It’s a perfect fall day and Amelia Bedelia is visiting her grandparents. When her grandmother wants to make an apple pie, Amelia is happy to help out!
Fall
Teach students about insect life cycles through a close look at butterflies.
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- Butterfly Life Cycle lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Butterfly Life Cycle pictures (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to cabbage and guide them in closely observing characteristics of, and tasting, several cabbage varieties.
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- Cabbage Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Cabbage facts (quick view as .pdf)
- Cabbage stages pictures (quick view as .pdf)
- Leaf parts diagram (quick view as .pdf)
Teach students about changing seasons and the season of autumn. Students create a leaf spinner and record daily temperatures.
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- Changing Leaves and Changing Seasons lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Fall words (quick view as .pdf)
- Leaf pattern images (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to cucumbers, how they grow, and what they taste like.
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- Cucumber Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Examples of cucumber plants growing (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to roots and the ways they function. Talk with students about the 5 “Ws” (who, what, when, where, and why) and teach them as a guide for creating a poem.
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- Roots Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to the insects and other creatures they will find in the garden and their characteristics.
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- Creatures in the garden pictures (quick view as .pdf)
- Facts about garden friends (quick view as .pdf)
- Insect Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Insect facts (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to new fruits and vegetables.
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- Vegetable cut outs (quick view as .pdf)
- Veggie Crowns lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to potatoes and how they grow. Teach students about measurement and guide them practicing close observation through potato explorations.
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- Potato Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Potato facts (quick view as .pdf)
- Potato images (quick view as .pdf)
Introduce students to pumpkins and how they grow. Use a pumpkin seed activity to practice sorting and counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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- Pumpkin Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Pumpkin images (quick view as .pdf)
- Pumpkin templates for watercolor paintings (quick view as .pdf)
