Mr Gumpy's Outing story sack resources

The pack includes:

DISPLAY

Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on boats relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Title page
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large boat to print out and use on a display

LITERACY

A4 word card
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on animals
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches
Questions for Mr Gumpy- a worksheet for the children to think of some questions to ask Mr Gumpy
Rules worksheet- write some rules for the children and animals to follow on keeping safe in the boat
Favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
CVC words- unscramble the letters to spell the CVC words to match the pictures

NUMERACY

Boat number line- a number line to 50 on boats

Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the boats plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate

Counting worksheets- count the number of animals - three differentiated worksheets with numbers from 1-3, numbers to 5 and numbers to 10

Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20

Addition and subtraction worksheets- various worksheets to add or subtract the numbers on the cottages plus blank worksheets to allow you to differentiate

Number book- draw the correct number of animals in the boats on each page

Ordinal number animal- an ordinal number line up to 10

GAMES

Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap

Fill the boat- collect the different characters needed to fill your boat

Sound lotto- a Power point game- listen to the different animal sounds and cover the pictures on your lotto board

Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story

ACTIVITIES

Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters

Make a boat- make an origami boat from paper

Mr Gumpy’s house- draw Mr Gumpy’s house by the river

Tea worksheet- make a list of food needed for the tea and draw the food on the plate

Floating and sinking- carry out an experiment to see which items will float and which will sink in the water

Guess the animals- cards to use on displays or for discussion with clues about the different animals

Boat design