Scholastic
Voyage on the Mayflower
After completing an online activity about the Mayflower, scholars draw a picture about what they know of the Thanksgiving holiday, including a one-sentence summary. A reading of If You Were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma is...
Scholastic
Pilgrim and Wampanoag Daily Life
A lesson looks at the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe during the first Thanksgiving. Scholars compare and contrast information presented by an online activity then discuss their findings. Learners examine the two group's daily routines and...
Scholastic
The First Thanksgiving Feast
Following an online activity, scholars listen to a read-aloud of If You Were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma. Pupils discuss their family traditions and complete a T-chart comparing the holiday then and now. Collages are made to...
Education World
Predicting Pumpkins
If you want more pumpkin seeds, you should get a bigger pumpkin—right? Young harvesters use estimation skills to make a hypothesis about how many seeds they will find in a pumpkin before examining the real number inside.
PreKinders
Fall Picture Word Cards
Get ready for autumn with these vocabulary cards. The resource includes ten words to study, each paired with a picture.
University of California
Seasons Lab Book
Unlock the mystery behind seasonal change with a collection of worksheets and activities. Whether they are drawing pictures of Earth's orbit around the sun or graphing the temperature and daylight hours of different locations...
Crayola
Autumn Scratchings
Students discuss some of the signs of changing seasons. They are asked how do they know that it is fall? Students use Crayola Crayons, to rub patches of traditional fall colors on white construction paper. They fill the entire sheet with...
Curated OER
Fall Similes
Fall is like a beautiful painting come to life—or is it more like an overflowing cornucopia? Practice writing similes with a lesson on figurative language. As learners review simile structure, they come up with their favorite similes for...
Curated OER
Hibernation
Cute is the word for this interactive hibernation presentation! Click on the brightly-colored cartoon graphics of different animals to find out whether or not they hibernate over the winter. Read why certain animals hibernate.
Curated OER
Pumpkin Predictions
It's time for Halloween and math! Perfect for Fall, this simple worksheet provides a grid for young mathematicians to record their predictions about a pumpkin's height, stem length, diameter, circumference, and weight. After learners...
Curated OER
Graphing Greenery
Middle schoolers gather leaves and trace them on graph paper. They plot coordinates that approximate the shape of the leaves and share those coordinates as "worksheets" for other students to complete.
Curated OER
Leaf Weight-Loss Plan
Students measure the weight of a container of leaves daily to discover how quickly it grows lighter as the foliage dries.
Curated OER
Read a Fall Foliage Map
Pupils examine the purpose of a color key and use a color key to help them read a map.
Curated OER
Nuts About Squirrels
Early childhood students will develop listening skills as they read "Nuts To You" by Lois Ehlert. In this lesson students will learn about Students will learn facts about different types of squirrels and their behaviors. There will be a...
Curated OER
Look At Those Leaves!
Students observe and sort tree leaves. In this earth science activity, students observe the attributes of real leaves and measure leaves using Unifix cubes.
Curated OER
Autumn Arrays
Autumn is a time for nature to get ready for the upcoming winter. After listening to the book Time to Sleep about the changes of deciduous trees in the fall, learners monitor a tree on a daily basis and view photos of fall...
Curated OER
Autumn Vocabulary
In this vocabulary activity, students match vocabulary to definitions of words representing autumn. Students complete 20 matches total.
Curated OER
Corn Sayings
Students create corn sayings. In this visual arts lesson, students use kernel corn and other art materials to make autumn message artwork. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
Curated OER
Counting Leaves
For this counting leaves worksheet, 1st graders count the leaves on the tree, in the air and on the ground, then write the number in the box.
Curated OER
Halloween Graphitti
Students complete multi-curricular activities in a Halloween themed lesson. In this Halloween lesson, students examine newspaper ads to find prices of pumpkins and use them to complete a stem and leaf plot. Students find the diameter,...
Curated OER
Fall – Same Worksheet
For this visual discrimination activity worksheet, students examine 3 sets of pictures. Students match the pictures in each set that look the same..
Curated OER
Fall Words in Alphabetical Order
In this fall-themed activity instructional activity, students examine 8 fall-related words and then write them correctly in alphabetical order.
Curated OER
Fall Words – Fill in the Vowels
In this fall-themed word recognition worksheet, students examine 8 pictures and use vowels to fill in the blanks in the words that name the pictures.
Curated OER
Thanksgiving Literacy Activity
Young scholars explore why Thanksgiving is celebrated. In this cross-curriculum instructional activity, students listen to the book Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, and complete the sentence frame "I am thankful for ____." Young...