From Seed to Jack-o-lantern...Interactive and Paper Pencil!

 

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From brightly colored, pumpkin themed anchor charts, SAVE MY INK practice pages, and a pumpkin craft to create a perfect pumpkin patch this packet will delight you.

The pumpkin theme fits perfect for October and into early November and contains activities that hit key Common Core Standards in reading, writing, and word work.

It contains activities and literature suggestions for:

How Many Seeds in A Pumpkin?

It's Pumpkin Time

Gail Gibbons Pumpkins

From Seed to Pumpkin...Scholastic

Pumpkin, Pumpkin

The Lumpy Pumpkin

At the end we placed a few math games into the "patch"!

In the packet you will find:

PUMPKIN THEMED VOCABULARY CARDS 

Word Search

ABC Order

Let's Make Words

Includes materials for a word work center

PARTS OF SPEECH...ADJECTIVES,NOUNS,VERBS

Colorful anchor charts on each

Colorful vocabulary cards for each

Save My Ink practice pages

5 Practice pages

PUNCTUATION

Commas with multiple adjectives

3 types of sentences

5 practice pages

WRITING...INFORMATIONAL, NARRATIVE, OPINION

Colorful anchor charts for each style

Practice pages include...

Graphic Orgnaizers

Prewrites

Final Copy forms in simple to complex forms

Page for illustration

POETRY

Anchor chart with poem

Poem with skills activity...identify adjectives

Write a sentence using adjectives

Pumpkin Personification

LITERATURE SUGGESTIONS

Informational, Realistic Fiction

My Lumpy Pumpkin

Pumpkin, Pumpkin

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

Pumpkins by Gibbons

Comprehension pages for each literature suggestion

Mini book containing informational text

True or False follow up

Reading for Detail

MATHEMATICS...Pumpkin Themed

Data Collection

Word Problems

Ordinal Numbers

Patterns

Doubles...Gameboard with pumpkin Theme

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You will also love this Interactive Slide Packet!

Slide One:  Informational Text...Students use the text to complete sentences.

Slide Two:  Pumpkin Life Cycle...Students click and drag the pictures into the correct order.

Slide Three:  Using pictures as clues students will write a sequence story "From seed to Pumpkin".

Slide Four:  A special pumpkin poem filled with adjectives.  Students will click and drag the adjectives to the box.

Slide Five:  Syllables and Click and drag ABC Order

Slide Six:  Students will find their favorite pumpkin face and pumpkin treat and describe it.

Slide Seven:  Click and drag sequencing and click and drag pictures using ordinal numbers.

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Read and Write with a Scarecrow Theme!

 

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Using a scarecrow theme this resource is filled with activities to support and enrich building comprehension skills..

The books used are:

The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston

Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown

Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant

Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Brown Wise

**I love putting a scarecrow up and creating a reading corner. 

**These books can also be found as read aloud stories online.

The packet contains:

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Graphic Organizers and Activities

The Lonely Scarecrow...recall details, KWL, Author's Purpose

Scarecrow's Hat...Main Idea, Sequencing, Cause and Effect

Scarecrow...Inferences, Summarize, Predict

Scarecrow Boy...Compare and Contrast, Fact and Opinion, Definition (using text)

The packet ends with Making Connections.

Any book may be used.

Text to Self

Text to Text

Text to World

There are also some treats with the October Packet:

Craft

Word Search

Making Words

Mini Book

True/False

Vocabulary for posting.

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And now an interactive Google Slide Resource with a scarecrow theme.

Slide One:  Informational Text

Slide Two:  Writing...A scarecrow is, has, can

Slide Three: Organizer for gather thoughts to write about scarecrows.

Slide Four: Write about the scarecrow.

Slide Five: Build a scarecrow...click and drag pieces.

Slide Six: Poem...Click and drag pieces to answer who, what, where using text in poem.

Slide Seven:  Poem...Click and drag your opinion.

Slide Eight:  Making words with the letters in scarecrow. Click and drag letters.

Slide Nine:  Compound words.  Click and drag to make a compound work.

Slide Ten: Writing about math.  Use the picture to answer number questions.

Interactive...There was an old woman who swallowed some leaves!

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Your class will love this resource.

They can read and reread.

Key words are underlined.

Students will click and drag for the old lady to swallow.

Students will build a scarecrow.

Students will match pictures to word.

Students will read and fill in the missing word.

Students will love this slide presentation.

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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 packet you can enhance your literacy program with specific common core skills.

Sequencing...Order of events

Cause and Effect

Label...Cut and paste

Story Retell

Word Search...vocabulary from story

ABC Order...vocabulary from story

Text to Self...Illustration or write

2 Gameboards...Roll and win! (Partner Communication)

Write...Opinion

How to Make Hot Chocolate

Let's make words...scarecrow

Ideas on Scarecrows

Craft...Scarecrow

12 Colorful vocabulary cards for posting

 

Autumn is Here!

 

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Prepare to FALL into AUTUMN! 

These are three of my favorite resources!

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 Maple 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 Maple 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 sheet or activity 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.

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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 themes are that of 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

Definitions...I know the meaning

Graphic Organizers for collecting details

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

Time for Winter

Flip Book with characters

Cut and Paste story parts into order

Signs of Winter...Identify

Narrative Writing...How do you know when it's time to sleep?

Let's make Words...Hibernation/Migration

Bear Has A Story to Tell

Main Idea and Details (graphic organize)

Story Recall of Characters and actions

Character Chat...Bear

Scenery...parts of story

Opinion Writing...Would you rather hibernate or migrate?

Two Word Searches

ABC Order

There is also an idea for a treat the class can create and then eat.

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I am "beary" excited about this packet and I know you will enjoy it!!

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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 themes are that of 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

Definitions...I know the meaning

Graphic Organizers for collecting details

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

Time for Winter

Flip Book with characters

Cut and Paste story parts into order

Signs of Winter...Identify

Narrative Writing...How do you know when it's time to sleep?

Let's make Words...Hibernation/Migration

Bear Has A Story to Tell

Main Idea and Details (graphic organize)

Story Recall of Characters and actions

Character Chat...Bear

Scenery...parts of story

Opinion Writing...Would you rather hibernate or migrate?

Two Word Searches

ABC Order

There is also an idea for a treat the class can create and then eat.

Read Aloud here.

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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 packet you can enhance your literacy program with specific common core skills.

Sequencing...Order of events

Cause and Effect

Label...Cut and paste

Story Retell

Word Search...vocabulary from story

ABC Order...vocabulary from story

Text to Self...Illustration or write

2 Gameboards...Roll and win! (Partner Communication)

Write...Opinion

How to Make Hot Chocolate

Let's make words...scarecrow

Ideas on Scarecrows

Craft...Scarecrow

12 Colorful vocabulary cards for posting