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Visit an Ice Hotel
Fluency Quick Check — student copy · Reading Longer Words — Open/Closed Syllables
Name: ________________ Date: __________
Would you stay at an ice hotel? Discover what it's like to stay there and what happens when the ice starts to melt.
What Is an Ice Hotel?
An ice hotel is made from frozen blocks of ice. The ice blocks are stacked to make walls.
Going to an Ice Hotel
Humans can visit the ice hotel for fun! It is not a basic hotel.
All items in the hotel are frozen.
Even the bed is frozen!
You can still use a blanket on the ice bed.
You can sip from cups made of ice. It is fine to demand gloves for your ice cup.
The ice hotel has nice music.
Melting Ice
The ice hotel melts in the spring because it gets hot. The ice hotel will close.
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Visit an Ice Hotel
Comprehension Quiz — student copy
Name: ________________ Date: __________
1. Which letters could be added to __tel to make a real word?
A. fro
B. ho
C. e
D. hu
2. Which word does NOT have two syllables?
A. human
B. even
C. would
D. because
3. Which word means water turned into ice?
A. frozen
B. melts
C. ice
D. block
4. What is an ice hotel made from?
A. melting ice
B. cups of ice
C. frozen blocks of ice
D. water
5. Who is able to visit an ice hotel?
A. no one
B. only animals
C. humans
D. humans and animals
6. When does the ice hotel close?
A. when it gets too hot
B. when it gets too cold
C. never
D. when it gets dark
Answer key: 1-B · 2-C · 3-A · 4-C · 5-C · 6-A · Laprea Education / Developing Decoders