Making a Snowman Glyph is “snow” much fun!
I enjoy making a glyph for my students each month. Glyphs are a pictorial form of data, also known as a pictograph. Since the September Cookie & Bio glyphs were such a huge hit, I thought I'd post a winter glyph.
- They are a really fun way to help reinforce listening and following directions, gather data in a unique way and make a great display for a hallway, as students passing by like guessing who made them.
- The Y5’s enjoy making them + they provide an opportunity to learn more about classmates.
You can also take the snowman glyph pictured on the left, a step farther, and graph various results.
Click on the link to view/print the 4 graphing extensions for the snowman glyph.
Make a game out of the snowman glyphs and give students some time to see how many they can figure out.
- Number the snowman glyphs as you display them in the hallway.
- Have students number their papers.
- Write a list of student names on the board or at the top of a pre-numbered sheet of paper.
- Give students 5-10 minutes in the hallway to try and figure out the snowman glyph mysteries.
- Then have them sit across from the glyphs and flip the papers up to reveal student names.
Students self check and add the total they got correct. How many did you get right?
The pink snowman glyph pictured is my personal sample. The blue snowman glyph is one I made for my husband.
Click on the link to view/print my snowman glyph.
Be sure and pop back Saturday and see a cute idea for a quick and easy "guess-timation" station poster!
