Stanley’s Ball Sorter: 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.

sorter: A device that separates things into groups.
opening: A gap or hole that something can pass through.
slope: How steeply a surface rises or falls.
reliable: Working consistently in the expected way.
system: Parts working together to do a job.

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

Use two clearly different sizes of large toy balls with an adult-prepared card sorter. Keep trials inside a broad tray and compare steep and gentle slopes.