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The seasonal changes that happen during the
fall are exciting for adults and children alike. These changes also provide
rich opportunities for students to practice observation and description
skills. The activities in this theme unit take advantage of such opportunities,
as well as extending students' experience into other curricular areas,
such as language arts and art. They also introduce students to ways in
which animals must adapt as the weather grows colder.
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Seasonal Changes
These activities invite students to explore,
observe, and describe seasonal changes and recognize that they cause changes
in plants and animal behavior. The life cycle of plants is also explored
in the Apple Tree activity. In addition, students practice map skills
in the migration activities, make a bar graph in Find the Animals, and
increase content-area vocabulary with the Internet Field Trip.
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Fall Leaves
Students explore colorful fall leaves through
poetry, movement, and math in these activities. They observe and describe
leaves, express themselves creatively, experience poetry in the context
of autumn, and practice estimating skills.
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Harvest Time
Fall is also a time for harvest. In Harvest Prints,
students observe and describe fruits, as well as recognize that fruits
have seeds. In the I Am Thankful mini-book, students increase content-area
vocabulary and practice writing skills.
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