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By Carol Ottolenghi

Suggested Ages:

Early Elementary
Late Elementary

Themes:

Fairy Tale

Speech Sounds:

CH
R Blends
F
S
G
S Blends
H
SH
J
T
K
TH
L
V
L Blends
Z
N
R (Pre-Vocalic)
R (Vocalic)

Adaptability:

Narrative Type:

Complete Episode

Language Concepts:

Pragmatics
Sequencing
Predicting
Inferencing
Comparing/Contrasting
Following Directions
Vocabulary
Verb Tenses

A poor widow lived with her son, Jack. Jack traded his family’s prized cow for five magic beans. The magic beans grew into a giant beanstalk which Jack climbs to find unfriendly giants living in a castle.

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I recommend using this book for:

  • Greed
  • Morality

Students will need background on:

  • Plants
  • Poverty
  • Giants

Vocabulary:

little
small
trade
kind
smell
leap
scrub
quick
high
buy
thick
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