Vocabulary building activities "Wintertime war"

"Wintertime war"
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“You’ll never take my snow fort alive!” shouted Amanda. She started to throw snowballs,
and fat chunks of ice, at the attacking horde of rowdy boys from her home town. “I bet
my loyal snowmen guards have you shaking in your boots!”
As the boys ran to Amanda’s snow palace from the north, they swung makeshift swords of
scrap wood, and howled like wild animals. It was time for war. “I will take the front!”
bellowed Trevor. “The rest of you mount the assault from the far side!”
Amanda was on her own and terrified.
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CAN YOU make The missing words?
Challenge: The below text passage is missing several words! Luckily, each absent term can be
formed by scrambling the letters to your left. Cut this page into two pieces along the heavy
dashed line, snip out the letter tiles, and use them to make words that complete the story.
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WINTERTIME WAR
“You’ll never take my snow _--_--_--_ alive!”
shouted Amanda. She started to _--_--_--_--_
snowballs, and _--_--_ chunks of ice, at the
attacking horde of rowdy boys from her home
_--_--_--_-. “I bet my loyal snowmen guards
have you all shaking in your boots!”
As the boys _--_--_ to Amanda’s snow palace
from the _--_--_--_--_-, they swung makeshift
swords of scrap wood, and howled like wild
animals. It was time for _--_--_-. “I will take the
_--_--_--_--_-!” bellowed Trevor. “The rest of
you mount the assault from the _--_--_ side!”
Amanda was on her _--_--_ and terrified.
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Word Maker Vocabulary Building Activities are incredibly challenging, and enjoyable, word work exercises for your
students. Each story puts learners to the task of making the missing words from a short passage of text, by using only a
given set of given letters. Your students cut out the letters as manipulatives, and use them to help with the completion
of the exercise.
Readability Level:
This free sample of Word Maker has a 450L level of readability. If you are unfamiliar with Lexile levels, here is a
readability conversion chart that shows approximately with which grade levels it is best used:
Grade Level
Lexile
Guided Reading
DRA
Reading Recovery
K
BR-100L
A-B
A, 1-3
A, B, 1-3
1
0L-300L
C-I
4-16
4-16
2
150L-450L
J-M
18-28
18-20
3
300L-650L
N-P
30-38
22-24
4
450L-800L
Q-S
40
26
5
550L-900L
T-V
40-50
28
6
650L-1000L
W-Y
N/A
30
7
700L-1050L
Z
N/A
32
8
800L-1100L
Z
N/A
34
As you can see, this free sample is best utilized with students in grades 2-4. However, depending on the ability of
your students, you can still use this text in higher/lower grades too. We always stress not putting too much weight
on readability levels. They are a great starting point for selecting text for your students. Yet, student interest level,
as well as a whole host of other factors, will determine whether or not the text is actually readable. In addition,
students still get lots of value by periodically reading text outside of grade and skill level determinations.
Common Core Alignment:
This story and assessment addresses multiple standards in the Reading Literature strand of the Common Core State
Standards for your grade level, including RL.1, RL.4, and RL.10. Yet, these materials may apply to more of the
standards. Please reference the standards directly for additional correlation.
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