Grace’s Picnic Apples: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 1. 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.

apples: Round fruit that can be red or green.
left: Still there after some have gone.
away: To another place.
triangle: A shape with three straight sides and three corners.
remembered: Brought something back into your mind.

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

Tell what happened to Grace’s five apples. Explain why there were three left for the picnic. Use five large pretend fruits. Move two away and count the three left. Invite the child to tell the whole number story.