Winter Break Packet
Winter Break Practice Packet
Name: _________________________ Date to Return Packet: ____________
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Reading Goals for My Break My Reading Goal: I will read for _______ minutes every day for ______ days over the break. Keep track of your reading below.
Date
Book Title
Minutes Read
Adult’s Initials
! I was able to meet my goal because ______________ ____________________________________________. ! I didn’t meet my goal, but next time I will because ____________________________________________. Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Book Review Choose a book you have read and complete the book review.
This book is ‘SNOW’ great! Title: ___________________________ Author: ________________________ Rate the book on the snowflake scale below. How many snowflakes would you give the book?
1
2
3
4
5
This book is ‘SNOW’ great because . . . ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Story Map Choose a book you have read and complete the story map.
This book is ‘SNOW’ great! Title: _______________________________ Author: _____________________________ Characters: ________________
Setting: ________________
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________________
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Plot: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Superstars Kristen was so excited her knees were shaking. She celebrated her twelfth birthday two weeks ago. This meant Kristen was finally old enough to enter the Sandersville Super Snowman Contest. Every year her town of Sandersville had a snowman building contest. There were many categories such as most creative snowman, animal snowmen, and silliest snowman. Kristen wasn’t interested in those categories. She thought they were too easy. Kristen planned to enter the toughest contest. She had her eye on the prize for the biggest snowman. The winner won a huge trophy and the title of Snowman Superstar. “Are you sure you don’t want your sister to help you?” her mom asked. “Teams of two are allowed for the biggest snowman category. It will be much harder by yourself and not as much fun.” “No,” Kristen groaned as she walked to her assigned building spot. “I want to do this by myself. It is my turn to win a trophy!” Kristen glanced at her big sister, Sarah. She was all dressed in her snow gear ready to go. For a second, Kristen felt guilty for not letting her help. Then, she remembered Sarah’s room full of shiny trophies. Kristen had never won anything and wanted this trophy for the snowman contest all to herself. Sharing it with Sarah just wouldn’t be the same! “Your time begins now!” the announcer said in his deep voice. “You have thirty minutes to make the biggest snowman possible.” Kristen almost jumped out of her boots. She began gathering snow to make the base of her snowman. Her base had to be huge in order to win. Without a big and sturdy base, her snowman would fall over. When the base was ready, Kristen began collecting snow for the middle section. She glanced around at the other teams. Everyone else had a partner. She knew she had already beaten a few teams. They were still working on the bottom section of their snowmen. Other teams were slightly ahead of her though. One thing all the other teams had in common was that they were all smiling and laughing with their partners. They were having much more fun than Kristen. Kristen thought about the trophy she would have all for herself if she won. She glanced at her sister. Sarah was smiling and cheering Kristen along just a few feet away even after Kristen had been so rude to her. Kristen waved Sarah over to her spot. “Maybe having fun with your sister is more important than a trophy,” she said to Sarah as they both began to work on the snowman. Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Superstars Comprehension Questions 1. Why did Kristen want to compete in the snowman building contest by herself? a. She did not have anyone old enough to help her in the contest. b. Only one person could compete in the biggest snowman category. c. She wanted to win the trophy and keep it for herself. d. She asked her sister Sarah, but she did not want to help Kristen. 2. Which of the following was NOT a category in the Sandersville Super Snowman Contest? a. most creative snowman b. animal snowmen c. silliest snowman d. smallest snowman 3. Why were Kristen’s knees shaking? a. Kristen was feeling very excited about the snowman building contest. b. She was very cold standing outside in the snow. c. Kristen felt nervous about entering the contest. d. She was worried she would be in trouble for being mean to her sister.
4. What did the author mean when the text said Kristen had her eye on the prize for the biggest snowman? a. She was looking at the trophy. b. Her goal was to win the prize for the biggest snowman. c. Kristen was looking at all of the trophies in Sarah’s room. d. She was looking at the trophy for the biggest snowman so closely her eye was touching it. 5. Which statement below BEST summarizes the passage? a. Kristen wanted to enter the snowman building contest. b. Kristen was entering the contest for the largest snowman to win a trophy by herself, but she ended up deciding to have fun and let her sister help. c. Kristen finally turned twelve and was very excited and nervous to enter the snowman building contest in her town. d. Kristen was jealous that her sister, Sarah, had won so many trophies while she had never won anything. Jordie Holland 2015
6. What is the central message of the passage? a. It is hard to win a snowman building contest by yourself. b. There are more important things than winning trophies, like spending time with family. c. If you win a snowman contest in Sandersville, you win a trophy. d. It is hard to be a little sister.
8. What caused Kristen to change her mind and let Sarah help? a. She saw how much fun the other teams were having with their partners. b. Kristen did not change her mind. c. Kristen’s mom was able to convince her. d. She didn’t care about winning any prizes.
7. Why did the author write that Kristen groaned when her mom asked her to let Sarah help in the contest? a. She was happy her mom asked to let her sister help. b. She was sick from playing in the snow and had a sore throat. c. She was annoyed her mom was asking her to let her sister help. d. She was excited to compete in the snowman contest.
9. Why was it important to build a strong base for the snowman? a. The snowman would fall over without a strong base to hold the middle and top. b. The base needed to be small so it could balance the middle and the top. c. The announcer said Kristen only had thirty minutes to build the snowman. d. Kristen’s mom told her to build a strong base.
10. How did Kristen change from the beginning of the story to the end? Use evidence from the text to support your reasoning. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ________________
Snowman Superstars Written Response Directions: Follow the steps in the chart to answer the written response question. Be sure to LOOK back in the passage to gather evidence.
Start
Give
Explain
your answer with words from the question.
text evidence.
your thinking.
!
The text says . . . ! The author wrote . . . ! In paragraph ____, it says . . .
!
I know this because . . . ! This makes me think . . . ! This is important because . . .
Tell more! ! ! ! ! !
For example, For instance, The text also says . . . According to the text, Based on what I read . . .
What is a character trait that can be used to describe Kristen at the beginning of the story? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
Jordie Holland 2016
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Superstars Cause and Effect Directions: Complete the cause and effect chart below using information from the passage. Remember, the CAUSE is why something happened. The EFFECT is what happened.
Cause 1
Kristen celebrated her 12th birthday two weeks ago.
Cause 2
Effect Kristen told her mom she wanted to compete in the contest alone.
Cause 3
Effect
Effect
Kristen noticed the other snowman building teams were having more fun than she was. Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Winter Word Problems 1. Misty built seven snowmen. She placed three buttons on each snowman. How many buttons did she put on all of the snowmen?
4. Timothy played outside in the snow for ten minutes every day. How many minutes did he play outside during a week?
2. It snowed 78 inches in 2014. In 2015, it snowed 94 inches. How many more inches did it snow in 2015 than in 2014?
5. Jane and her two sisters earned $24 dollars shoveling snow for her neighbors. If the three girls share the money equally, how much will each girl receive?
3. The third graders used 392 marshmallows at their winter party. The fourth graders used 237 marshmallows. How many marshmallows did the third and fourth graders use?
6. Kent’s Clothing Store sold 328 coats in December. They sold 199 coats in January. How many coats did they sell in all?
Jordie Holland 2015
7. It is 45 degrees in Washington. It is 78 degrees in Florida. How much warmer is it in Florida than in Washington?
8. Luke is building a snowman with three sections. If he spends 8 minutes building each section, how much time will it take to build the snowman?
9. Greg ate 14 small snowflake cookies his mom bought from the store. There were 45 left in the bag. How many snowflake cookies were in the bag when his mom bought it? Danny says to solve question number nine you should add. Frank says you should subtract. Who do you agree with and why do you agree with him?
10. Mrs. Grant is cutting out snowflake decorations to hang from the ceiling in her classroom. She has been working for three hours. She cuts out nine snowflakes each hour. How many snowflakes did she cut out in all? Show evidence of your thinking with a picture or model.
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Winter Bar Graph Directions: Use the data in the table to create a bar graph. Your bar graph must include a title and labeled scale. Then, use the data to answer the questions. Child
Snowman Height in Inches
Suzy
75
Kara
92
Lane
47
Kyle
82
1. How many more inches tall was Kara’s snowman than Lane’s snowman?
2. If Kyle could stack his snowman on top of Suzy’s snowman, how tall would the snowmen be?
3. Tommy wants to build the tallest snowman. Whose snowman must Tommy’s be taller than to be the tallest?
4. How much taller is Kyle’s snowman than Lane’s snowman?
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Fractions 1. Shade the snowman to show 2/3.
2. Shade the snowman to show 2/8.
4. Shade the snowman to show 4/7.
5. Shade the snowman to show 1/6.
7. Shade the snowmen to show 1/2.
A.
3. Shade the snowman to show 1/4.
6. Shade the snowman to show 3/5.
8. Is snowman A greater than, less than, or equal to snowman B after you shade it in question number 7?
B. 9. Explain your thinking for question number 8.
10. Which snowmen above are equivalent from numbers 1 - 6?
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Winter Narrative Write a narrative about something that could happen during the winter. Your narrative can be a true story that happened to you or you can make it up. Your narrative must include: ! a setting ! characters ! dialogue ! problem ! solution
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Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Ice Skate Grammar Directions: Follow the grammar key to color code the ice skates. Grammar Key Nouns = Green Adjectives = Yellow
cold
Verbs = Red Adverbs = Blue
two
d
blizzar
ice
slowly
purple
skating
tall
Lucy
quickly
laugh
happy
man
scarf
snow
Jordie Holland 2015
Name: _________________________ Date to Return Packet: ____________
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Reading Goals for My Break My Reading Goal: I will read for _______ minutes every day for ______ days over the break. Keep track of your reading below.
Date
Book Title
Minutes Read
Adult’s Initials
! I was able to meet my goal because ______________ ____________________________________________. ! I didn’t meet my goal, but next time I will because ____________________________________________. Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Book Review Choose a book you have read and complete the book review.
This book is ‘SNOW’ great! Title: ___________________________ Author: ________________________ Rate the book on the snowflake scale below. How many snowflakes would you give the book?
1
2
3
4
5
This book is ‘SNOW’ great because . . . ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Story Map Choose a book you have read and complete the story map.
This book is ‘SNOW’ great! Title: _______________________________ Author: _____________________________ Characters: ________________
Setting: ________________
________________
________________
________________
________________
________________
________________
Plot: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Superstars Kristen was so excited her knees were shaking. She celebrated her twelfth birthday two weeks ago. This meant Kristen was finally old enough to enter the Sandersville Super Snowman Contest. Every year her town of Sandersville had a snowman building contest. There were many categories such as most creative snowman, animal snowmen, and silliest snowman. Kristen wasn’t interested in those categories. She thought they were too easy. Kristen planned to enter the toughest contest. She had her eye on the prize for the biggest snowman. The winner won a huge trophy and the title of Snowman Superstar. “Are you sure you don’t want your sister to help you?” her mom asked. “Teams of two are allowed for the biggest snowman category. It will be much harder by yourself and not as much fun.” “No,” Kristen groaned as she walked to her assigned building spot. “I want to do this by myself. It is my turn to win a trophy!” Kristen glanced at her big sister, Sarah. She was all dressed in her snow gear ready to go. For a second, Kristen felt guilty for not letting her help. Then, she remembered Sarah’s room full of shiny trophies. Kristen had never won anything and wanted this trophy for the snowman contest all to herself. Sharing it with Sarah just wouldn’t be the same! “Your time begins now!” the announcer said in his deep voice. “You have thirty minutes to make the biggest snowman possible.” Kristen almost jumped out of her boots. She began gathering snow to make the base of her snowman. Her base had to be huge in order to win. Without a big and sturdy base, her snowman would fall over. When the base was ready, Kristen began collecting snow for the middle section. She glanced around at the other teams. Everyone else had a partner. She knew she had already beaten a few teams. They were still working on the bottom section of their snowmen. Other teams were slightly ahead of her though. One thing all the other teams had in common was that they were all smiling and laughing with their partners. They were having much more fun than Kristen. Kristen thought about the trophy she would have all for herself if she won. She glanced at her sister. Sarah was smiling and cheering Kristen along just a few feet away even after Kristen had been so rude to her. Kristen waved Sarah over to her spot. “Maybe having fun with your sister is more important than a trophy,” she said to Sarah as they both began to work on the snowman. Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Superstars Comprehension Questions 1. Why did Kristen want to compete in the snowman building contest by herself? a. She did not have anyone old enough to help her in the contest. b. Only one person could compete in the biggest snowman category. c. She wanted to win the trophy and keep it for herself. d. She asked her sister Sarah, but she did not want to help Kristen. 2. Which of the following was NOT a category in the Sandersville Super Snowman Contest? a. most creative snowman b. animal snowmen c. silliest snowman d. smallest snowman 3. Why were Kristen’s knees shaking? a. Kristen was feeling very excited about the snowman building contest. b. She was very cold standing outside in the snow. c. Kristen felt nervous about entering the contest. d. She was worried she would be in trouble for being mean to her sister.
4. What did the author mean when the text said Kristen had her eye on the prize for the biggest snowman? a. She was looking at the trophy. b. Her goal was to win the prize for the biggest snowman. c. Kristen was looking at all of the trophies in Sarah’s room. d. She was looking at the trophy for the biggest snowman so closely her eye was touching it. 5. Which statement below BEST summarizes the passage? a. Kristen wanted to enter the snowman building contest. b. Kristen was entering the contest for the largest snowman to win a trophy by herself, but she ended up deciding to have fun and let her sister help. c. Kristen finally turned twelve and was very excited and nervous to enter the snowman building contest in her town. d. Kristen was jealous that her sister, Sarah, had won so many trophies while she had never won anything. Jordie Holland 2015
6. What is the central message of the passage? a. It is hard to win a snowman building contest by yourself. b. There are more important things than winning trophies, like spending time with family. c. If you win a snowman contest in Sandersville, you win a trophy. d. It is hard to be a little sister.
8. What caused Kristen to change her mind and let Sarah help? a. She saw how much fun the other teams were having with their partners. b. Kristen did not change her mind. c. Kristen’s mom was able to convince her. d. She didn’t care about winning any prizes.
7. Why did the author write that Kristen groaned when her mom asked her to let Sarah help in the contest? a. She was happy her mom asked to let her sister help. b. She was sick from playing in the snow and had a sore throat. c. She was annoyed her mom was asking her to let her sister help. d. She was excited to compete in the snowman contest.
9. Why was it important to build a strong base for the snowman? a. The snowman would fall over without a strong base to hold the middle and top. b. The base needed to be small so it could balance the middle and the top. c. The announcer said Kristen only had thirty minutes to build the snowman. d. Kristen’s mom told her to build a strong base.
10. How did Kristen change from the beginning of the story to the end? Use evidence from the text to support your reasoning. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ________________
Snowman Superstars Written Response Directions: Follow the steps in the chart to answer the written response question. Be sure to LOOK back in the passage to gather evidence.
Start
Give
Explain
your answer with words from the question.
text evidence.
your thinking.
!
The text says . . . ! The author wrote . . . ! In paragraph ____, it says . . .
!
I know this because . . . ! This makes me think . . . ! This is important because . . .
Tell more! ! ! ! ! !
For example, For instance, The text also says . . . According to the text, Based on what I read . . .
What is a character trait that can be used to describe Kristen at the beginning of the story? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
Jordie Holland 2016
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Superstars Cause and Effect Directions: Complete the cause and effect chart below using information from the passage. Remember, the CAUSE is why something happened. The EFFECT is what happened.
Cause 1
Kristen celebrated her 12th birthday two weeks ago.
Cause 2
Effect Kristen told her mom she wanted to compete in the contest alone.
Cause 3
Effect
Effect
Kristen noticed the other snowman building teams were having more fun than she was. Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Winter Word Problems 1. Misty built seven snowmen. She placed three buttons on each snowman. How many buttons did she put on all of the snowmen?
4. Timothy played outside in the snow for ten minutes every day. How many minutes did he play outside during a week?
2. It snowed 78 inches in 2014. In 2015, it snowed 94 inches. How many more inches did it snow in 2015 than in 2014?
5. Jane and her two sisters earned $24 dollars shoveling snow for her neighbors. If the three girls share the money equally, how much will each girl receive?
3. The third graders used 392 marshmallows at their winter party. The fourth graders used 237 marshmallows. How many marshmallows did the third and fourth graders use?
6. Kent’s Clothing Store sold 328 coats in December. They sold 199 coats in January. How many coats did they sell in all?
Jordie Holland 2015
7. It is 45 degrees in Washington. It is 78 degrees in Florida. How much warmer is it in Florida than in Washington?
8. Luke is building a snowman with three sections. If he spends 8 minutes building each section, how much time will it take to build the snowman?
9. Greg ate 14 small snowflake cookies his mom bought from the store. There were 45 left in the bag. How many snowflake cookies were in the bag when his mom bought it? Danny says to solve question number nine you should add. Frank says you should subtract. Who do you agree with and why do you agree with him?
10. Mrs. Grant is cutting out snowflake decorations to hang from the ceiling in her classroom. She has been working for three hours. She cuts out nine snowflakes each hour. How many snowflakes did she cut out in all? Show evidence of your thinking with a picture or model.
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Winter Bar Graph Directions: Use the data in the table to create a bar graph. Your bar graph must include a title and labeled scale. Then, use the data to answer the questions. Child
Snowman Height in Inches
Suzy
75
Kara
92
Lane
47
Kyle
82
1. How many more inches tall was Kara’s snowman than Lane’s snowman?
2. If Kyle could stack his snowman on top of Suzy’s snowman, how tall would the snowmen be?
3. Tommy wants to build the tallest snowman. Whose snowman must Tommy’s be taller than to be the tallest?
4. How much taller is Kyle’s snowman than Lane’s snowman?
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Snowman Fractions 1. Shade the snowman to show 2/3.
2. Shade the snowman to show 2/8.
4. Shade the snowman to show 4/7.
5. Shade the snowman to show 1/6.
7. Shade the snowmen to show 1/2.
A.
3. Shade the snowman to show 1/4.
6. Shade the snowman to show 3/5.
8. Is snowman A greater than, less than, or equal to snowman B after you shade it in question number 7?
B. 9. Explain your thinking for question number 8.
10. Which snowmen above are equivalent from numbers 1 - 6?
Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Winter Narrative Write a narrative about something that could happen during the winter. Your narrative can be a true story that happened to you or you can make it up. Your narrative must include: ! a setting ! characters ! dialogue ! problem ! solution
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Jordie Holland 2015
Name _______________________________ Date ___________
Ice Skate Grammar Directions: Follow the grammar key to color code the ice skates. Grammar Key Nouns = Green Adjectives = Yellow
cold
Verbs = Red Adverbs = Blue
two
d
blizzar
ice
slowly
purple
skating
tall
Lucy
quickly
laugh
happy
man
scarf
snow
Jordie Holland 2015
