Edith’s Playground Poll: 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.

votes: Choices recorded to help a group decide.
columns: Upright groups or sections arranged side by side.
compare: Look at things to see how they are alike or different.
included: Counted or made part of a group.
preferred: Liked or wanted more than another choice.

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. Build bars of six, four and two equal blocks on a common baseline. Count the total and compare differences. Show six as half of twelve and four as twice two.