Toby’s Clay Visitor: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 2. 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.

coil: A long shape wound around itself.
base: The bottom part that supports something.
roughen: Make a surface less smooth.
texture: The way a surface looks or feels.
feelers: Parts an animal uses to sense around it.

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 soft modelling clay to make an imagined creature. Test a broad base before adding upper parts. Join and texture the pieces with adult support; explain one change that helped it stand.