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Snowflake Bentley (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Snowflake Bentley (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Snowflake Bentley (Spanish)

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Visualizing with Snowflake Bentley (Spanish)

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Retelling and Summarizing with Snowflake Bentley (Spanish)

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About the Book

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Title: Snowflake Bentley
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Genre: Biography, Nonfiction
Themes: STEAM / STEM, Winter, History, Award Winners, Perseverance
ISBN: 9780547530833
Publisher's Summary:
Wilson Bentley was always fascinated by snow. In childhood and adulthood, he saw each tiny crystal of a snowflake as a little miracle and wanted to understand them. His parents supported his curiosity and saved until they could give him his own camera and microscope. At the time, his enthusiasm was misunderstood. But with patience and determination, Wilson catalogued hundreds of snowflake photographs, gave slideshows of his findings and, when he was 66, published a book of his photos. His work became the basis for all we know about beautiful, unique snowflakes today.
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