INTRODUCTION
In front of a map, discuss how weather varies across the country. Is it always cold in December? Is there always a blanket of snow? How do plants react to winter in different parts of the country? When I lived in Massachusetts, I would sometimes wake up to find ice covering flowers that had been blooming the day before. Picture a tulip covered with ice as you hear Hines’ poem.
In front of a map, discuss how weather varies across the country. Is it always cold in December? Is there always a blanket of snow? How do plants react to winter in different parts of the country? When I lived in Massachusetts, I would sometimes wake up to find ice covering flowers that had been blooming the day before. Picture a tulip covered with ice as you hear Hines’ poem.
POEM
Winter Sunshine
By Anna Grossnickle Hines
Today it is December.
Time for winter weather
And the air is frosty, chilly,
Only…
No one told the rosebush
And it has two yellow blossoms,
Two spots of sunshine
To warm away the cold.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. 2001. PIECES: A YEAR IN POEMS & QUILTS. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN 0688169643
EXTENSION
Try to think up something unexpected for each season of the year. It might be something you are surprised to see or something it is unusual to do during that season.
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