Let's make snowflakes

In this lesson students watch a story about snow before learning how to fold and cut paper in patterns to make snowflakes. These can be used to decorate the classroom or to make a card to celebrate the holiday season. Extend the lesson by making a snowman with your students. Use the winter colouring page as a festive way to keep early finishers of other activities busy.

Learning outcomes

• Listen to a Christmas-themed story
• Develop winter vocabulary (winter, cold, clouds, water, freeze, snowflake, crystal)
• Follow English instructions for learning how to make a snowflake 
• Make a Christmas card or to decorate the classroom using the snowflakes

Age/ Level

Aged 5-8 and 9-12 (CEFR A1/A2)

Time

50 minutes

Materials

• Lesson plan
• Presentation - This can replace the Snowman quiz worksheet and How to make a snowflake worksheet
• Story transcript
• Story quiz worksheet
• Snowman worksheet
• How to make a snowflake worksheet 
• Making a snowflake photo instructions