Rosie’s Mud Mystery: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 3. 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.

particles: Very small pieces of a material.
decaying: Slowly breaking down after once being alive.
mixture: Different things together.
drainage: The movement of water through or away from a place.
observation: Something noticed carefully using the senses or tools.

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 Rosie’s question, the drainage comparison and what she notices afterwards.