The night before our first snow day, I stayed up to Ul
watch the weather broadcast. The man said there 9
would be lots of snow. To get a full snow day, ithad to 33
be snowing in the morning. That way, the bus couldn’t 43
come for me. I could hardly sleep. I crossed my 53
fingers. I crossed my toes. I even tried to cross my 64
eyes! I was hoping for snow-hard! The next morning, I 75
woke to the smell of bacon. Mom only made baconon 86
Saturday. I opened one eye. Then, I slowly opened the 46
other. I sat up in bed, and peeked through the curtain. 107
Trubbed my eyes quick to make sure I wasn’t seeing 18
things. There in my driveway was one gloriously, white [27
foot of SNOW! I whooped and hollered! I jumped out [37
of bed! I ran down the stairs. Mom had the tv. on. (49
There on the screen they were saying that school was = [54
out for my county! It was going to be a great day! {7
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DAY | Day |: What was one way to KNOW that school would be off because of
snow?
DAY 2 Day 2: What was one clue that there was gaing to be a snow day?
Day 3: How are you like the author?
DAY 3 Day 4: How do you know that this story is realistic fiction?
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Directions: After reading the story several times, answer these questions in complete
sentences. You will need crayons or colored pencils to complete this assignment:
|. What are some things the author did as she was hoping for it to
snow?
& 2. Use a GREEN crayon to underline some facts that support your
answer for Question |,
3. What did the author do to let the reader know she was excited
that it snowed?
&Q 4. Use a BLUE crayon to underline the sentence that supports your
thinking for the answer to Question 3.
5. Why did the author rub her eyes?
y 6. Use a RED crayon to underline the sentence that helps support
your answer for Question 5.
7. Why did the author state that it was going to be a great day?
8. Use the internet to find out what the weather broadcast will be
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The night before our first snow day, I stayed up to
watch the weather broadcast. The man said there
would be lots of snow. To get a full snow day, it had
to be snowing in the morning. That way, the bus
couldn't come for me. I could hardly sleep. I
crossed my fingers. I crossed my toes. I even
tried to cross my eyes! I was hoping for snow-
hard! The next morning, I woke to the smell of
opened one eye. Then, I slowly opened the other. I
sat up in bed, and peeked through the curtain. I
rubbed my eyes quick to make sure I wasn’t seeing
things. There in my driveway was one gloriously,
white foot of SNOW! I whooped and hollered! I
jumped out of bed! I ran down the stairs. Mom
had the tv. on. There on the screen they were
saying that school was out for my county! It was
going to be a great day!
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