Harriet’s String Band: 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.

pitch: How high or low a sound is.
vibrates: Moves backwards and forwards repeatedly.
tension: How tightly something is stretched.
bridge: A support that helps set a string’s vibrating section.
loudness: How loud or quiet a sound seems.

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 Harriet’s problem, the length comparison and the difference between pitch and loudness.