Jack & the Beanstalk Retelling Activity, Story Retell Map, Fairy Tale Sequencing

Kids will love using the Jack and the Beanstalk retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills.  

This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.

✅How Can I Use This Jack and the Beanstalk Story Map?

• As a retelling and sequencing activity following the reading of Jack and the Beanstalk
• As an assessment tool for listening comprehension
• As an assessment tool for oral language
• To teach children about story elements and text structure
• To teach children about map skills and cardinal directions
• To strengthen the home-school connection by having children use their story map to retell Jack and the Beanstalk to families 

✅What's Inside This Jack and the Beanstalk Printable Pack?

• Story Map Printables for the setting of Jack and the Beanstalk including the beanstalk, Jack's house, castle, clouds and road/path (both black/white & color) 
• Story Map printables for the characters in Jack and the Beanstalk (both black/white & color)
• Story Map Title, Map Key, and Compass Rose
• Full-Color Compass Rose poster
• 1 "Up the Story Ladder" printable worksheet
• 1 "Down the Beanstalk" printable worksheet
• 1 Beginning, Middle, and End Fairy Tale Sequencing Worksheet
• 2 Map Skills Worksheets        

SEE PREVIEW TO SEE PICTURES OF ALL THAT'S INCLUDED!

✅What Skills Will We Practice?  

• Story elements (i.e. character, setting)
• Text structure (beginning, middle, end)
• Vocabulary
• Oral language skills
• Comprehension 
• Sequencing
• Map Skills

✅What Teachers Say About Fairy Tale Story Maps: 

❤️"Oh my goodness!  We LOVED this!  It was by far our most favorite unit we used during our Fairy Tale Week.  :). THANK YOU!" Debbie R.

❤️"Great work, engaging and simple to put together. My students were really happy and they used it to retell the story back home. Thank you!!" Frederika V.

❤️"This was an engaging partner activity! We completed two story maps during a two week period so each partner got to take one home. My students loved retelling the stories during book box time. They got very creative and were eager to share them with family at home." Laura A. 

❤️"My kids used this to review and retell the story.  Then it went home where they used it to retell families!  We had many jealous younger siblings!" Courtney N.

❤️”This was a great resource which my students loved! The physical story map was perfect to aid in retelling. Thanks!” Apples and Antics

More Fairy Tale Story Maps: 

Story Mapping with Little Red Riding Hood

Story Mapping with The Gingerbread Man

Story Mapping with The Three Bears

Story Mapping with The Three Little Pigs

Story Mapping with The Three Billy Goats Gruff

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