Jack’s Market Day: Activities
Shared Reading · Year 3. 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.
- budget
- A plan for how money will be used.
- costs
- Amounts paid to make or provide something.
- income
- Money received.
- customer
- A person who buys goods or services.
- record
- Information kept so it can be checked later.
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 problem, what people tried and the ending. Use a detail from the story to explain one choice. What else might have worked?
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