When the Lights Went Out: 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; an adult can model the word before children build it.

Vocabulary

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

puppet: A figure that someone moves to tell a story.
shadow: A dark shape made when something blocks light.
stable: Firm and unlikely to fall or move.
overlapped: Covered part of one another.
stage: A place where a show is performed.

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 the three pictures to retell the beginning, problem and ending. Explain why the first idea did not work and how the characters changed their plan. You can talk, point, sign or draw.