to bring the season into the classroom!
A great way to start is by throwing some dried corn and wheat into the sensory table. (If you don't have a farm, feed, or garden store nearby, both can be purchased at most large grocery stores.)
Check out our 84 page Fall Thematic Unit
and
74 page Harvest Thematic Unit:
Both are filled with great ideas for immediate use.
(See itemized lists below)
This unit is divided into areas of literature, media, music, art, literacy activities, math activities, worksheets, science activities, creative writing, word wall words, and guided reading.
The lessons (games or activities) included are scripted, clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. In fact, after the initial preparation all activities can be filed and used with confidence with no additional preparation for years to come!
This format can be easily taught by the teacher or readily handed off to a parent volunteer or a classroom aide with complete confidence that objectives of the lesson will be reached.
Literacy Activities:
Letter Whoo: Identifying Upper & Lowercase Letters
Collecting Acorns: Blending Onset/rime
Catching Crows: Identifying Letters
Hidden Sounds: Identifying Beginning Sounds.
Math Activities:
Scarecrow Patterns: Making shapes with pattern blocks
Whatʼ s Missing: Developing observation & descriptive skills
Leaf Count: Counting Leaves
Leaf Graph: Graphing Leaves
Leaf Hunt: Ordering Numbers
Worksheets
My Leaf Book
Trace and Write Letters A-Z
Writing numbers 1-10
Writing Prompts/Word Wall
Scarecrows
All About Autumn
Harvest Word Wall Words
Guided Reading Book
Fall Leaves
Science
A Tree For All Seasons: Creating trees to represent
the four seasons
A Fall Walk: Observing and recording the change of
season found around the school yard
Seasonal Change of a Tree: Using senses to
observe and record the seasonal changes of a tree.
Art Projects
Leaf Person
Fall Leaves
Leaf Rubbings
Drawing Lesson: A Shapely Scarecrow
Pattern Block Scarecrow
Leaf Painting
Fall Tree
Songs
Autumn Leaves
Pick It Up
Scarecrow
The Harvest unit is divided into areas of literature, media, music, art, literacy activities, math activities, worksheets, science activities, creative writing, word wall words, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons (games or activities) included are scripted.
They are written in a format that can be easily taught by the teacher or readily handed off to a parent volunteer or a classroom aide with complete confidence that objectives of the lesson will be reached.
Literacy Activities:
Apple Tree Rhymes: Producing Rhyming Words
Harvesting Spuds: Identifying Uppercase Letters
Harvest ABC Train: Letter Identification
The Country Store: Clapping Syllables
Math Activities:
Ordering Baskets: Ordering objects from least to greatest.
Harvest Sorting: Sorting potatoes or apples into groups
Harvest Balancing: Experimenting with a balance
Number Bingo: Identifying the numbers 0-12
Worksheets
Trace and Write Letters A-Z
Fall Patterns
Writing Prompts/Word Wall
What I Know About Apples
Pumpkins
Harvest Word Wall Words
Guided Reading Books
In The Fall
Science
Apple Experiment: Examining an apple using math and science skills.
Pumpkin Report: Recording Observations
Art Projects
Potato People
Potato Truck Portfolio Page
Apple Thumbprints Portfolio Page
Apple Prints
Construct Pumpkin
Songs
One Potato
I Like Potatoes
Apples
The Apple Tree
Applesauce
The Pumpkin Patch
Check them out today and enjoy!!!
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