Winter Holiday Counting & Tracing — Answer Key
Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word carefully by following the dotted lines.
1. mitten
2. scarf
3. chill
4. flake
5. wind
6. boot
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A snowflake has 6 sides.
Look closely at any snowflake and you will count six points sticking out, so the answer is 6. Snowflakes always grow with this same six-sided pattern.
2. Hot cocoa is a warm winter drink.
Hot cocoa is the cozy chocolate drink people sip to warm up in winter, so cocoa fills the blank. It is served steaming hot in a mug.
3. Ice is frozen water.
When water gets very cold it freezes solid and turns into ice, so ice is just frozen water. The blank is filled by the word water.
4. You put gloves on your hands when it is cold.
Gloves slide onto your hands with a separate part for each finger to keep them warm. That is why gloves is the word that fits the sentence.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Ice cream melts in the cold.
True False
False. Cold air keeps ice cream frozen and hard; ice cream only melts when it gets warm, like on a hot day or in your mouth.
2. Birds fly south in winter.
True False
True. Many birds fly south every winter to find warmer weather and food, since the cold north has fewer bugs and seeds to eat.
3. Sleds go downhill on snow.
True False
True. Snow is slippery and a sled glides easily down a hill because gravity pulls it from the top all the way to the bottom.