Clara’s Book Boxes: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 4. 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.

donated: Gave something to help without asking for payment.
reliable: Able to be trusted.
transfer: Move something from one place to another.
record: Information written down so it can be checked later.
methods: Different ways of doing something.

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 method the characters tried and the evidence that their solution worked. Build 126 and 58 with place-value materials or drawings. Combine and regroup to make 184. Check by adding 50 and then 8, and compare the two methods.