Snow Ball Lesson Plan

  • Group Dynamics

  • Empathy

  • Sensitivity to Others

  • Positive Self-Esteem

The students will include everyone in the classroom by including the name of the person they pick. The students will have a great attitude about working with a variety of classmates. 

S.T.A.R. Options:

Class Clap, counting, and rhythms. Teacher or one student lead. When the whole class sounds as one, try tow, then three, etc…

Math Counting (Multiples) Partner Counting. Clapping as a group to desired number. Add a partner and alternate count. Change partners.

Play + Connect Activity

Players start the game with a scratch piece of paper. They should write their name on the piece of paper and crumple it into a ball (a snowball). Players should divide into two teams. The play area should be divided in half with a line of masking tape. One team per side. When the leader says, “Let is snow!” players throw their snowballs back and forth. The goal is to get all of the snowballs on one side of the play area. If all the snowballs end up on one side, the game is over. Each player should then pick up a snowball, open it and read the name. They must find the snowball’s owner and share a fun fact about themselves with that person. 

Breathing Exercise Options:

Belly Breathing

5 belly breaths with mouth closed and hands on belly. Goal is to get students to breathe through nose and use their diaphragm. There should be very little movement of the chest and the belly should move in and out. Can do several rounds of this activity.

Accordion Breathing

5 belly breaths with mouth closed and hands on sides of lower ribs. Goal is to get students to breathe through nose and use their diaphragm. There should be very little movement of the chest and the students should feel movement outward on the inhale. Can do several rounds of this activity.

Learn + Grow Activity

Instead of names on the paper use synonyms and antonyms. It could also the number of sides of a shape and the name of the shape. You could include the number of syllables in a word and the word to match it. You could also write review questions from a topic in any subject and the answer so they have to match them. 

Reflect Activity

What is one thing new you learned about a classmate today? How does giving and receiving compliments affect you and our class? 

Variations

Every time you throw, have the student that picks it up write a nice thing about the person on the sheet before you throw again. 

  • CASEL Traits:

  • Social Awareness

  • Self Management