The Weather in the Jar: 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; an adult can model the word before children build it.

Vocabulary

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

drifted: Moved slowly along, often carried by air or water.
gust: A sudden burst of wind.
hovered: Stayed in the air over one place for a while.
ragged: Uneven or torn-looking around the edges.
seedlings: Young plants grown from seeds.

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 characters’ views of the jar change. Compare Ori’s and Marnie’s words about the departing cloud, and discuss the deliberately uncertain shower and final feather.