The Bridge Challenge: Activities

Read the story, then choose an answer. You can talk, point, sign or use a communication device. Ask for reading help if you need it.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

bridge: A structure that goes over a gap so people or things can cross.
strip: A long, narrow piece of something.
fold: To bend one part of something over another part.
slipped: Moved out of place without being meant to.
tested: Tried something to find out whether it worked.

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 challenge, the first tests, the changes and the ending. Explain why the friends changed their plan. What could you try if a model you built did not work?