Oscar’s Garden Edge: 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.

perimeter: The total distance around the outside of a flat shape.
boundary: The edge that marks where something begins or ends.
opposite: Facing from the other side.
secured: Fixed firmly in place.
rectangle: A shape with four square corners and opposite sides equal.

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. Draw a 4-by-3 rectangle on squared paper. Trace its four outside sides and calculate 14 units. Contrast that boundary with the 12 squares inside. Compare a 12-unit length with the 14-unit perimeter.