So, this week we read Skippyjon Jones SNOW WHAT. After we read the story, I introduced students to a Maker Mat. With the Maker Mats, I let students choose an item from the mat to create. As this was the first time using the Maker Mat with this age level, I had students work by themselves so they could get used to self-selecting and independent building based on their choice. The items that I selected for this Maker Mat were based off of Spanish words that were in the story. I put the English words under the Spanish words so students could make connections between the images, the Spanish words, and the English words. Students loved the story and used Plus Plus blocks to build creations from the Maker Mat. After we were done with our Maker Mat activity, we had some free build time and they wanted to see what I could make from the Maker Mat. I tried my best at Skippyjon Jones!