Ruby’s Window Drops: 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.
- vapour
- Water in its invisible gas state.
- droplets
- Very small drops of liquid.
- condensation
- The change from gas to liquid.
- evaporation
- The change from liquid to gas at a surface.
- precipitation
- Water falling from clouds, such as rain or snow.
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 Ruby’s first idea, the cup comparison and her new explanation.
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