ELA - Winter READING

Winter is the best season of the year. During the winter months, temperatures are usually colder and there are fewer hours of daylight. The winter months in North America are December, January, February, and March.

1. What are the winter months in North America?

• November, January, February and March

• January, February, March and April

• December, February, January and March

• March, November, January and December.

Winter is the best season of the year. During the winter months, temperatures are usually colder and there are fewer hours of daylight. The winter months in North America are December, January, February, and March.

2. Is there more daylight time during the summer months or winter months?

• summer months

• winter months

Cold winter temperatures are caused by the tilting of the Earth. When Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, there are fewer hours of daylight and the temperature is colder. When the Northern Hemisphere tilts towards the sun, there is more daylight time and the temperatures are warmer. The tilting of the Earth as it spins causes the seasons to change.

3. What causes the seasons to change?

• The spinning of the Earth as it goes around the sun causes the seasons to change.

• The tilting of the Earth as it spins causes the seasons to change.

• The Earth has fewer hours of daylight when it is titled toward the sun and causes the seasons to change.

• The Earth has more hours of daylight when it is tilted away from the sun and causes the seasons to change.

Cold winter temperatures are caused by the tilting of the Earth. When Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, there are fewer hours of daylight and the temperature is colder. When the Northern Hemisphere tilts towards the sun, there is more daylight time and the temperatures are warmer. The tilting of the Earth as it spins causes the seasons to change.

4. During the winter months, is the Northern Hemisphere tilted towards the sun or away from the sun?

PICK THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS!!!

• During the winter months, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.

• During the winter months, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.

• There are fewer hours of daylight and the temperature is colder.

• There is more daylight time and the temperatures are warmer.

Animals have special ways of preparing themselves for winter. Some animals, like birds and butterflies travel long distances, or migrate, to warmer temperatures during the winter months. Other animals go to sleep, or hibernate, during the winter. Bears, gophers, snakes, and bats hibernate. Squirrels and raccoons don’t migrate or hibernate. Instead, they gather extra food during the fall months and store it away so they have plenty to eat during the winter.

5. What does the word hibernate mean?

• To travel long distances, or migrate, to warmer temperatures during the winter months.

• To go to sleep during the winter.

• To move to a location inside away from the cold.

• To change the color or appearance of the animals coat/ fur to blend in with the snow.

Animals have special ways of preparing themselves for winter. Some animals, like birds and butterflies travel long distances, or migrate, to warmer temperatures during the winter months. Other animals go to sleep, or hibernate, during the winter. Bears, gophers, snakes, and bats hibernate. Squirrels and raccoons don’t migrate or hibernate. Instead, they gather extra food during the fall months and store it away so they have plenty to eat during the winter.

6. Two animals that hibernate during the winter are?

• gophers and squirrels

• bears and bats

• snakes and raccoons

• squirrels and raccoons

Animals have special ways of preparing themselves for winter. Some animals, like birds and butterflies travel long distances, or migrate, to warmer temperatures during the winter months. Other animals go to sleep, or hibernate, during the winter. Bears, gophers, snakes, and bats hibernate. Squirrels and raccoons don’t migrate or hibernate. Instead, they gather extra food during the fall months and store it away so they have plenty to eat during the winter.

7. What do squirrels and raccoons do to prepare for the winter?

• Travel long distances to warmer temperatures during the winter months.

• Go to sleep during the winter months.

• Find shelter a place indoors to stay warm for the winter.

• Gather extra food during the fall months and store it away to eat during the winder.

Animals have special ways of preparing themselves for winter. Some animals, like birds and butterflies travel long distances, or migrate, to warmer temperatures during the winter months. Other animals go to sleep, or hibernate, during the winter. Bears, gophers, snakes, and bats hibernate. Squirrels and raccoons don’t migrate or hibernate. Instead, they gather extra food during the fall months and store it away so they have plenty to eat during the winter.

8. What does the word migrate mean?

• Migrate means birds and butterflies.

• Migrate means to go to sleep during the winter.

• Migrate means to gather extra food during the fall and store it away.

• Migrate means to travel long distances, to warmer temperatures during the winter.

In some areas, winter is a time when snow falls and gathers on the ground. People who live in these places can enjoy special winter activities like skiing, sledding, or snowboarding. They can also build snowmen and snow castles. When the water in lakes and ponds freeze, people can ice skate or play ice hockey. Some people even cut a hole in the ice and go ice fishing!

9. Name three activities mentioned in the article that require a frozen pond or lake.

• Skiing, sledding and snowboarding.

• Sledding, building snowmen and snow castles.

• Ice skating, ice hockey and ice fishing.

• Skiing, ice skating and ice hockey.

Winter is the best season of the year. During the winter months, temperatures are usually colder and there are fewer hours of daylight. The winter months in North America are December, January, February, and March. Cold winter temperatures are caused by the tilting of the Earth.

10. Which sentence in the first paragraph is an opinion?

• Cold winter temperatures are caused by the tilting of the Earth.

• The winter months in North America are December, January, February, and March.

• During the winter months, temperatures are usually colder and there are fewer hours of daylight.

• Winter is the best season of the year.