MULTIPLE INTEGRATED RESOURCES JACK and the BEANSTALK by Jeanette Vuuren

Multiple Integrated Resources Jack and the Beanstalk by Jeanette Vuuren

This is an engaging teaching tool that makes traditional literature come alive with its modern, interactive twist. It reinforces concepts aligned with Common Core State Standards by integrating math and literacy activities based on the classic story.

This resource pack offers diverse usage possibilities. It can be used for planned lessons, one-off sessions or even short filler activities in between classes for young learners ranging from kindergarten to third grade.

• An enriched educational bundle moving beyond plain text reading with original illustrations and interactive activities designed to enhance students' literacy and numeracy skills.
• A leveled reward chart allowing easier tracking of student progress while motivating achievement of learning goals.

The package encourages comparison through graphics of homes & furniture depicted in the tale using common measurements units such as footprints or rulers, aiding cognitive growth.

• Educational exercises revolving around key characters like Jack himself, his mother, old man etc., relevant antonyms or synonyms relating to them plus practical English grammar elements such as adjectives verbs are incorporated into this packet. Students provide solutions for common problems found throughout the story in these exercises thus enhancing their vocabulary literary skills significantly.

READING - FOCUSED ON TOPIC WORDS & PHRASES

Story with colourful pictures and background as well main words in colourful font and in bold

Sentence-cards, picture-word cards, picture-phrase cards

COUNTING 1-10

Picture-cards with objects from 1-10

Number symbol cards to sort with pictures

Initial letter cards to sort with pictures 1-10

SORTING:

characters, animals, weather, plants, buildings, furniture - worksheets with square, squares with pictures to cut out and paste

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: (2 SETS)

SET 1 (set of 6 cards)

SET 2 (set of 9 cards)

Both sets include; sentences to read and trace, picture-cards, picture-sentence cards, sentence-cards

DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITIES:

Adjectives – complete the short sentences using the correct adjectives e.g. ‘The golden egg.’

Synonyms:

Antonyms, synonyms, phrases

MATH:

Compare differences between Jack and the giant

Colourful pictures of homes and furniture to compare and measure

Activities – measure using footprints, measure the beanstalks using a ruler

Convert cm into mm (abbreviations cm & mm)

Word problems – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, halve

WORD LIST:

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