1 3 6 as white as snow (nonfiction)

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As White
as Snow
by Violet Richards

Genre

Nonfiction

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• Winter and
Snow
• Nature
• Animal
Camouflage

• Labels in
Pictures
• Patterned
Text
• Repetition

• Color Names

Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.3.6

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ISBN 0-328-14114-3


Talk About It

As White
as Snow

1. Why is it hard to find the animals in the story?
2. What would be easier to find in the snow, a
pair of white mittens or a pair of red mittens?
Why?

Write About It
by Violet Richards

3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw pictures
of animals you have seen. Write their names.

Extend Language
Snow is white. What are the colors of these
things? Milk; strawberries; chocolate; sugar; an
orange. Which things are as white as snow?

Photographs
Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher
deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Cover ©Ed Cesar/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 2 ©Matthias
Kulka/Corbis; 3 ©Fred Bruemmer/Peter Arnold, Inc.; 4 ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 5 ©E.R.
Degginger/Animals Animals/Earth Scenes; 6 ©Ed Cesar/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
7 ©Kenneth Garrett/NGS Images; 8 ©Fred Bruemmer/Peter Arnold, Inc.
ISBN: 0-328-14114-3
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise.
Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York
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snow
polar bear

The sun was shining before.
Now snow is falling!
Snow is white.
The land looks white.
Does snow help animals hide?
2

The polar bear is as white as snow.
Can you find the polar bear?

3


fox

A fox can be as white as snow.
Can you find the fox?

4

snowy owl

A snowy owl is as white as snow.
Can you find the snowy owl?

5


rabbit

weasel

This weasel is white in the winter.
Can you find the weasel?

6

The snowshoe rabbit is white.
Can you find the snowshoe rabbit?

7


Talk About It
1. Why is it hard to find the animals in the story?
2. What would be easier to find in the snow, a
pair of white mittens or a pair of red mittens?
Why?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw pictures
of animals you have seen. Write their names.

Extend Language
Snow is white. What are the colors of these
things? Milk; strawberries; chocolate; sugar; an
orange. Which things are as white as snow?

Photographs
Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher
deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

The animals are white.
The snow is white.
The animals can hide
in the snow.
8

Cover ©Ed Cesar/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 2 ©Matthias

Kulka/Corbis; 3 ©Fred Bruemmer/Peter Arnold, Inc.; 4 ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 5 ©E.R.
Degginger/Animals Animals/Earth Scenes; 6 ©Ed Cesar/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
7 ©Kenneth Garrett/NGS Images; 8 ©Fred Bruemmer/Peter Arnold, Inc.
ISBN: 0-328-14114-3
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise.
For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman,
1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
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