Alice’s Postbag: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 2. An adult reads the questions and clues aloud. Children can talk, point, sign or choose an answer. For Jumbled Words, show the matching vocabulary word and build it together; children do not need to read independently.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

address: Information that identifies where something should be delivered.
postage: The payment for sending something through the post.
sorting: Putting things into groups.
sender: The person who sends a message or parcel.
journey: Travel from one place to another.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Tell the beginning, the problem, what the characters tried and the ending. Explain one choice using a detail from the story. What else could they have tried?