JACK AND THE BEANSTALK - PICTURE-STORY CARDS - Jeanette Vuuren - Clever Mind

The well-known story of Jack and the Beanstalk has quite a few versions. The aim of this version of the story is to retell the traditional Jack and the Beanstalk story, but to include as many learning opportunities as possible.

The story, as well as the fun, interactive activities are aimed at Kindergarten to year 3 students. It is integrated with maths and English and aligned to Common Core State Standards.

This PDF - Jack and the Beanstalk - Picture-Story Cards - Jeanette Vuuren - Clever Mind - can be laminated with the pictures at the front and the related story sentences at the back for students to discuss then read to practise fluency.

This story and activity booklet contains various concepts as well as differentiated learning activities that include colourful pictures to sort into categories and sequence of events, cards with topic words and phrases, grammar activities (adjectives, synonyms, antonyms, comparative & superlative adverbs, plurals, nouns, verbs), punctuation, as well as math activities on measurement mm & cm, word problems that include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and an extensive word list.

The Jack and the Beanstalk Teaching Resource Bundle includes;

Story - Jack and the Beanstalk - Jeanette Vuuren - Clever Mind - (PDF format - can be projected on Classroom Whiteboard or printed as a PDF booklet.)

Multiple Integrated Resources - Jack and the Beanstalk - Jeanette Vuuren - Clever Mind (PDF format - can be projected on Classroom Whiteboard or printed to use during rotations or other activities.)

Jack and the Beanstalk - Picture-Story Cards - Jeanette Vuuren - Clever Mind - (Laminate the pictures at the front with the related story sentences at the back for students to discuss then read to practise fluency.)

WORD LIST: Multiple Integrated Resources - Jack and the Beanstalk - Jeanette Vuuren - Clever Mind in PDF format

CHARACTERS: people, animals, plants, Jack, Jack’s mother, old man, giant, harp, cow, hen, golden egg, magic beans, beanstalk, bean pods

SETTING: buildings, weather, time of the day, kitchen, tiny, cramped house, huge, spacious castle, sunny, morning, warm, cloudy, breakfast, lunch, midday PROBLEM: poor, almost no food, have to sell the cow, huge giant following jack down the beanstalk

SOLUTION: sell/swap/exchange the cow, magic beans, healthy beans, hen, harp, mother chopped down the beanstalk, giant fell and disappeared FURNITURE: table, cupboard, couch,

ADJECTIVES: tiny, old, spacious, friendly, angry, healthy, golden, colourful/colorful, magic, black and white, enormous, tall, tender, shiny, pink, tall, white VERBS: has, buys, picks, cooks, planted, grew, sold, gave, lost, kicks, laid, shared, peeked, sleep, woke, ran, chopped, arrived, followed, hesitated

ANTONYMS: poor – wealthy, healthy – unhealthy, old – young, friendly – rude SYNONYMS: sad – disappointed – down, angry – furious, stared – looked, tall – soaring – towering – huge, croaky – husky – hoarse – gruff voice – roaring, roared – shouted – croaked, enormous – huge – big, snatched – grabbed – took, swapped – exchanged, arrived –reached, hesitated – waited , have – own, saw –spotted, tiny – small – petite, happy – pleased – excited, grabbed – took – snatched, afraid – scared, went after – followed, went in – entered, crashed – collided – fell and broke, made – produced

SPELLING WORDS; breakfast, lunch, morning, midday, survive, sold, decided, tired, quickly, disappeared, leaned – leaning, sprouted, cooked, lost, planted PHRASES: peeked out, fast asleep, woke up, as fast as his feet could carry him, disappeared into thin air, happily ever after, chopped down COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS: near - nearer - nearest, angry – angrier – angriest, furious – more furious – most furious, happy – happier – happiest, excited – more excited – most excited MATH: small, medium, tall, measure, centimeters, cm, millimeters, mm, couch, couches, kitchen, kitchens, feet, footprints, two-and-a-half, two-and-a-quarter, almost