Pumpkin Writing!

This packet is the perfect "pick" for October!

Look at these cuties!

They are ideal for decorating your room and showcasing student work!

Besides the pumpkin craft there are pages for a class book.

Pre writes and informational text is provided to support writing.

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October Interactive Calendar Routines

So much to be learned from Calendar Routines.

Consistent activities and then questions to promote real life mathematical thinking.

24 Vocabulary Cards for posting

Anchor chart for writing center

Numbers for 1 to 120 days or calendar

Booklet for each student.

Keep track of date, weather, and temperature.

October focuses on addition strategies.

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Teaching Comprehension Strategies with Favorite Scarecrow Stories...October

Each month I LOVE to emphasize comprehension strategies with favorite literature that fits with the season and month.  October focuses on SCARECROWS.

These stories are delightful and can most likely be found in your school library.

If not most of them are found read online.

Remember this action poem?
Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around.
Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the ground.
Scarecrow, scarecrow reach up high.
Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the sky.

Scarecrow, scarecrow touch your toes.
 Scarecrow, scarecrow tap your nose.
    Swing your arms so very slow,
  now real fast to scare the crows!
  Touch your head, jump up and down.

    Now sit down without a sound.

The four used in this packet are Scarecrow, Lonely Scarecrow, the Scarecrow's Hat, and Little Scarecrow Boy.

To accompany the packet there are vocabulary cards as well as a scarecrow craft.

 

Notice that each story focuses on three comprehension strategies.

There are cards for posting in your "I can" section and activities to practice each strategy.

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From Seed to Jack-O-Lantern

It's a marvelous journey from a tiny pumpkin seed to a smiling, shining Jack-o-lantern and your class will LOVE learning all about it!

Make these adorable pumpkins to decorate a bulletin board or a hallway.

After reading about the life cycle of a pumpkin students will think about the pumpkin they will choose.

Using adjectives students will describe their pumpkin.

Nouns and verbs are also highlighted as kiddos look at parts of speech.

Now with all the three parts of speech reviewed activities are provided for students to write and use accurate punctuation.

Activities include the life cycle of a pumpkin, facts about pumpkins and writing about the life cycle.

This adorable poem is perfect for guided reading and then identifying key vocabulary and details.

There is a mini book filled with informational text.

Math includes number stories, patterns, and data collection.

Literature is suggested and then activities to accompany each story.

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It's FOOTBALL Season!

It's FOOTBALL SEASON and we are going to have a Football Fun Day!

Craft, Activities, Game, Snacks

The football players will be so cute decorating your classroom.  Have students choose favorite team colors for uniforms.

There is also informational text included sharing all about the game of football.

Vocabulary cards are available for posting as well as many word work activities.

Special attention is paid to nouns and verbs.

There are center activities to laminate and cut.

There is a sorting activity for fact and opinion.

Writing activities include informational as well as opinion.

I have even included data collection and 2 math games.

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An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!

There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves...can you believe she swallowed some leaves?

A fun filled packed with activities and a craft to support the story.

Craft and word cards for posting.

Cause and effect, sequencing.

Word Work

Writing

Fact gathering, opinion, detail.

Math game and Let's Make Words.

**Not shown are cards for posting in a center on retelling the story.

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Autumn...what a wonderful time of the year!!

What a wonderful time of the year!

A cute rake for hanging as well as 24 colorful vocab cards.

Informational text on autumn, a  true of false to assess comprehension and a graphic organizer to detail facts found in text.

Fun filled writing activities.

Working with the definition of autumn.

A data collection sheet on autumn for favorite activities.

Word work includes a word search, abc order and singular and plural.

The packet continues with informational text about the apple tree.

It is followed by work with why leaves change color accompanied by an adorable poem.

There are also several activities to accompany favorite fall literature.

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