Holly’s Windy Table: 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.

cloth: Material used for things such as covering a table.
heavier: Having more mass than something else.
balance: A scale that compares two objects using two pans.
empty: Having nothing inside.
swapping: Exchanging one place or thing for another.

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, the characters’ ideas and how they checked their solution. Compare two safe closed containers on a balance with adult help. Predict, observe which pan goes down, then swap sides and check.