Fall Favorites and a GIVEAWAY!

This is such a beautiful time of year!!! Since Fall is a FAVORITE of ours here at the Primary peach, we thought we would put together a post of our favorite books for the fall!

Do you want a FREEBIE for this book?  Mandy created a freebie for this book- it has activating and previewing strategies!! You can snag your freebie here!

Are you looking for some text dependent questions for this book and several other spooky favorites? You can pick up this pack from Gary here. And stay tuned- he has a great blog post coming up about text dependent questioning here on the Peach on Sunday!

Collaboration Cuties also wrote this incredible pack comparing fiction and nonfiction for both of these books.  It is jammed PACKED with all kinds of standards based fun!  Check it out here!

Looking for an adorable FREEBIE to go with this book?  Ashley has created a template for a class book!  You can get it here FREE!

Tami also has the Halloween Holsteins Count and Clip Cards (the name is hysterical to me for some reason!  Love it!) that are perfect way to integrate math centers! You can snag them here!

Are you looking for a fun, interactive way to teach this book? You may be interested in lap books!  Meghan has this adorable lapbook  for Stellaluna (and many others)!

The fun is not over yet!  Would you like to purchase some of these fall books or ANY books off your wish list?  We can help!  Just enter below to win a $30 Amazon Giftcard!

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Fabulous Fall Mentor Text: Scarecrow

I absolutely LOVE the author, Cynthia Rylant. She has so many fantastic books to use as mentor texts! One of her gems is perfect for this time of year:

WHY I LOVE THIS BOOK:

Cynthia Rylant uses fantastic figurative and poetic language to bring this scarecrow to life. Students get to "see" what a scarecrow sees and "feel" what he feels. It's definitely a great book to use when teaching about point of view. Best of all, it's a book that's great for ALL ages! 

READING IDEAS:

These activities are perfect to use as whole group mini-lessons when using the book, Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant. 

SUMMARIZING

This is a very simple book to summarize, so it would be great to introduce the concept for lower grades, or to review summarizing in the upper grades. 

USING EVIDENCE TO PROVE AN INFERENCE

Students can find many pieces of evidence that the scarecrow enjoys his life, as Cynthia does such a great job of showing life from the scarecrow's eyes. As you do a second read of this short book, have students listen and note evidence in the book that shows the scarecrow enjoys his life. 

VISUALIZATION

Cynthia Rylant uses such beautiful language in this book- allow students time to draw what some sentences from the book help them visualize. This will help them see her craft and will link wonderfully to a writing lesson as well: use "Show Don't Tell" style in your writing!

WRITING IDEA

As I mentioned above, use this book to help students see great examples of "Show Don't Tell" writing style, and then try it out in their writing. Students can imitate the book, Scarecrow, by writing a story as though they are a scarecrow.

Would you love to use all of these ready-made activities for this fabulous fall mentor text? Grab the freebie below! :)

Enjoy! Happy Fall!

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4 Fun Fall Math Freebies

Happy autumnal equinox... It's FALL y'all!

This is Kristin from School and the City and I'm so excited about today's post. I thought we could kick off this fall season with a collection of FREE fall math ideas and resources!

ADDITION

I just adore this super-cute "Add the Room" activity by Kamp Kindergarten. My favorite thing about this is her alternative idea to place the task cards in a mini photo album and have students write the answers using dry erase markers. What a fun idea for early finishers!

Click HERE to download.

PLACE VALUE

Mandy from Mandy's Tips for Teachers is full of fun fall-themed ideas. I love these candy corn puzzles! Students will create a candy corn by matching a number in standard form to it's word form and expanded form. You can differentiate for your students by using puzzles to the hundreds place or puzzles to the thousands place. I can't wait to use this as a review station with my kiddos; I know they will love it! 

Click HERE to download.

EVEN AND ODD

This next freebie, my own, is an oldie but goodie. It's been my featured free product in my TPT store for years now. I actually use it with my own students every year!

It's an even and odd SCOOT, or "around the room," activity. I have the numbers represented in four different ways to add rigor and variety: standard form, addition equations, ten frames, and word form.

Click HERE to download.

ESTIMATION

This last freebie, also by Mandy at Mandy's Tips for Teachers, is a recording sheet that you can use as a center during math. You can bring in real pumpkin seeds (which I think would be super cute) or use counters as the "seeds" for estimation.

Click HERE to download.

Will you be using one of these fun freebies in your classroom this fall? Let us know if a comment below!

How to Make a Quick and Easy Apple Sensory Bin

Hello, everyone.  I am Tami from Kamp Kindergarten.  It is hard to believe that we are well into September. The first day of fall is less than 2 weeks away.  Johnny Appleseed’s birthday is just over 2 weeks away.   

I am going to share an easy and fun apple sensory bin for your little learners. This idea will work if you are not allowed to use food items in sensory bins. This sensory bin will be great for autumn/fall and Johnny Appleseed's birthday.

I used a round green tub from Dollar Tree, a green hula skirt from Dollar Tree, and apples from JoAnn’s.   You may substitute other containers or greenery.  I chose the round green tub to make it appear like the top of an apple tree.  You may substitute whatever container you have. 

Cut the bottom part of the skirt from the waistband.  You may use as much or as little as you wish depending on the size of you container and how full you want it to be.   I cut about half way across the skirt—about 15 inches. There will be a small area left at the top where all the strips are still connected. 

 

Complete the cut to separate each strip. I left the strips long without additional cuts.  You may wish to cut them in half lengthwise depending upon the students in your class. You will definitely want to cut them in half if you have little ones prone to wrapping things around their necks.

Put the strips in the tub.  You may choose to add some type of fragrance to your tub such as apple or apple pie spices.  You can put an apple or apple pie scented candle in the tub with the strips.  Store it overnight or longer in a trash bag tied closed.  If you have little ones with allergies or asthma, you will probably want to skip the fragrance.

You may use other options for the greenery.  Leaves from silk greenery, green paper shreds for gift bags, or Easter grass will work.  I know.  Easter grass in September? Well, I am sure I am not the only teacher who has swooped in and grabbed Easter grass when it is clearance priced the week after Easter.  Even if you don’t have Easter grass in September, there is probably a teacher in your grade level who has a stash she snapped up from the clearance aisle.  

Add apples.  You can add as many or as few as you wish. 

You can add various items to the sensory bin such as magnetic letters or numbers, bottle caps with numbers, sorting shapes, or building blocks with letters to supplement current skills covered. 

 

Apple themed learning activities are perfect for this sensory bin. You may already have apple themed flashcards with various skills, matching cards, clip cards, and around the room cards.  The picture above shows the sensory bin with pieces from Apple Number Puzzles, a FREE resource for you and your little learners.  Enjoy! 

Apple Number Puzzles FREEBIE

I hope you and your learners have a wonderful fall!

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