Snowmen at Night

When do the snowmen leave their homes?

• in the afternoon
• at night
• never
• when it rains

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do snowmen do  on the hill?

• skate
• eat donuts
• snow-angels
• sledding

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Sometimes they start giggling,
and then they act like clowns-
they bump into each other,
'till they all fall down.
Which words rhyme in this stanza?

• The last word in the first and fourth lines
• The last words in the second and fourth lines
• The last words in the second and third lines
• The last word in every line

Which statement best expresses the main theme of the excerpt?

• Parents should tell children snowman will melt.

• Hard work and persistence are valuable.

• We don't always know what other people do when we are apart, don't make assumptions.

• Snowman are the best part of snow.

Read the following dictionary entry: tuckered: verb (used with object) Informal.

to weary; tire; exhaust (often followed by out )

Which definition most closely matches the meaning of tuckered as it is used in the sentence: "Finally they're tuckered out, and getting sleepy, so they slowly gather up their things, and one by one they go?"

• they were tucked into bed

• they don't want to play anymore

• they are rolling on their tires

• they are exhausted from all they playing that night

The author included the line: "They gather in a circle while they wait for all the others, sipping cups of ice-cold cocoa, made by snowman mother." in order to

• to show that they like cold cocoa

• to show that snowmen like circles

• to show that the snowmen have families that care about them

• to show that they are waiting

Use the dictionary definition of anxious to answer the following question: Which definition most closely matches the meaning of anxious as it is used in these sentences: "Then the snowman games begin: They line up in their places, each one anxious for his turn in the snowman races"?

ANXIOUS: adjective

1-full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of

danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.

2-earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or for ):anxious to please; anxious for our

happiness.

3 attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness:anxious

forebodings.

• 1-uneasy, fear of danger

• 2- eager

• 3-showing solicitude, foreboding

• none of these