Ice Wizard Storybook Fun! Winter of the Ice Wizard storybook fun for grades 1-4
The Magic tree house Winter of The Ice Wizard Reading Comprehension Questions Chapter 2: What do Kathleen s people fear the most? Which direction do the travelers need to go? Chapter 3 Describe what the Ice Wizard Looks like. What does the Ice Wizard want Jack and Annie to find for him? When must the mission be done?
Who has the Ice Wizard s Eye? Chapter 4 Finish the Ice Wizard s Poem using the following word bank: BREAK CURVE EYE HOUSE SLEIGH WAY Who are the Norns? Take my And find your To the of the Norns In the of the bay. Pay them whatever They tell you to pay And bring back my. By of day. How did Jack make the sleigh move?
Which of the characters knew where the curve of the bay was and how did they know it? Chapter 5 What were the three colors of the Norns gowns? Who does the Norns say has the Ice Wizard s Eye? What is the price that Jack and Annie must pay for the Ice Wizard s Eye? Chapter 6 Which hill in the hollow hills did the children travel too?
Chapter 7 Why did the children not want to look at the frost giant? Who pulled the children out of the avalanche? Describe what the Ice Wizard s Eye looks like. Chapter 8 What color or colors were the white wolves eyes? Who did Teddy and Kathleen bring to the Ice Wizard? Who or what are the White Wolves?
Chapter 9 What was the Ice Wizard missing besides his eye that we also use to see with? Who or what was the frost giant? What was tied to the children s porch and how was is different?
The Magic tree house Winter of The Ice Wizard Reading Comprehension Questions Answer Key Chapter 2: What do Kathleen s people fear the most? Wolves Which direction do the travelers need to go? Towards the setting sun Chapter 3 Describe what the Ice Wizard Looks like. Please use your judgment What does the Ice Wizard want Jack and Annie to find for him? His eye When must the mission be done? Before the break of day Who has the Ice Wizard s Eye? The Fates (The Norns) Chapter 4 Finish the Ice Wizard s Poem using the following word bank: BREAK CURVE EYE HOUSE SLEIGH WAY Who are the Norns? The Sisters of Fate Take my sleigh And find your way To the house of the Norns In the curve of the bay. Pay them whatever They tell you to pay And bring back my eye. By break of day. How did Jack make the sleigh move? By untying knots in his wind string Which of the characters knew where the curve of the bay was and how did they know it? Kathleen. She saw swans flying towards the see Chapter 5 What were the three colors of the Norns gowns? Blue, Brown, Gray Who does the Norns say has the Ice Wizard s Eye? The frost giant
What is the price that Jack and Annie must pay for the Ice Wizard s Eye? Annie s red scarf Chapter 6 Which hill in the hollow hills did the children travel too? The one without a top Chapter 7 Why did the children not want to look at the frost giant? They could freeze to death Who pulled the children out of the avalanche? The white wolves Describe what the Ice Wizard s Eye looks like. It is the size of a marble and is white with a sparkling blue center Chapter 8 What color or colors were the white wolves eyes? yellow Who did Teddy and Kathleen bring to the Ice Wizard? His siste Who or what are the White Wolves? Merlin and Morgan Chapter 9 What was the Ice Wizard missing besides his eye that we also use to see with? His heart Who or what was the frost giant? A really bad winter storm What was tied to the children s porch and how was is different? Annie s red scarf and the Norns weaved a picture in it.
Secret Writing In the time of legends where wizards and sorcerers lived it was often important to send messages in secret code so that communication could be kept secret. Even in real life things are encrypted, meaning that they are written in such a way that you need a special code to decipher, or translate, what the message is. Secret coding can be a fun way to practice your math and reading skills at the same time. Here is a basic secret code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 A B C D E F G H I J K L M 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z In the basic code above you can see that each number corresponds to a letter. This means that if you wanted to send a secret code that said Meet me at the park you would send the secret code 13-5-5-20 13-5 1-20 20-8-5 16-41-18-11. If you did not have the secret code to decipher the message you would not know to meet at the park. Secret codes can be very complicated, or very simple. Sometimes you need a code to read the secret code and then you can translate the message. Here is an example of the same message using a complex code: If the first deciphering code was this: Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N A B C D E F G H I J K L M M L K J I H G F E D C B A N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z And then the second deciphering code was this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 A B C D E F G H I J K L M 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Then the original message would be: 14-22-22-7 14-22 26-7 7-19-22 11-26-9-16. The original code would be run through the second deciphering code first and would then be NVVG NV ZG GSV KZIP. This new code would then be run through the first deciphering code (second) to be MEET ME AT THE PARK. You can have fun with secret codes too. You can even write them using symbols, pictures, almost anything you can think of.
Let s have some fun with secret codes now. The first thing you need to do is create your own secret code decipher. File in your secret decipher code below: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Let s test it out now. Fill in your code for the following message: I R E A L Y L I K E D R E A D I N G T H E W I N T E R O F T H E I C E W I Z A R D! Now, have some fun creating your own secret messages using the secret code deciphers and message boxes on the following pages!!
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Science Experiment Sailing On Ice In the Magic Tree House Winter of the Ice Wizard, Jack and Annie travel by sleigh across the frozen lands. To do this Jack uses a string with tied wind knots he received form the Ice Wizard. In reality there is probably not a magical item like that, but the principal of skating on ice can be seen in a lot things. If water freezes we can ice skate and play hockey on it. Do you think it would be reasonable to move a sleigh like Jack did if the wind would cooperate? Why don t we just find out. Materials need for this experiment: A large cookie sheet Water to freeze on the cookie sheet Permission to freeze the cookie sheet (2) large paper clips a drinking straw Template sheet with sleigh and sail templates Hair dryer Box/room fan Experiment Thesis: Like any good experiment we need a thesis, or statement, to prove or disprove in our experiment. In this experiment we will determine if wind power can move a sleigh on a frozen surface. What is your predication? Circle any of the following that you think can move the sleigh across the ice: I think that the sleigh will move under the power of: MY BREATH / HAIR DRYER / FAN / WILL NOT MOVE Scientific Procedure: In order to have a successful experiment we must perform the following steps: 1. Make the icy surface. To do this fill the cookie sheet with water and freeze it. Freezing times will vary, so this may need to be done the day before the experiment. 2. Create your sleigh. a. Main Sleigh: To create you sleigh cut out the sleigh template outer line. You will need to fold along all the fold lines. Carefully cut the four short lines. Once you cut these lines fold up all the sides and use the cut pieces to glue the short sides to the long sides. This can be done with tape or glue. If you use glue please allow it to dry. b. Skis/Skids: Poke the outer end of a paper clip through the small hole marker. Pull one side through the hole and leave as much of the long side under the sleigh as possible to act as a ski or skid. Use glue or tape to keep the paper clip in place. If you use glue please allow it to dry. Repeat to make two skis/skids. c. Mast: Take your straw and cut it at about 4-5 inches long. Cut (4) slits in the bottom of one end of the straw and spread out the cuts pieces to use it as a base for attaching it to the sleigh. Push the straw up through the bottom of the sleigh using the larger hole marker. Place glue between the cut ends of the straw and the bottom of the sleigh or use tape. If you use glue please allow to dry.
d. Sail: Decorate the sail, if you would like, but cut out the outer edge of the sail. Push the sail through the (2) hole markers. Make sure the sail has a slight billow to it to catch the wind. 3. Experiment to see if you can move the sleigh along the longest side of your ice using: your breath, the hair dryer; and the fan. 4. Variations: After trying the three methods above, it time permits, try experimenting with the amount of sail billowing, angle that you apply the wind from, etc. to see if you can create different results. Results: Now that you have tried all three types, or more, of wind power, was your prediction correct? YES / NO Conclusion: Any good science experiment needs a conclusion that summarizes the results of the experiment. Based, on your results, what would you write for your conclusion?