Nora’s Animal Train: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 1. 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.

engine: The front part of a train that pulls its wagons.
first: In the place at the start.
second: In the place after first.
third: In the place after second.
before: Earlier or in front of something in an order.

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

Tell how Nora checked the order from the engine and found fox in the third wagon. Line up three toys behind an engine or marker. Name places from the marker, remove the middle toy and discuss the empty second place.