James’s Seed Travellers: 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.

disperse: To spread away from a starting place
seed: The part of a plant from which a new plant can begin growing
model: A simple representation used to explore an idea
release: To let go without adding a throw or push
pattern: Something that happens in a similar way more than once

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

Describe three ways seeds can travel. Explain what James learned from his models and what the models could not prove.