Beatrice’s Picnic Thirds: 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.

third: One of three equal parts of a whole.
centre: The middle point.
whole: All of something, with no part missing.
separate: Not joined together.
adjusted: Changed a little to make it fit or work.

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, what the characters tried and how they checked. Use a pre-marked paper circle with three equal sectors. Separate one third, join two thirds and rebuild the whole. Compare with an unequal three-part drawing.