TheStoryofaSnowflake The Story of a Snowflake Do you know how we get snowflakes? Let’s find out. First, drops of water in clouds get cold. Next, those drops turn into bits of ice. Then, the bits of ice stick together. They stick together in all kinds of shapes. The shapes get heavy. They fall from the clouds to the ground. We call these icy shapes snowflakes! © 2013 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved. The Story of a Snowflake Name: Date: Directions: For questions 1-4, circle the correct answer. 1. What is this passage about? Rain Snowflakes 2. Snowflakes start as drops of water in a cloud that . . . Make shapes Get cold 3. When the water drops are cold, what do they turn into? Bits of ice Rain drops © 2013 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved. The Story of a Snowflake 4. What do the bits of ice make when they stick together? All kinds of shapes One kind of shape 5. A) Why do the snowflakes fall from the clouds? ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________ B) Draw a picture of snowflakes falling from the clouds to the ground. © 2013 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved. The Story of a Snowflake 6. What did you learn from “The Story of a Snowflake”? ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________ © 2013 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved. The Story of a Snowflake Teacher Guide & Answers Note to Teacher: Read each question out loud to your students and have each student complete the worksheet independently. For questions 5 A) and 6, you can have students draw their answers, answer orally, or write their answers depending on your students’ progress. If you have them write their answers, you may want to write the word(s) on the board for them to copy. Passage Reading Level: Lexile 310 Directions: For questions 1-4, circle the correct answer. 1. What is this passage about? Rain Snowflakes 2. Snowflakes start as drops of water in a cloud that . . . Make shapes Get cold 3. When the water drops are cold, what do they turn into? Bits of ice Rain drops © 2013 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved. The Story of a Snowflake 4. What do the bits of ice make when they stick together? All kinds of shapes One kind of shape 5. A) Note to Teacher: See note at the top of the first page. Why do the snowflakes fall from the clouds? Suggested answer: They get heavy. B) Draw a picture of snowflakes falling from the clouds to the ground. Suggested answer: Drawings may vary but should depict white snowflakes in all kinds of shapes falling from a cloud. Note to Teacher: It may be easier to give your students a black piece of paper and a white crayon for this drawing. 6. Note to Teacher: See note at the top of the first page. What did you learn from “The Story of a Snowflake”? Suggested answer: Answers may vary and should be supported by the passage. © 2013 ReadWorks®, Inc. All rights reserved.
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