Avalanche: Snow on the Move blends engaging nonfiction, science, close reading, and creative writing into a low-prep mini-unit that keeps expectations high while still feeling seasonal and exciting. Students discover how avalanches form when layers of snow build up on mountains and suddenly break loose, racing downhill with incredible speed and force. This resource is rigor disguised as a winter wonder. It goes far beyond a simple reading passage. students analyze, explain, imagine, and appl