Nancy’s Plant Orders: 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.

orders: Requests for things to be supplied.
divider: A piece that separates one space from another.
supported: Held safely in position.
collected: Picked up to take away.
complete: Having every part that is needed.

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 method the characters tried and the evidence that their solution worked. Model six groups of eight with counters or a drawn array. Separate five groups and one, then three groups and three. Explain why both methods give 48.