Happy Autumn with:
The Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves.
Your kiddos will love this story! It is perfect for reading, singing, and retelling.
Now with this resource you can enhance your literacy program.
Activities Include:
Simple Scarecrow Craft
Scarecrow writing for posting craft
Colorful vocabulary for posting
Word Work…ABC Order, Word Search, Making Words with letters from SCARECROW
2 Sequencing Activities…Order of events or story retell/Perfect for center activity
Cause and Effect
Label…Cut and paste
Informational…Illustration or write
2 Gameboards…Roll and win! (Partner Communication)
Write…Opinion
Paragraph Organizer
Class Cover
Final Write Pages
Prepare to FALL into AUTUMN!
Visit this site to learn more!!
This packet embeds the science of Autumn and Why Leaves Change Color into a Literacy Packet.
It helps save time because there is no need to teach science and language arts separately and I think the activities are ones your class will enjoy.
The craft is an adorable rake with leaves to hang.
Mini Books:
There are two mini books filled with informational text.
Autumn..the history and facts about this season.
The Apple Tree…the life cycle and why the leaves change color and fall.
The Autumn text is followed by:
My favorite Autumn activity…text and illustrate
Graphic Organizer…Main idea/details
Word Study…Autumn
Compare and Contrast…Autumn to other seasons
Data Collection on favorite season
Word Search
Writing a paragraph…is has can
Writing using opening idea, details, closing
Final write paper
Singular or Plural
The Apple Tree is followed by:
Gather details from text
True or False…Correct one false and make it true
Digging for Details…Graphic Organizer
Writing a paragraph…is can has
Writing using opening idea, details, closing
Final write paper
Word Search
Rhyme
Personification…If I was a leaf…
Poem…Autumn Leaves
Word Study…Chlorophyll
The packet ends with suggested literature pieces and a story recall sheets or activities with vocabulary to accompany them.
Leaves...a delightful story about a bear who does not understand why the leaves are falling and tries to help them…MUST READ
Why Leaves Change Color
Red Leaf Yellow Leaf
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves
We’re Going On a Leaf Hunt
Colorful vocabulary cards for posting in your writing center or room.
Enjoy!
I am “beary” excited about this packet and I know you will enjoy it!!
Visit my blog for more on this packet.
This packet contains three of my all time favorite “bear” stories:
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Bear Has A Story to Tell by Phillip Stead
It contains two delightful crafts:
One for Bear Snores On with a bear sleeping in a cave.
Another for Time to Sleep with a Writing Topper and writing activity about how did bear know it was time to sleep.
The basic theme is Let’s Get Ready For Winter!!
Each story and the activities lead into a study of hibernation, migration, and signs of winter.
Bears
Informational Text Mini Book about bears
Definitions…I know the meaning
Graphic Organizers for collecting details
Compare and Contrast…Bears to Us
Vocabulary with real life photos
Writing…Paragraph Organizer, Class Cover, Final Write Pages (Informative)
Word Work…ABC Order, Syllables, Word Searches
Bear Snores On
Interactive mini book
Story Elements (Read, cut, paste)
Character Identification
Sensory Relations…What did bear hear, see, smell, taste
Compare and Contrast…Bear Snores On to The Mitten
Flip Book about characters in the story
Vocabulary of characters
Time for Winter
Flip Book with characters
Character Match
Cut and Paste story parts into order
Mini Book with Signs of Winter…Identify
Narrative Writing…How do you know when it’s time to sleep?
Let’s make Words…Hibernation/Migration
Writing…Paragraph Organizer, Class Cover, Final Write Pages (Narrative)
Bear Has A Story to Tell
Main Idea and Details (graphic organizer)
Story Recall of Characters and actions
Character Chat…Bear
Scenery…parts of story
Mini Book on Getting Ready for Winter
Hibernate/Migrate Sort
Writing…Paragraph Organizer, Class Cover, Final Write Pages (Opinion)
Vocabulary of Characters
Classrooms that encourage students to wonder and explore promote deep rooted learning. This can often be done through the use of themes and topics that include informational text. To share with you what I mean I am going to explain my resource on Johnny Appleseed.
Note the adorable crafts that can be completed anytime throughout the theme. They are ideal for bulletin boards or showcasing student writing.
- The resource is filled with informational text about Johnny Appleseed and about apples. I love the mini books provided because together or in small groups the books can be read and as you are reading key facts and vocabulary can be highlighted. For the reluctant reader the book can be read again and again with the highlighted areas giving them As students are writing or recalling detail this text can be extremely helpful and something they have right in their hands. Read to parent, read to self, read with partner, read with group…just read and know that as they are reading they are learning key facts.
- Talk about wonder…The Little Red House is a marvelous story with no pictures about a little boy who looks for a little red house. Along the way he meets several friends who all suggest places to look. Throughout the students are using their imagination. Where could it be? In the end it is an apple with the star inside. Again more to discover. Does every apple have a star inside? Why?
- Poetry is always fun to add to the theme. Students should be encouraged to read and memorize the poem. They can add hand motions and expression. Then have them illustrate what happened.
- Remember the tune “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly”? Well same tune just thelife cycle of the apple tree with lots of repeats. There was a young man who swallowed a seed!! That wiggled and wiggled and grew inside him. What a fun way to learn about the life cycle of the apple tree. Again use those highlighters to highlight key steps. The activities that follow are perfect for review.
- There are so many wonderful pieces of literature about apples and Johnny Appleseed. Fill your room with them! This resource includes comprehension activities to follow. There are fiction and non fiction stories.
- There are 18 colorful vocabulary cards for posting. They will help with reading and word work. Each word includes a picture for support.
- Writing is plentiful. Students will be completing graphic organizers for gathering facts (again pull out those mini books) and final write pages leveled for different stages of writing. I have also included a cover for class writing as if your class is like mine their favorite book choice are the ones we wrote.
- Word work… abc order, definition, making words, word search, rhyme. Vocabulary are the fast facts of reading and understanding. There are center activities as well for parts of speech.
- Math includes addition activities and odd/even. There are two center activities for your math station. My favorite is reading Ten Apples Up on Top. Put the student picture at the bottom and have them color and number (words) stacking one to ten.
- For exploring there is science. Explore the apple in detail. Will it float? Why?
This is how I see getting students to wonder and explore. You are not feeding them right or wrong answers but having them use their critical thinking skills to discover answers. I know your students will be engaged and learning the entire time!!
WOW that’s a lot of activities for apples and best of all each activity is related to Common Core Standards.
