Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

Circle the full - stops inside these words. Add the letters either F - U - L - L or F - U - L to complete the words - which is the correct one to use ? why are they different ?

wonder __ __ __

__ __ __ __ blown

effort __ __ __

__ __ __ faced

__ ___ __ ler

__ __ __ lest

aw __ __ __

__ __ __ grown

law __ __ __

__ __ __ ness

fright __ __ __

cup __ __ __

dread __ __ __

hate __ __ __

taste __ __ __

distaste __ __ __

grate __ __ __

ungrate __ __ __

loath __ __ __

aw __ __ __ ly

bash __ __ __

mouth __ __ __

boast __ __ __

delight __ __ __

fist __ __ __

fear __ __ __

__ __ __ scale

forget __ __ __

to the __ __ __

fruit __ __ __

__ __ __ fill

__ __ __ up

__ __ __ scale

in __ __ __

__ __ __ figure

incite __ __ __

sloath __ __ __

shelf __ __ __

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Answers :wonderful ; full blown ; effortful ; full -faced ; fuller ; fullest ; awful ; full - grown ; lawful ; fullness ; frightful ; cupful ; dreadful ; hateful ; tasteful ; distasteful ; grateful ; ungrateful ; loathful ; awfully ; bashful ; mouthful ; boastful ; delightful ; fistful ; fearful ; full scale ; forgetful ; to the full ; fruitful ; fulfill ; full up ; full scale ; full grown ; in full ; full figure ; inciteful ‘; sloathful ; shelfful

The mouse who lived underneath the moat bridge of Balmoral castle had a terrible problem that made him quite uptight … whenever he wanted to get some sleep, someone played music till midnight. They really were out of tune, perhaps they couldn’t read the music in the light of the moon ? Whenever they hit a wrong note, the Balmoral mouse though they sounded like a goat with a sore throat ! The Balmoral mouse called loudly out - “What was all this noise about ?. Can’t anybody get any sleep ? Where did you buy those bagpipes ? Were they going cheap ?”. His head ached - the music was half - baked. The castle door rattled and the moat bridge shaked. The Balmoral mouse decided to go and help - to make the singer’s singing sound better than a yelp ! He ran over the courtyard and up the bagpiper’s trouser leg. He tickled underneath his sporran, “Please stop !”, the bagpiper began to beg. When the Balmoral mouse sat on the windpipe, the music played was even more of a gripe. Instead of bass, all that could be heard, was a bellowing squeak … all around the world. The Balmoral mouse practised every day. It was him running up and down his kilt that caused bagpipers to always sway, some say. All around Edinburgh, the Balmoral mouse ran - once he was even almost shot, when he was fired at by the Mons Meg gun ! That really made him hit a high note and in the moat of Edinburgh castle, just about stayed afloat !

Playing The Bagpipes

Make a list of smaller words that are contained inside the title of this story. Example - “bag” and “pipe”.

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Add the letters W -A - L to complete the words.

Answers : waltz

How many phrases can you think of that include the word “harm ? Example - harmless.

Add the letters C - A - L instead of the calypso dancer. 

 ories = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 l = __ __ __ __

 ling = __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 led = __ __ __ __ __ __

 amity = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 culate = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 endar = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 ibre = __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 lous = __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 low = __ __ __ __ __ __

 m = __ __ __ __

 culation = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ __ __ __

 cify = __ __ __ __ __ __ __  cification = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 amitous = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 jole = __ __ __ __ __ __

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Have you ever wondered why the Sun becomes orange at Sunset ? There were once two tangerines, who were the best pair of dancers that ever had been. No wonder that the tangerines got squashed … when the two tangerines often crashed. They really did have zesty a - peel, and often squirted zesty zeal. One tangerine rolled down a hill and bounced right off a windowsill. The tangerine flew into outer space, and on Planet Venus landed in place. They twist and turn on Mars as well, in a tango - orbit as they fell. The tango - ing tangerine bounced all the way to Houghton Green, where it bounced so high, it could hardly be seen. When the day was just about done, if you looked up high, you could see a tangerine Sun.

 Getting A Tango Tan

Circle the letters “T - A - N” inside these words.

hatstand

stank

stang by a bee

Mustang

tango

tanned

stand

standing

grandstand

stained glass

strangled

standard

 The Tango In Twos

All of the words are taken from the text above. Can you match them into pairs ?

there                tangerines

zeal                   high

dancers            zeal

tangerines       dancers

pair                    squirted

orbit                  right

squirted           bounced

right                  hardly

bounced           rolled

hardly               pair

twist                  there

rolled               orbit

high                   twist

squashed         landed

place                  crashed

landed               squashed

crashed            place

outer                 hill

space                 flew

rolled                space

hill                      outer

rolled                flew

 Squeal A Peel

Circle the letters - peel, - peil or - peal inside these words then make a sentence using this as an example.

glockenspeil

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. appeal

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… speel

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. peel

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. peeling 

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. appealing

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 Go ! Go ! Go ! Tango !

 1. If the tango - ing tangerine travelled at a speed of 5 km / hour, how long did it take to travel 30 km ?

 2. If the tango - ing tangerine bounced five times in those 5 km, how long was each bounce approximately ?

 3. If there were 500 tango - ing tangerines in a box and 30% fell out - how many were left ?

 4. Just one of the tango - ing tangerine weighed 2.5 grams, so how many tangerines were in a paper bag weighing 1kg ?

 5. The tango - ing tangerine produced 5 mls of juice when squeezed. How many tangerines would be needed to fill a 200 mls jug ?

 6. In 5 cm, the tango - ing tangerine rolled 8 times. How many times did it roll in one metre ?

Greener Tangerine

 Write a table with three columns including as many words as you can think of that include either - rine, - rean, or reen. Here are some examples to help get you started - brine, re - angle and green.

Two’s Company, Three’s A Crowd

Annabel had a bellowing bell. She rang it day and night. In fact, Annabel rang her bell so much, the bell got up and took flight. Annabel’s bell was sick and tired, of being crashed about and had to be re - wired. Very soon, her head ached … and her ringing sound kept everyone awake.

 1. If Annabel rang her bellowing bell three times in every hour, how often did she ring it in one week ?

 2. If Annabel’s bellowing bell weighed 3.2 kg, how much did three bells weigh ?

 3. Annabel’s bellowing bell could be heard from 50 km away. Over what area is that ?

 4. Annabel advertised her bellowing bell in the paper for £25 but she sold it for 10% discount. How much did the buyer pay ?

 5. A vicar bought Annabel’s bellowing bell and put it in his church. He had to climb up 200 steps to reach the bell tower. He stopped three quarters of the way - how many steps had he walked over ?

 6. You wouldn’t believe the noise Annabell’s bellowing bell made ! In fact, it could be heard on the other side of the glade ! In the morning, Annabel rang her bell four times every hour. In the afternoon, she rang it five times every hour.

a) How often did she ring her bell in one week (cumulation) ?

b) On average, how often did she ring her bell per day (mean) ?

c) How long did she ring her bell for in one day (range) ?

d) How long was it between bells in the morning (mode) ?

e) If she stopped for lunch half way through, what time was it and how many bells had she rung (median) ?

 7. Annabel’s bellowing bell ring lasted 3 minutes. If she rang it 15 times in one hour -

a) How long was it ringing in one hour ?

b) How long in one hour was the bell silent ?

 8. One day, Annabel’s bellowing bell was below the table for 20 minutes. The next day it was below the sink for 30 minutes. How long was the bell below in total ? Express this as a ratio. Bell

 Bell Ringing

Write a list of other things can you think of that ring like Annabel’s bell.

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Answers : 1. 3 x 24 x 7 = 504; 2. 6.6 kg; 3. 3.14 x 25 x 25 = 1962.5 sq km; 4. £22.50; 5. 150; 6. a) 7 ((4 x 12 = 4 + (5 x 12 = 60) = 10 = 757 b) 108 / 24 = 4.5 c) 12 hours d) 15 mins; e) 12 midday; 48 bell rings ; 7. a) 15 x 3 = 45 b) 60 - (15 x 3 = 45) = 15 mins; 8. a) 50 minutes; b) table : sink 2 : 3

 Twist

Paint or draw with chalk all the letters of the alphabet, then shout out a word. Pupils must jump between letters to spell the word correctly. Alternatively, the teacher shouts out the spelling of the word’s letters in the correct order and pupils guess what the word spells.

 It’s Your Turn !

Resources - post it notes or small pieces of paper and pens. One member of the group takes a turn at being the group leader, being with the first letter of the alphabet. The group arranges themselves into alphabetical order. All other group members write as many words that they can think of with the same first initial as the leader, then work in teams to allocate the written words into categories. Some ideas may be -

verbs/adjectives/nouns or past/present/future or vegetable/mineral/animal/edible/non - edible.

Example, when it is Jackie’s turn - jump, jacket, jolt, jest, jeer, jealously.

 Swings

This spelling game works best in conjunction with a swing. “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing !”. The teacher shouts out the verb root and the pupils add the “swing”. Example - GO and the pupils, reply “go - ing”.

 Roundabouts

Allocate the group into two teams and think of as many words including “round” and including “about” as possible. The winning team thinks of the most.

* you can use the names “Twists”, “Turns”, “Swings” and “Roundabouts” as team names.

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1. If the ratio of black : white keys on a piano is 1 : 3, and there are 27 back keys, how many white keys are there ?

2. In the school band, there were twice as many trumpet players as trombone players. Three times as many trombone players as saxaphonists and 4 times as many saxaphonists as bugle players. If there are 15 bugle players, how many of each of the other musical instruments were there ?

3. If the drummer hit his drum 4 times every 20 minutes, how many times is that in an 8 hour concert ?

4. The symbols crashed 8 times in 15 minutes, how many times is that in an 8 hour concert ?

5. If the flute player played one wrong note every 10 minutes, how many times is that in an 8 hour concert ?

6. The interval was 4 / 5 ths of the way through the entire concert and lasted 20 minutes … If the concert started at 2 p.m. and finished at 10 p.m., at what time was the interval ?

7. There were 220 musical notes written one very song sheet, but 3 sheets were torn out of the music book, which originally contained 50 sheets. How many pages and therefore musical notes were there ?

8. There were 75 musicians in the school band, but 7% didn’t turn up to band practice. How many did ?

9. If the 75 musicians practised for 3 hours every week - how long did they spend practising in one year ?

10. The Musical Director sold 3 / 4 of the tickets printed. If he sold 750, how many were printed ?

11. The Concert Hall had 1000 seats, but 2% were broken and couldn’t be used, 0.37 were empty. Therefore, how many people attended the concert ?

12. One hundred people sang in the choir, but only 0.98 of them knew all the words. How many didn’t ?

The Sing - Song Quiz

Add either “sing” or “song” to show the difference between a noun and a verb where the gaps are in the sentences.

1. I like to hear the bird _________- ing in my garden, but sometimes the bird _________ wakes me up.

______________________________________________________________________

2. I love to _________ but there are often some notes out of tune in my _________ s.

______________________________________________________________________

3. I bought a _________ le train ticket, but listened to _________ s on my CD player as I travelled.

______________________________________________________________________

4. There were 200 people who came to hear the choir _________ ing, but not everyoe had heard the _________ s before.

______________________________________________________________________

5. This is my favourite _________ by my favourite _________ er.

______________________________________________________________________

“Ding” - ing - Singing Game

The musical note denotes a “ding” sounding in these words. Add - DING instead of _________ to complete the spellings. Can you think of a sentence where this word may be used.

EN_________
SEN_________
SUSPEN_________
MEN_________
FIN_________
EXPLO_________
GRIN_________
GLI_________
SURPRI_________
REMIN_________
BEN_________
PEN_________
RI_________
SLI_________
TI_________
FUN_________
TREA_________
BED_________
HEA_________
REA_________
WED_________
AWAR_________
REWAR_________
LEA_________

Compo - “sing”

The musical note denotes a “sing” sounding in these words. Add - SING instead of to complete the spellings. Can you think of a sentence where this word may be used.

SUPPO_________
DECOMPO_________
PO_________
REVER_________
BRUI_________
APPEA_________
_________ LE- HANDED
_________ ULAR VERB
CROS_________
LO_________
CLO_________
TEA_________
EA_________
AMU_________
DECREA_________
INCREA_________
RI_________
UPRIS_________
_________ ING
PRACTI _________

Plonkers Goin’ Bonkers !

Write down as many words as you can think of that include a horn HONK ! HONK ! HONK ! For example, “uncle” or  “chunk”. Then, write down as many words as youc an think of that include a “Pi” - ano PLONK ! PLONK ! PLONK !     

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OK Karal maths game …

The Ok karal in Oklahoma had a howdown every Friday night.
The cowboys danced to rock and roll music in the starlight
Some of them even got in a fight !

1/ For OK Karal waltz, every one danced in pairs. If there were 247 people dancing - how many pairs were there and how many people were left ?

2/ In the quick step - people took five steps forwards, five backwards, three steps to the left and back again. They repeated this sequence one hundred times - how many steps did all the people take ?

3/ Twenty people drank 1.5 litre bottles of moonshine each, thirty people drank 2 1 litre bottles of cider each and fifty people drank 2 litres of punch in total. How much did they all drink in total ?

4/ There were three hot dogs for each person, but only two thirds were actually eaten - how many hotdogs is that ?

5/ Four people sat at each table and there were 200 tables - how many people could sit in total ? But when 20 % were dancing - how many people were seated ?

6/ A different song was played every five minutes. The party started at eight o ‘ clock and continued until midnight. How many songs were played ?

7/ The bottles of tomato ketchup at the OK Dokey, Hokey Cokey party had 15 % extra free. If they were 500 ml - how much ketchup was in the new, larger bottles ?

8/ One onion was shared between two hotdogs and each of the 247 people ate three hotdogs each. How many onions were needed ?

9/ Work out the area of the dance floor if it’s length measured 10.5 metres and it ’s width was 12.8 metres.

10/ The party should have started at 8 o’ clock but Governor Oven arrived 15 minutes late. Cowboy Will Power arrived half an hour after him and five minutes later, two cowboys. Finally, ten minutes later the farmer’s wife arrived - what time did she arrive ?

Bango Band

Can you guess the name of the musical instrument by filling in the gaps of the words below :

guit__ r
b__ ngo
fl__ te
viol __ n
dru __
h __ rm __ nica
whist __ e

Gunshot Game

The Sheriff’s gun fired some of the letters from these words. Add “shot” or “shoot” to complete the spellings. Which is the correct one to use ?

_________ gun

_________ ing range

big _________

_________ ing gallery

like a _________

_________ ing star

gun _________

hot _________

green _________ s

_________ out

_________ in the dark

_________ ing star

_________ proof

OK Dokey Square Dance

Add SQU to these words and complete their spellings.

______ash

______are

firing ______d

______ eak

flying ______d

______ lid

set ______ are

______ ander

______ eal

______ atter

______ abble

______ adron

______ at

______ eeze

______ elch

______ id

______ iggle

______ int

______ irrel

______ irt

______ ire

______ eamish

OK !

Add the letters O and K to complete the words …

c__ __e

sm__ __ing

spo__ __

lo__ __ing

ch__ __e

bl__ __e

w__r__

st__r__

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Answers :
1/ 123 remainder 1
2/ 123 x (5 + 5 + 3 + 3 x 100) = 196 , 800
3/ (1.5 x 20) + (30 x 2) + 2 = 92 litres
4/ (3 x 247) / 3 x 2 = 741 / 3 x 2 = 494 hotdogs
5/ a) 200 x 4 = 800 b) 800 - (800 / 100 x 20) = 800 - 160 = 640
6/ 4 hours = 60 x 4 = 240 minutes / 5 = 48 songs
7/ 500 + (500 / 100 x 15) =500 + 75 = 575
8/ No. of hotdogs = 247 x 3 = 741 / 2 = 370.5 = 371
9/ 10.5 x 12. 8 =134.4 cm 2
10/ 9 o’ clock p.m.

Answers : guitar ; bango ; flute ; violin ; drum ; harmonica ; whistle

Answers : shot gun ; shooting range ; big shot ; shooting gallery ; like a shot ; shooting star ; gun shot ; hot shot ; green shoots ; shoot out ; shot in the dark ; shooting star
shot proof

Answers : squash ; square ; firing squad ; squeak ; flying squad ; squalid ; set - square ; squander ; squeal ; squatter ; squabble ; squadron ; squat ; squeeze ; squelch ; squid ; squiggle ; squint ; squirrel ; squirt ; squire ; squeamish