Who doesn’t love Fall? The crisp leaves under your feet, the beautiful autumn colors, the pumpkin flavors, the coziness of sweatpants and sweaters… I could go on and on. Let’s embrace this transition to Fall with these adorable “All About Fall” Resources! These 6 products will help you with your math and literacy centers as well as whole-group instruction!
Each thematic unit contains 5 literacy activities and 5 math activities created around Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards! These are perfect to plan your small group lessons for the week! Each thematic unit is also accompanied by a set of BOOM cards with real-life photos! My students LOVE using these because they are fun and interactive! They are a good introduction to each of the themes. Just click on the button under each product to get more information. All of these products have videos to let you see them in action in the video previews in my TpT store, Busy little hands!
The next two resources focus on sequencing and having fun! Make some homemade applesauce with your students and have them sequence the steps in a whole group and then independently! Send home the included recipe and the steps to make it to families! Carve a pumpkin with your whole class and then turn it into an academic lesson also on sequencing!! Have some fun this FALL!
There is a FREEBIE if you scroll down to the bottom of this post! It contains the apple life cycle and the pumpkin life cycle both in color and in black and white!! Enjoy!
Fall Thematic Unit
Use this thematic unit to help your students with their literacy standards and their math standards. Included in this product are the following activities which can be used in individual bins, in whole groups, during math centers, during literacy centers, or for your word wall.
Included are the following activities:
Language/Literacy Activities:
- vocabulary cards
- vocabulary picture matches
- rhyming word acorn matches
- syllable sorting activity
- easy reader, “What do you SEE in the Fall?”
- easy reader, “What do you DO in the Fall?”
Math Activities:
- graphing game with cube and vocabulary
- counting leaves to 10 using one-to-one correspondence
- sizing rakes
- putting a rake and a bag of leaves in different positions with or without visual cards
- matching a number to a base ten box by matching acorn parts
Fall BOOM Cards
If you are not familiar with BOOM Cards, they are fantastic! When you look at this product, there is an explanation of BOOM with a free membership starter link! They are perfect for engagement and teaching during whole-group instruction!
These 35 task cards have 2 different kinds of slides.
· 12 vocabulary slides with sound and real photos (2 pictures are wrong and 1 is correct)
· 23 slides with WH- questions such as WHAT is he doing? WHERE is the pumpkin? Who is behind the pumpkins?
These cards are aligned to Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards- Language/Literacy. I can understand and use question words. I can make real-life connections between words and their use.
*There is a sound icon located on each slide to either say the vocabulary word or to state the question for the slide.
APPLE Thematic Unit
Use this super comprehensive unit to help your students learn about apples. Each activity is created around Preschool Standards. Perfect for lesson planning and differentiated instruction. There is a page at the beginning to help you print out the color or black-and-white activities. A data-sheet is included at the end to help keep the progress of your students and their academic standards.
All activities are in color and in black and white!
LITERACY ACTIVITIES:
- vocabulary cards with the beginning sound in green and the ending sound in red
- labeling the parts of an apple
- sequencing the apple life cycle
- easy readers with colored apples
- UPPERCASE/ lowercase/ beginning sound match with apple trees
MATH ACTIVITIES:
- counting apples 0-10
- sorting shapes with shape apple trees
- positional word game with an apple and tree and visual cards
- adding apples up to 8
- making patterns with apple vocabulary (ABAB, AABAAB, AABBAABB, ABCABC)
Apple BOOM Cards
These 30 task cards have 4 different kinds of cards.
· 11 vocabulary cards with sound and real photos (2 pictures are wrong and 1 is
correct)
- 4 cards with the apple life cycle (3 pictures are wrong and 1 is correct)
- 4 cards with the parts of an apple (3 pictures are wrong and 1 is correct) counting apples on a tree (0-10) (2 numbers are wrong and 1 is correct)
- apple tree cards counting apples on a tree (0-10) (2 numbers are wrong and 1 is correct)
There is a printable sheet in the teacher’s notes to help teach the apple life cycle to assess with the boom cards.
These cards are aligned to Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards- Language/Literacy, Math & Science
*There is a sound icon located on each card to either say the vocabulary word or to state the question for the card.
Pumpkin Thematic Unit
Use this super comprehensive unit to help your students learn about pumpkins. Each activity is created around Preschool Standards. Perfect for lesson planning and differentiated instruction. There is a page at the beginning to help you print out the color or black-and-white activities with all of the page numbers. A data-sheet is included at the end to help keep the progress of your students.
All activities are in color and in black and white!
LITERACY ACTIVITIES:
- vocabulary cards with the beginning sound in green and the ending sound in red
- sequencing the pumpkin life cycle
- rhyming word-matching pumpkin game
- lowercase letter tracing cards with a picture that starts with the letter
- WH- question book with pumpkins holding different school tools
MATH ACTIVITIES:
- counting pumpkin seeds 0-10
- sizing pumpkin activity
- measuring pumpkins with paper cubes or real cubes
- comparing different sets of pumpkins with more, less, and equal signs
- subtracting different amounts of pumpkins
Pumpkin BOOM Cards
These 28 task cards have 3 different kinds of slides.
- 11 vocabulary slides with sound and real photos (2 pictures are wrong and 1 is correct)
- 6 science slides with the pumpkin life cycle (5 pictures are wrong and 1 is correct)
- pumpkin patch slides counting pumpkins (0-10) (2 numbers are wrong and 1 is correct)
There is a printable slide in the teacher’s notes to help teach the pumpkin life cycle.
These cards are aligned to Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards- Language/Literacy, Math & Science
*There is a sound icon located on each slide to either say the vocabulary word or to state the question for the slide.
How to Make Applesauce SEQUENCING Product
Use this mini-unit on making applesauce as a fun, whole-group activity at the end of your apple theme study! Differentiated with different sequencing cards to do as a whole group and then reinforced in a small center.
This mini-unit contains:
- vocabulary cards
- sequencing cards in 3 sizes (2½x 3½”, 4×5″, 5×7½”)
- interactive question book with sentences to answer
Use it for:
- a whole group activity
- differentiated center activities
- individual understanding of an activity
Every activity is in color and in black and white just in case you don’t have access to a color printer!
How to Carve a Pumpkin SEQUENCING Product
Try this sequencing unit on carving a pumpkin. It’s fun, engaging, and super hands-on! The cards are differentiated with and without numbers. There are 3 sizes to help you deliver the lesson with the whole group, utilize visual cards for a small group, and then have each student sequence the activity alone.
This mini-unit contains:
- vocabulary cards
- sequencing cards in 3 sizes (2½x 3½”, 4×5″, 5×7½”)
- interactive question book with sentences to answer
Use it for:
- a whole group activity
- differentiated center activities
- individual understanding of an activity
Every activity is in color and in black and white just in case you don’t have access to a color printer!
Apple and Pumpkin life cycle FREEBIE!
Just click on the button below this picture and download your free apple and pumpkin life cycles!! I love using these in my own classroom to engage and assess my students after learning about each of them. Hope you find them useful!
If you have enjoyed this blog, please check out my blog on using social narratives and my blog on incorporating visual schedules! Thanks for taking the time to read this! Let me know how I can help you in your own classroom!
