Isaac’s Jump Line: 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.

line: A long narrow mark.
identical: Exactly the same as each other.
units: Equal amounts used for measuring.
difference: How much one amount is more or less than another.
overlaps: Parts lying on top of each other.

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. Make aligned rows of five and seven identical strips. Match the first five and find the two extra. Explain how equal units make comparison fair.