The Night Visitor: 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; an adult can model the word before children build it.

Vocabulary

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

scraped: Made a rough sound by rubbing against something.
trail: A line of marks showing where something moved.
rustled: Made a soft sound as something moved.
emerged: Came out from somewhere hidden.
carrier: A small container used to transport an animal.

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 how the family discovers the visitor, using the sound, paw prints and white paw as clues. Explain what Noah’s words and final action suggest about his feelings.