Archie’s Pond Launch: 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.

clock: An object with a face or display that shows the time.
minute: A unit of time; sixty minutes make one hour.
hour: A unit of time made of sixty minutes.
halfway: At the middle point between two places.
launch: Put a boat onto the water for a journey.

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

Retell the story in order. Explain the problem, the characters’ ideas and how they checked their solution. Use a teaching clock. Show three o’clock, move the minute hand halfway round to six and move the hour hand halfway towards four. Explain thirty minutes as half an hour.