El miton by Jan Brett, is a great book for teaching sequence of events, problem & solution and characters! The kiddos love it and love to make real-life connections while we are reading it out loud.
My sweet friend Juliana Suarez from Kinder Bilingue has a great read aloud for this story{HERE}.
After I read this story I let my kiddos create their own mitten and write about the things they love to do on a snow day! You can also let them write about the story problem & solution or about the characters.
You can download this activity for free {HERE}.