As part of their study, the students paid special attention to the vocabulary in that book, selecting and defining new words. The group then chose approximately 30 words which they ranked according to difficulty. At the end of the 4th grade Independent Study Reading Groups, we held a Word Market based on Norman Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. In this uproarious fantasy, Milo is shaken from the humdrum when he journeys to a world where words and numbers take on epic proportions. They designed a hockey table, restaurants, dart shots, penny toss, ball toss, and word jeopardy, to name a few.
Preparations Click on book titles below to see the word lists.
Market Day Independent Study Groups chose young adult fiction with Civil War subjects. The Word Market Unit designed by Germantown Academy 4th Grade Faculty Julia Blumenreich , Larry Kraut and David Nagel .