Charlie’s Fossil Clue: 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.

fossil: Preserved evidence of life from long ago.
specimen: A sample kept for studying.
sediment: Material such as sand or mud that settles in layers.
impression: A shape left when something presses against a surface.
model: Something that represents selected features of another thing or process.

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 Charlie’s discovery and explain the difference between a fossil and his model.