Grace’s Folded Bridge: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 2. 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.

structure: Something made from parts arranged to hold together
support: Something that holds another thing up
load: The weight a structure is carrying
fold: To bend a sheet so one part lies over another
compare: To look for similarities and differences

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

Explain Grace’s problem, the change she made and what the test showed. Describe a sensible next comparison.