Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

What he did was to bid,

Before he knew it, he’d earned a quid !

U - I - D or I - D - which is the correct one to use ?

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The Middle Of …

cider

spider

did

fluid

hide

stride

inside

idea

lid

reside

tide

tidal

tidy

wide

nationwide

widest 

Alma Cross the albatross was cross. In fact, he was positively irate … no - one knew what had upset him so much, but anyway, things weren’t that great. When Alma Cross the albatross was grumpy - he moaned. He moaned about the weather and about the cold … he moaned so much his jaw ached, or so that is what I’m told. The late bus made his cross and so did the beanstalk when he slipped on the moss. He was such an unhappy chap, he complained when the beanstalk insects awoke him from his nap. Alma arrived on a Boeing 747 - with a first class ticket that brought him to the beanstalk. In his suitcase he had packed, sunglasses, a swimsuit and a map. When Alma Cross the albatross came to stay, everything it seemed, got in a flap his way. The ladybird said that he would love to be, just like Alma the albatross and fly from the tree. So he tried to show the animals how to fly … but no matter how much they flapped their wings, they only fell down from the sky. Soon even the bunny rabbit, had Alma the albatross’s flying habit. But no matter how much he leapt about - he still remained in the same spot.

Crossing Out The Cross Albatross

Cross out “Ros” in the following words.

cross

gross

frost

roast

prose

crossroad

roster

rostrum

rose

primrose

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The hermit crab with no home, spent all day in the sea, looking for better places that he could live with his family. No wonder he was so crabby ! At first, he tried sleeping under a rock, but the rock wasn’t that comfortable and the electric eel gave him a shock. He decided to look for another place some more, around the quay, on the seashore.The hermit crab saw a sandcastle on the beach, though it was a little out of reach. He decided to settle down … but when the wind was high, he was soon, overblown. Off he scuttled, to look again, he rested on a ship’s anchor, but was awoken by the clunk of the chain. He jumped over a puddle and skid down a drain. Then, the hermit crab saw a canoe, that perhaps he could sleep in for a night or two. The hermit crab crawled through a hole, but was promptly chased off by a Dover sole. Anyway, indeed, the mermaid agreed, beneath a boat wasn’t that great a place to live, so off he slid. Instead he hid in seaweed with a squid. The squid complained to the octopus, that hermit crab made such a fuss. The hermit was crab was really forlorn - he awoke early and had set off by dawn. Next, he tried a sea - shell, but he didn’t fit inside all that well. The hermit crab still had no place to hide and it was rather cold outside. As the crab chattered, his claws clattered. When he rolled over, the seashell shattered. Once more, he was homeless again - looking for somewhere to sleep in the pouring rain. When the tide came in, the hermit crab drifted off from the turf, floating towards the ocean on the surf. On the waves, he tossed and sway. Being a hermit crab, he sailed clean away, looking for somewhere that he could stay ! In the salty water, as he took a drink, suddenly the hermit crab started to sink. There at the bottom of the sea, was the best home for a hermit crab that there could possibly be : a treasure chest, from an old pirate ship - that none of the divers had spotted when they took a dip. In his new home, the hermit crab was in hermit crab heaven - there even were gold coins, that he counted until seven.

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Shrinky - Thinky - Minky

the mermaid cast the following verb spells on Winky the dinky minky whale, would he get bigger or smaller ? Circle the words which mean “growth” (getting bigger) in blue ink and “shrink” (getting smaller) in red ink.

enlarge

decline

grow

multiply

reduce

decrease

balloon

dwindle

swell

multiply

narrow

mushroom

sprout

rise

develop

shrivel

proliferate

expand

escalate

upswing

germinate

increase

contract

diminish

sprin

shrink

lessen

burgeon

mount up

pile up

compact

Winky The Dinky Minky Whale’s High Seas Game1. If Winky the dinky whale weighed 5000 kg but with magic increased his weight by 500 kg, what did he weigh ? Proportionately what fraction, decimal and percentage increase is this ?

5. Winky the dinky whale increased in a ratio of 1 : 8. If his tail was originally 25 metres long, how long did it measure after the mermaid cast her magic spell ?

6. Winky the dinky whale weighed 600 kg, but with magic, was four times this heavy. a) How heavy is that ? b) What percentage increase is that ?

7. If Winky the dinky whale was the same length as 100 sharks. If he measured 500 metres, what was the size of one shark ?

8. Winky the dinky whale normally swam at a speed of 100 km / hour, but with magic was 50% faster. How long did it take him to swim to a boat, 75 km from the seashore a) before b) after magic ?

9. Winky was four - fifths of the length of a ship. If the ship was 400 metres long, how long was Winky ?

10. When he was dinky, Winky the dinky whale spurted water 2 metres high from his blowhole. Magic made the water spurt 6.5 metres higher. How high is that ? Give your answer in cm and m.

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© Jacqueline Richards 2007Answers :

BIGGER :enlarge growmultiply

Answers :1. a) 5 500 kg b) 500 / 5000 = 1 / 10 = 0.1 = 10 %2. 7500 + (750 / 3 = 250) = 1 000 m3. 2500 + (2500 / 100 x 20 = 500) = 3000 m = 3 km4. 300 - (300 / 10 x 4 = 120) = 180 m

How many words can you think of that include the S - Y. Example - rosy.

How many words can you think of that include the W - Y. Example - snowy.

A fish swam all the way from Finland to come and see, whether it was true that every animal of the world lived in Jack’s beanstalk tree. He had a race with the plaice. The fish swam at such a rate, that he beat the skate. He left the haddock sitting on a rock and the eel on the fishing reel. About half way along on the trip, they stopped for a while for a picnic and a drippy dip. It turned out to be quite a slippy flip on the sunstrip. The fish decided to have a competition, to see who was finest and fastest at completing their maths revision. The final was won by the fish with the finest fin - who, of course, swam better than anyone - and had finished before the others set off and begin.

Maths Grand Finale

 1. If the fish swam at a speed of 2.5 km / hour, how long did it take to swim across the ocean, 300 km ?

 2. Downstream the finest fish swam one fifth faster. If he swam at a speed of 2 km / hour upstream, how long did it take him to swim 10 km a) upstream b) downstream ?

 3. On the way from Finland, the fish swam past 200 other fish - one quarter were dolphins, 0.1 were sharks, 50% were cod, 3 : 20 were octopuses. Calculate how many of each type of fish the finest fish swam past.

 4. If the finest fish from Finland swam past a rock every 50 metres, how many rocks is that in a journey of

a) 1 km

b) 5 km

c) 15 km

 5. The fish swam 2.4 km North, 3.2 km East, 1.8 km West then 5.2 km South. How far is that in total ?

And fin - ally … circle the Finnish fish’s fin inside these words

game as you wish - such as “Trawling For Fish” (where the “shots fired”

are fishing nets and worms catching different types of seafish) or “Sports

Championships” (firing a ball or javelin) etc. 

D - Day

Circle the letter “D” in the above passage.

Day By Day

Write as many words as you can think of containing the word “day”. Example - today.

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The wriggly, wriggly worm on the fishing hook, tried to spin around to take a look. Although so wriggly, he could hardly keep still, he got swallowed whole, till the fish had it’s fill. The wriggly, wriggly worm wriggled some more, until it had caught four fish that jumped off the floor. The wriggly, wriggly worm tossed and turned.  Inside the fish’s tummy, the wriggly worm was churned. The wriggly worm then got munched … Inside the fish, it’s tail was crunched for lunch.

 The Carp About A Carp

Circle the word “carp” inside these words, then make a sentence using this word as an example.

scarper……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

carpet…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

carpenter………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 A Game To Get You Hooked

Add the word “hook” to complete the words and sentences.

 1. The ground s__ __ __ __.

 2. My buttons became un__ __ __ __ed.

 3. She hung her jacket on a coat __ __ __ __.

 4. The pike was __ __ __ __ed on a fishing line.

 5. __ __ __ __, line and sinker.

  6. By __ __ __ __ or by crook, I’ll get

 7. She got off the __ __ __ __ without doing her homework.

 8. The witch had a __ __ __ __ed nose.

 9. He is a real cross word fanatic - completely __ __ __ __ed !

 10. The baby s__ __ __ __ it’s rattle.

 Go - Karting Carp

The carp loved go - karting, he went karting every day. In fact, the carp loved go - karting so much, he almost go - karted away. He got so carried away, go - karting every day, that he became a racing driver - and won a championship, so they say. He drove uphill and is driving still, he flew right past my windowsill. The go - karting carp was so fast, you could hardly see him as he went karting past. When the go - karting carp turned the bend, he fell right off and landed on his friend ! The go - karting carp scarpered across the carpet … he was faster than a car … but he go - karted so much, a wheel flew off and he didn’t go far. The go - karting carp span around a bend so sharp in the dark, that he landed in deep water and almost got ate by a shark.

Write ten sentences that include the word “worm”.

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Celia Seal always stole the show. Whenever there was sealing to be done, Celia always tried - but had trouble to get up and go. Soon, Celia Seal was so stuck up, her flippers got stuck when she drank tea from a cup. When Celia Seal sat on a rock, she got stuck … and couldn’t get off ! Her tail was soon stuck as well, when she knocked on a door, her nose stuck to the bell ! Once, Celia Seal ate a sandwich made from jam, but it covered her whiskers, so she was stuck like a clam ! Celia Seal was so busy sealing, she got stuck to the carpet, then stuck to the ceiling ! She went to decorate her house with wallpaper and glue, then, before very long, the bucket and brush were stuck, too ! For the walrus’s birthday, Celia Seal tried sending a card, but there was so much stickiness, she soon was stuck quite hard ! Celia Seal bought some tape, but within minutes, she’d sellotaped a plate ! Celia Seal tried to get unstuck … by looking up sticky toffee in a recipe book … but to unstick her flippers, an hour took ! And soon all the pages couldn’t be shook !  

 Going Sealing

Think of as many things as you can that also get sealed. What things might you use to seal things ?

 See The C In The Seal’s Sea Game

Circle the letter “C” inside these words.

confectionary

coccoon

mockery

confer

crocodile

conference

confetti

stuck

luck

camping

pick

concentration

block

concert

quick

ticked

conclusion

stick

compromise

flicked

centre

code

recognition

rock

collar

stock

cost

cotton

collection

compound

composure

complexity

bucket

complacent

community

local

communication

commonwealth

commissary

condolances

comedy

comma

become

combustion

combination

colour

collude

colonial

colonel

rickshaw

colossal

college

crack

cat

coerce

cockle

cobweb

Ceiling or sealing - which is the correct one to use ?

1. The light hung from the __________.

2. The envelope needed __________.

3. The __________ needed painting.

4. __________ his fate.

5. The secretary used sellotape for __________.

6. __________ the box required two people.

7. The door was 20 cm lower than the __________.

8. __________ glue cost £1.25 in the shops.

9. He hit his head on the __________.

10. The wallpaper fell off the __________.

“Oy” - Oyster !

Circle the “oy” in these oysters sealed by Celia Seal the Ceiling Seal.

boy

toy

royalty

joyful

coy

ploy

hoyty toyty

joy

koy carp

deploy

royal

soya

royalty

Lucille the Loose Seal

Lucille was a friend of Celia, who one day, accidentally became unstuck. She slipped on an ice cube … and accidentally fell in the brook ! Her shoelaces became undone … and very soon, she was skating on the ice at a speed of knots one hundred and one ! SPLASH ! Lucille’s flippers were soon as loose as her slippers ! She was even looser in the water, when she went chasing kippers ! No wonder that Lucille was rather uptight - everything around in the icy water was becoming loose and somehting even took off in flight !

Out of Luck, “Luc” - ille Game 

Add the letters L - U - C to complete the words.

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__ __ __ ky

c __ __ __ k

__ __ __ id

__ __ __ arne

__ __ __ ent

__ __ __ ifugous

__ __ __ tation

__ __ __ re

__ __ __ ubrate

__ __ __ ulent

__ __ d i __ rous 

__ __ __ e

In the list of words, above, is the name of a fish - which word is it ?

Slip and Slide

Add the letters S - L - I to complete the words.

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__ __ __ de

 __ __ __ m

__ __ __ ck

__ __ __ me

__ __ __ ng

__ __ __ t

__ __ __ de

__ __ __ ght

__ __ __ ghtly

__ __ __ pper

__ __ __ ther 

Slip - shod

Write a table with two columns. In the first column, write as many phrases as you can think of (you may use a dictionary) containing the word “slip”, then in the second column, write the meaning. Make another table for the word “slide”.

Answers : 1.ceiling; 2.sealing; 3.ceiling; 4. sealing; 5. sealing; 6. sealing; 7. ceiling; 8. sealing; 9. ceiling; 10. ceiling

Answer : luce

 1. The skateboarding skate skateboarded four times every day for five hours - how much skateboarding is that in one day ?

 2. The skateboarding skate skated at a speed of 5 km / hour- how long did it take him to skate 25 km ?

 3. The skateboard had four wheels but one dropped off - what fraction, decimal and percentage is that ?

 4. The skate fell off the skateboard once every ten minutes - how often is that in 3 hours ?

 5. If the skateboard was 25 cm away from the kerb, then what fraction, decimal and percentage of the entire road, which measured 5 m across is that ?

 6. The skate flipped on his skateboard five times every 30 minutes. How often is that in four hours ?

 7. The skate went through 3 puddles every 25 metres on his skateboard. If he travelled one kilometre, how many puddles did he go through ?

 8. Being a fish, the skateboard especially liked skating in the rain, of course ! If the rain fell at a rate of 2 cm every day, how many days did it take fill a bucket 30 cm deep ?

 9. When the weather became colder, the skate tried ice - skating, but only 30% of the pond surface area was frozen and the skate fell through ! If the pond measured 70 cm across the diameter, how much was frozen ?

 10. The skate was almost caught by a fisherman ! If there were 50 nets and he skipped in and out of 4 / 5 ths of the nets, how many is that ?

Answers :

1. 4 x 5 = 20 hours

2. 25 / 5 = 5 hours 3. 1/4 = 0.25 = 25 %4. 6 x 3 = 18