Fairy Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk Word Search, Scramble and Crossword

Fairy Tales Jack and the Beanstalk word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this Jack and the Beanstalk puzzle set for my Grade 1 and Grade 2 students during our fairy tale unit. The kids were obsessed with the giant and the magic beans, but they kept mixing up the order of the story . So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words from the classic tale like giant, bean, beanstalk, hen, harp, cow, gold, axe, castle, and mother . Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the vocabulary finally stick.

The PDFs are six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after recess. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether the giant can smell Jack (he can, and the kids always have opinions about it) . The crossword I use for partners, and I usually have a picture of the beanstalk and the giant's castle nearby for the kids who need a visual. I added a couple simple beanstalk and castle drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Grade 1 through Grade 3. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers draw their own version of the beanstalk on the back and label it with three words from the puzzle. The kids actually ask for these now.