Scarecrow Theme Unit
Want to have some scarecrow fun in your classroom? Celebrating scarecrows is a great holiday-free fall theme. In the fall time of the year, scarecrows are everywhere, and face it — everyone loves scarecrows!
One of my favorite family-time activities is to put the scarecrow on my own front porch to welcome fall visitors. I found that bringing the love of my own family-time scarecrow activity into the classroom is not only fun for my students, enjoyable for myself, but also serves as a great vehicle for academic learning — scarecrow style.
All areas of the curriculum can be easily covered with cross-curricular flair, whether it be developing language singing Dingle-Dangle Scarecrow, blending sounds together playing Spin a Scarecrow, using pattern blocks to make a larger shape out of smaller shapes as a scarecrow is constructed, or even eating a scarecrow after making a healthy rice cake scarecrow. My students love the scarecrow writing center, writing the room, reading a scarecrow guided reader at my guided reading table, constructing a shape scarecrow, and much more!
One of my favorite family take-home activities is to ask for my students to build a scarecrow to share in our “Scarecrow Gallery.” Families really enjoy sending these creations to school. And—- for those who are not able to create at home, we have a scarecrow workshop hour (or two) where we can work in groups to create just the right scarecrow, so all of the friends in our classroom can share a creation. It is pretty easy to get some old clothes donated to your cause, just ask!
There are many books that will add to the scarecrow learning in your classroom. Here are a few of my favorites…
You will love the fun that comes when you invite scarecrows into your classroom!
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Product Description
Complement our harvest, fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving units with these great scarecrow activities inspired by the book "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" - by Linda Williams & illustrated by Megan Lloyd
This Scarecrow unit features activities that are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. Each activity has clear objectives and are strategically linked to Core Standards.
Unit includes:
Literacy Activities:
The Little Old Lady: Story Elements/Sequencing
The Scarecrow: Using Metacognition
Yummy Pumpkins: Word Substitution
Spin a Scarecrow: Blending Onset and Rime
The Sound Maze: Identifying Initial Sounds
Catching Crows: Identifying Letters
Scarecrow Rhymes: Matching Rhyming Pictures
Find the Crow: Writing Capital Letters
Scarecrow Sounds: Identifying Initial Sounds
Math Activities
Scare-A-Crow: Creating a Picture Graph and Recording Data
The Scarecrow: Using Pattern Blocks to Make a Larger Shape
Scarecrow Scare: Comparing Numbers
Scarecrows Count: Counting Forward
Counting Crows: Counting Cardinality
Team Scarecrow: Comparing Groups
Art Projects
Pattern Block Scarecrow
My Shape Scarecrow
Kitchen
Scarecrow Snack
Scarecrow Supper
Writing
Scarecrow Word Wall
If I Were a Scarecrow
How to Scare Crows
Label-It Scarecrow
Classroom Book: My Scarecrow
Guided Reading Books
The Scarecrow
Songs/Fingerplays
The Scarecrow
Little Scarecrow
How Scary Can You Be?
Scarecrow Turn Around
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Apple and Pumpkin Themed Guided Readers
Apple Experiment Science Guided Reader
Eating Apples Free Beginning Sound Game
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Writing Center For Fall
Help young children become writers by having a weekly writing center that is filled with learning activities that is easy to set-up and change! Both you and your students will love the predictability of these writing center activities. Recently Updated with even more activities.
Vocabulary cards for this packet include
Pumpkin Words:
Pumpkin, stem, seeds, shell, sprout, green, vine, leaves, blossom, packet, pulp, carve
Apple Words:
yellow, apple, tree, seeds, core, red, green, skin, stem, pie, juice, caramel, slice, star, sauce, Johnny Appleseed
Fall Words:
Fall, Autumn, leaves, tree, scarecrow, acorn, rake, squirrel, owl, bat, woods racoon, sunflower
Can, Have, Are: Key Elements Headers (Pumpkins, Apples, Leaves)
Key Details-- Writing Prompts
Label-It I Can -- Anchor Chart
Label-It Student Worksheets
Make a List I Can -- Anchor ChartChart
Make a List Student Worksheet
Fall Vocabulary Word Wall
Write a Story I Can -- Anchor Chart
Write a Story Prompt Worksheets
Write The Room -- Anchor Chart
Write The Room Worksheet (Sight Word)
Write The Room Word Cards
Write the Room Worksheet (Alphabet)
Write the Room Letter Cards
QR Sight Words
QR Alphabet
© Kathy Crane Kindergarten Kiosk
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