Winter Wonders
This season comes after fall and before spring, and often has cold weather and shorter days.
What is winter?
This is what certain animals do during the cold winter to save energy and stay warm.
What is hibernate?
You roll three big balls of snow, stack them, and add a carrot for a nose to make this frosty friend.
What is a snowman?
An animated movie about two sisters, one with icy powers who accidentally puts their kingdom into an endless winter.
What is Frozen?
These are the two primary Mitchell colors.
What are blue and gold/yellow?
Frozen crystals that fall from the sky and can pile up to form drifts and build snowmen.
What is snow?
True or false: Polar bears hibernate.
What is false?
You sit on a sled or toboggan and zoom down a snowy hill — make sure the hill is safe and clear of trees.
What is sledding?
This movie follows a tap‑dancing penguin named Mumble who sings and dances his way through life on the Antarctic ice.
What is Happy Feet?
Name one of the extra jobs that 5th graders get the opportunity to have at the school.
What are Kindergarten helpers, drive line, student council?
This temperature is considered freezing in Fahrenheit.
What is 32 degrees?
This mostly white owl nests on the tundra and hunts rodents like lemmings, using nearly silent flight.
What is a snowy owl?
You glide across ice wearing shoes with metal blades; people do this at rinks or on frozen lakes.
What is ice skating?
A train that comes late at night and takes children to the North Pole.
What is the Polar Express?
Name this tune..
What is Mighty Mitchell theme song
Name two holidays people might celebrate in December.
What are Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Years Eve?
Sometimes people call me a wolf, however I am smaller than a wolf. I am all white, with small ears.
What is an arctic fox?
You ride down snowy slopes on long sticks or a single board, using balance and turns to control your speed.
What is skiing?
A kid is accidentally left home alone during the holidays and uses clever tricks to stop two clumsy burglars.
What is Home Alone?
Name all of the 5th grade teachers, in alphabetical order by their last names.
Who are Ms. Abba, Ms. Hsu, Ms. Mayo, Ms. Santos, Ms. Soldato?
This event marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in one hemisphere and happens because Earth is tilted.
What is the winter solstice?
This Antarctic species breeds during the winter on sea ice, where adults huddle together for warmth while incubating eggs and fasting.
What is an emperor penguin?
This fast team sport is played on ice where players use sticks to pass a puck and try to score past a goalie into the net.
What is hockey/ice hockey?
The movie where four children enter a closet and emerge into a frozen land of magic.
What is Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
Our school was name after this doctor who was born in Lachute, Quebec, Canada in 1872. (Hint: Be specific)
Who is Dr. William Mitchell?