Oscar’s Ice Shapes: 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.

substance: A particular kind of material.
states: Forms of matter, such as solid, liquid and gas.
freezes: Changes from liquid into solid as it cools.
melting: Changing from solid into liquid.
reversed: Changed back in the opposite direction.

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

Explain melting, freezing and Oscar’s changed party plan.