Build-a-Snowman Winter Break Reading Homework & Celebration | Grades 3-6

Turn Winter Break Reading Homework Into Something to Celebrate

Want your students to keep reading over winter break without sending home another boring reading log?

This Build-a-Snowman Winter Reading Challenge gives students a simple, motivating way to keep reading over break—and gives you a ready-to-go celebration for when they return.

☃️ The Build-a-Snowman Reading Challenge

Students complete 9 reading sections, with each section representing 20 minutes of reading. That’s 3 hours of winter break reading in all.

As students complete each section, they color and assemble their snowman. Choose from two versions:

• A simple version focused on reading time
• A version with fun reading challenges, such as reading to a pet or stuffed animal or reading at night

There’s also a background page for assembling the finished snowman, so you don’t have to deal with floppy snowmen when everyone returns from break.

📚 Reading & Reflection Materials

You’ll also receive:

• Parent letter explaining the winter break reading homework
• Optional reading log
• 4 black-and-white bookmarks
• Reading comprehension and reflection page with space for a summary and “thoughts I had while reading”

🎉 Celebrate When Students Return

The reading challenge doesn’t have to end when winter break does!

Celebrate your students’ reading with ready-to-print materials for a winter reading party:

• 10 completion certificate designs — 5 color and 5 black-and-white
• Party invitations
• “Welcome to the party! We’re all booked” door sign
• Cupcake toppers
• Book review cards
• Conversation starter cards

Use the materials for a simple classroom celebration, a winter reading party, a hot chocolate party, or whatever works for your classroom.

❄️ Create a Winter Reading Display

Turn your students’ completed snowmen into a classroom display with:

• 21 border options
• “COZY READING” bulletin board lettering
• “WINTER READING CHALLENGE” bulletin board lettering
• 6 bulletin board accents
• 4 bunting accents

All bulletin board pieces are included in both color and black-and-white versions.

✏️ Editable in Canva

Several materials are also editable so you can customize them for your classroom.

Editable materials include:

• Parent letter
• Party invitations
• Certificates
• Conversation starter cards
• Cupcake toppers
• Book review cards

Canva template links are included with the resource. Text can be edited and customized, but clipart and pattern elements cannot be edited due to licensing restrictions.

Also includes printer-friendly black-and-white versions of most pieces.

Give your students a reason to keep reading over winter break—and come back ready to celebrate what they’ve accomplished!