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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
Young scholars discuss the differences between a storybook and an information book. Students use various materials found in nature to make a nature collage. Young scholars make a nature dictionary using pictures and their own definitions...
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Acorns
Students experience hoarding food for winter. In this squirrel lesson plan, students simulate hoarding behavior as either a red or gray squirrel. Students play a game called Winter Survival and discover how squirrels survive through the...
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Fall Literacy Activity: Nuts to you
Students actively listen to the book Nuts To You and learn facts about squirrels. In this squirrels lesson, students listen to the book, and discuss what they learned after.
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Creative Writing - Why Is a Squirrel Hiding in a Tree Stump?
In this creative writing worksheet, students write an essay telling why a squirrel is hiding in a hollow tree stump. They explain why the squirrel does not want anyone to know where he is.
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Connect the Dots
In this connect the dots worksheet, students connect the dots to link the numbers together to reveal a nutty treat for a squirrel to eat.
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Squirrel With Nuts Coloring Page
In this squirrel with nuts coloring page learning exercise, students view and discuss the picture with their classmates and color the picture with vibrant colors.
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Hide the Acorns
Students search for acorns. In this art lesson students imagine they are squirrels finding and storing acorns. The students dig through a water table filled with sand or soil looking for acorns that have been buried.
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Squirrels Dot to Dot
In this connect the dots worksheet, students connect the dots and draw a line using the numbers 1-17 to outline the picture of a squirrel. Students trace the word squirrel.
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Match the Squirrels
In this counting to 5 instructional activity, students examine a picture of 5 squirrels in the forest with numbers by each animal. Students cut out the acorns and paste the correct number to match.