Ruby’s Garden Vote: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 2. 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.

planter: A container where plants can grow.
vote: A choice that is counted with other people’s choices.
most: The greatest number in a group of choices.
fewest: The smallest number in a group of choices.
record: Information kept so it can be looked at again.

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 characters’ ideas and how they checked their solution. Offer three picture choices to six toy voters. Give each one counter, arrange the votes in aligned rows and compare most, fewest and total.