The Train Platform: 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.

platform: The area at a station where people wait for and board trains.
tickets: Cards or passes that show a journey has been paid for.
lift: A moving compartment that takes people between floors.
bridge: A structure that lets people cross above something.
destination: The place a journey is going to.

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 platform change and the safe route the group uses. Explain why they check time and destination. Who could help you at an unfamiliar station?