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Level 5 · Vowel teams · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

Rosa and the Snowman

  1. Rosa wakes up and sees snow.
  2. The snow is deep and white.
  3. Rosa puts on her coat and mittens.
  4. She rolls a big ball of snow.
  5. Dad helps her put a small ball on top.
  6. Rosa gives the snowman a hat.
  7. The next day, the sun is out.
  8. Oh no! The snowman is just a hat in a puddle!

  1. 1. What did Rosa see when she woke up?

    • sun
    • rainbow
    • snow

  2. 2. What did Rosa make?

    • tower
    • snowman
    • sandcastle

  3. 3. What did Rosa give the snowman?

    • hat
    • umbrella
    • shoes
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

Rosa and the Snowman

  1. Rosa wakes up and sees snow.
  2. The snow is deep and white.
  3. Rosa puts on her coat and mittens.
  4. She rolls a big ball of snow.
  5. Dad helps her put a small ball on top.
  6. Rosa gives the snowman a hat.
  7. The next day, the sun is out.
  8. Oh no! The snowman is just a hat in a puddle!

  1. 1. What was the snow like?

    • deep
    • thin
    • pink

  2. 2. Who helped Rosa?

    • Dad
    • Gran
    • Mum
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

Rosa and the Snowman

  1. 1Rosa wakes up and sees snow.
  2. 2The snow is deep and white.
  3. 3Rosa puts on her coat and mittens.
  4. 4She rolls a big ball of snow.
  5. 5Dad helps her put a small ball on top.
  6. 6Rosa gives the snowman a hat.
  7. 7The next day, the sun is out.
  8. 8Oh no! The snowman is just a hat in a puddle!

  1. 1. How do you know the snowman melted?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

Rosa and the Snowman

  1. Rosa wakes up and sees snow.
  2. The snow is deep and white.
  3. Rosa puts on her coat and mittens.
  4. She rolls a big ball of snow.
  5. Dad helps her put a small ball on top.
  6. Rosa gives the snowman a hat.
  7. The next day, the sun is out.
  8. Oh no! The snowman is just a hat in a puddle!

  1. 1. Why did the snowman turn into a puddle?

  2. 2. What did Rosa put on to go out?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

Rosa and the Snowman

  1. Rosa wakes up and sees snow.
  2. The snow is deep and white.
  3. Rosa puts on her coat and mittens.
  4. She rolls a big ball of snow.
  5. Dad helps her put a small ball on top.
  6. Rosa gives the snowman a hat.
  7. The next day, the sun is out.
  8. Oh no! The snowman is just a hat in a puddle!
  • The sun comes out
  • Rosa makes a snowman
  • Rosa sees the snow
  • The snowman is a puddle

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

Rosa and the Snowman

  1. Rosa wakes up and sees snow.
  2. The snow is deep and white.
  3. Rosa puts on her coat and mittens.
  4. She rolls a big ball of snow.
  5. Dad helps her put a small ball on top.
  6. Rosa gives the snowman a hat.
  7. The next day, the sun is out.
  8. Oh no! The snowman is just a hat in a puddle!

Draw Rosa's snowman in its hat.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 5 · Roo Bloom

Rosa and the Snowman · Level 5 (Vowel teams) · focus words: snow, snowman, coat, sees, deep · tricky words: the, her, she, of, puts, put, gives, no, out, oh

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Rosa woke up and saw snow.
  2. Yes — Rosa made a snowman.
  3. Yes! Rosa gave the snowman a hat.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — the snow was deep and white.
  2. Yes! Dad helped Rosa put a ball on top.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 7 or 8. The sun came out and the snowman was just a hat in a puddle, so it melted.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. The sun was out.
  2. Her coat and mittens.

5. Put it in order

1. Rosa sees the snow · 2. Rosa makes a snowman · 3. The sun comes out · 4. The snowman is a puddle

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.