iReady Assessment Review - "Snowman Sniffles"

What can you tell about the snowman from the poem?

• A. He is glad winter is over.

• B. He is sad to be melting.

• C. He is planning to run away.

• D. He is happy to see flowers.

The poet uses the words “nose” and “grows” in the first four lines of the poem. Which answer best tells why the poet uses these words?

• A. The words rhyme with each other.

• B. The words use most of the same letters.

• C. The words tell the reader it is winter.

• D. The words begin with the same sound.

Which words from the poem begin with the same sound?

• A. “dried by the spring”

• B. “like flower buds”

• C. “winter’s winds”

• D. “in the grass”

Read these lines from the poem: a little, sad, late-season sniff dried by the spring wind’s handkerchief. Which question do these lines answer?

• A. When did it last snow?

• B. Who made the snowman?

• C. What time of year is it?

• D. How long will the snowman last?

Read these lines from the poem: until you wake and find one day the cold, old man has run away, Circle two words that rhyme at the end of the lines. Then write a sentence that explains what these lines tell about.