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Fall Slumbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe changes in a selected tree leaf near their homes during the fall. Twice each week students record changes in the leaf using words, pictures, and numbers.
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Leaf Rubbing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students take a nature walk. In this fall lesson, students take a nature walk and choose leaves for an activity. Students place thier paper on laminated leaves and rub crayons over the paper, the leaves show up on the paper.
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Fall Spelling Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this fall spelling activity, students analyze a 12 letter grid of letters and read a hint. Students color the letters to spell the answer to the hint (leaves).
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Autumn Word Search

For Students 1st
In this word search learning exercise, 1st graders locate the words related to Autumn within the word search puzzle. Students locate 10 words.
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Fall Number Trees

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice counting. In this counting lesson, students find nine leaves outside and collect them. They glue these leaves on a pre-drawn fall tree. 
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Nature Walk

For Teachers K
Students participate in a mini field trip around the neighborhood to observe nature and changes that are occurring during fall. They collect leaves of various colors, shapes and sizes on their trip. Upon return to the classroom, they...
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Autumn Crossword

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students complete the crossword puzzle that is focused on the topic of autumn as part of the fall season.
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Where Does the Green Go?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate why green leaves change colors in the fall. They press leaves and write a poem, create a chlorophyll leaf print, take a nature walk, and create a leaf shape poster.
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We're Going On A Leaf Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners read the story We're Going on a Leaf Hunt and read companion stories, make leaves, work with rhyming and word families, and more. In this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Squigly's Autumn Code Breaker

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this puzzle worksheet, students solve the following riddle: Why do leaves change color in the fall? Students write the letter on the line that comes after the letter in the alphabet below the line.
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Squigly's Special Message-- Fall Leaves Theme

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts instructional activity, students read 36 clues and fit their answers in a puzzle grid which will reveal a secret message. There is no word bank but all answers are 4 letters long. There is a fall leaf graphic.
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Signs of Autumn

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study photosynthesis and explore how chlorophyll is important to leaves and why leaves change colors in the fall.
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Pumpkin Life Cycle

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
From seed to jack-o-lantern, young scholars walk step-by-step through the life cycle of pumpkins with this fun art and science activity. After first participating in a shared reading of the children's book Pumpkin, Pumpkin children color...
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Autumn

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the cycle of nutrients in a forest. They research the concepts of decomposing and recycling within a forest.
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Weather "Whys"

For Teachers K
Students complete activities to explore fall weather. In this weather lesson, students use the given links to examine weather forecasts. Students complete a weather graph activity and watch Internet field trips. Students complete fall...
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Fall Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. They first write the autumn simile, and then arrange the plants around the border of the paper. They use natural plants which must be pressed.
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Simplified Botany--Leaf Chromatography

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the different pigments contained in green leaves by completing an experiment that strips away the chlorophyll and separates the pigments left behind.
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Merry Maple Leaf

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this Autumn activity worksheets, students go on a nature walk and find the colors of fall. Students then use paint to color the leafs in the fall colors they saw on the walk. Students then finish a poem about the fall leaves.
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Vocabulary Word Strips

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary word skills worksheet, students cut out and study the word strips featuring the words acorn, squirrel, windy, sunflower, school, jacket, cider mill, apple, apple cider, raking leaves, rake, pile of leaves, leaves,...
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Leaves and Photosynthesis

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this science activity, students read detailed information about green plants and the photosynthesis process. In this fill in the blank and true and false activity, students answer twelve questions.
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Seasons--Measurements of Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this seasons worksheet, students read a short article on the 4 seasons, put the 4 seasons in correct order 4 times and then draw a summer picture and a winter picture in the 2 boxes provided.
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Comparing and Contrasting Polar and Temperate Seasons Visually

For Students 6th - 12th
In this seasons worksheet, students cut and paste 12 pictures into seasonal order. Students compare pictures from Massachusetts, Canada, and the Arctic Circle.
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Apple: Bare to Pick

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate the seasons of the apple tree. In tree seasons lesson, students use a sun model and a globe to study the tilt of the Earth to create the seasons. Students discuss the tilt and the seasons. Students discuss...
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Time and Seasons

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science activity, students identify months and seasons. They complete the crossword puzzle by demonstrating their knowledge of days in a month, months in given seasons, and the amount of time in a given unit of measurement.