Hugo’s Market Trail: 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; children do not need to read independently.

Vocabulary

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

journey: Movement from one place or stage to another.
growers: People who produce plants or food crops.
customers: People who buy goods or services.
costs: The money or other resources needed to do or obtain something.
waste: Something useful that is lost, unused or thrown away.

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 beginning, the problem, the choices and the outcome. Explain a character’s decision using evidence from the story. Compare two viewpoints and suggest another possible choice.