Arthur’s Other Side: Activities
Shared Reading · Year 3. 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.
- character
- A person or being in a story or play.
- versions
- Different ways that the same thing can be told or made.
- distraction
- Something that takes a person’s attention away.
- accusation
- A claim that someone has done something wrong.
- misunderstanding
- A situation where someone has understood something incorrectly.
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
Act a simple misunderstanding in pairs. Pause to share each character’s thought, then replay it without speaking those thoughts aloud. Discuss how a gesture may have more than one meaning.
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