Arthur’s Rolling Race: 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.

runout: The area an object travels across after leaving a ramp.
friction: A force between surfaces that can oppose movement.
distance: How far apart two points are.
prediction: An idea about what will happen before testing.
measurements: Numbers found by comparing something with a unit or scale.

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

Explain the first unfair comparison, the controlled releases and the pattern in the distances.