Florence’s Shells: 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.

trays: Shallow containers used to hold things.
groups: Sets of things put together.
tens: Groups of ten ones.
loose: Separate, rather than held together.
ridged: Having raised lines on the surface.

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 bundles of ten sticks and single sticks to build 47. Move a stick without adding or removing any. Explain why the total stays the same.