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Spell Bee Word: Snowflake


What does snowflake mean?

Word: Snowflake

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Snowflake means one of the small, soft, white pieces that fall from the sky as snow.

How do you spell snowflake?

Syllables: snow - flake

Tricky part: The first part ends in a w that you do not hear on its own, so children write sno.

Watch out for: snoflake, snoeflake

Memory tip: Cover the flake part and read what is left: s-n-o-w, the same snow you see on mountain tops, w and all.

Snowflake in a sentence

Example 1: Each snowflake that fell on my coat looked like a tiny star.

Example 2: On our trip to Gulmarg, Didi tried to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

Example 3: The children cut paper snowflakes to hang in the classroom window.

Fun Fact

Snowflakes almost always have six sides or six arms, because of the way water freezes into ice crystals.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) snowflaik
b) snowflake
c) snowflak
d) snowfleak

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b) snowflake. The flake part has an a and ends in a silent e, like cake.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kewfalnos

a) snowfalke
b) snowflake
c) snowlfake
d) snowfkale

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b) snowflake. Build the cold white stuff first, then fit the five letters left after it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) blizard
b) snowflake
c) icicel
d) sweter

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b) snowflake. Icicle ends in cle, blizzard has a double z, and sweater has ea.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A snowflake landed on the window and glitterd in the light.

a) glitterd
b) snowflake
c) window
d) landed

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a) glitterd. Glittered needs an e before the d, as glitter keeps its whole spelling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a snowflake made of?

a) ice
b) cotton
c) sugar
d) salt

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a) ice

2. When does a snowflake turn into a drop of water?

a) when it freezes
b) when it melts
c) when it falls
d) when it spins

Show answer

b) when it melts

Associated Words

Next steps

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