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Welcome to Falling into Colors
(Skill-based, literature-linked lessons for teaching all about fall!)
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The format of this book is easy to follow. After a brief introduction, the book has several sections
with corresponding literature, skills and activities appropriate for teaching pre-kindergarten through
second grade. Along with each book title, poem or story, detailed lessons are provided. Objectives,
materials needed and step-by-step instructions are included for each specific activity. Pictures and
patterns are provided in the appendix (pages 64-91) and are referred to in each corresponding lesson.
To maximize learning and enjoyment, we have found that a two-three week time span is best for
teaching this unit.
Enjoy the season of the Fall — the perfect time to bring in a harvest of skills!
Sincerely,
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Karen Shackelford
Author/President, LastingLessons
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Skills covered in Falling into Colors
• Reading
• Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Listening
• Higher-level thinking
• Vocabulary development
• Comparing/Contrasting
• Following directions
• Writing
• Oral language
• ‘Ing’ action words
• Association
• Recall
• Story writing
• Details
• Fall-related words
• Color words
• Colors
• Rhyming
• Singular/Plural
• Summarizing
• Story parts (beginning,
middle and end)
• Retelling
• Critical Thinking
• Similes
• Base words
• Degree (er/est)
• Art (primary colors,
secondary colors,
complimentary colors,
warm and cool colors)
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Patterns
• Counting
• Graphs
(pictographs,
yes/no, tally)
• Weight
• Predicting
• Sorting
• Science (stages of the
pumpkin, stages of
the apple, leaves,
pumpkins, apples,
migrating Monarchs)
• Map skills
(locating various
states)
• Research
• Drama
• Musical scale notes
• Technology
Entire contents copyright © 1995, revised 2004, by LastingLessons®, Plano, Texas. Permissions for reproduction is granted
for the individual purchaser to be used with students in the classroom only, not for an entire school or school system.
Reproduction for commercial resale is strictly prohibited.
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Book Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting Ready/The Home Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Websites of Fall interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Activities for:
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Pumpkins and Quilts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Pumpkin Blanket
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
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Carts and Barns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ox Cart Man
Barn Dance
Illustrators
Michelle Wilson
Terri Oberg
Graphic Designers
Hues and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-62
Harvest Hues
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Johnny and Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Johnny Appleseed
Related Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix:
Pictures, Patterns, & Activity Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-91
Jennifer Pickett
Vickie Spurgin
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Falling into Colors
Harvest all your creativity and fall into a warm and vivid world
of colors during this changing season. This LastingLessons unit
integrates a variety of topics including Johnny Appleseed, apples,
pumpkins, harvest and colors. Your students will enjoy exploring and
discovering just how much fun learning can be when centered around
quality literature — a sure way to gain a bushel of knowledge!
Falling Into Colors featured activities include:
“Harvest Hues” pop-up book
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Pumpkin Quilt Patch
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater activities
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Mini Fall Pictures
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Hoedown display
Johnny Appleseed Discipline
Management idea
and Traveling party
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Scarecrow poem
Graphing ideas
Apple/Pumpkin facts
Easy to follow, detailed lessons
and much more!
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Book Summaries
Ox-Cart Man
A Caldecott Award winner about a man and his family working
on their homestead throughout the seasons.
Barn Dance
A young boy sneaks outside one night to join all the barnyard
critters and the fiddle-playing scarecrow in a boot-scootin’ hoedown.
Johnny Appleseed
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The life-story and tales of John Chapman who was known as
“Johnny Appleseed”.
The Pumpkin Blanket
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A little girl has a cherished blanket. One day she sees that her
father’s growing pumpkins are in need of protection from the frost.
One by one, each square from her blanket is cut off to provide the
warmth needed for the pumpkins to live.
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Clayton the house mouse was proud of his pumpkin. After much
watering, it grew and grew. Desmond the field mouse was proud of
his pumpkin, too. After much watering, it grew very large. Little did
they know that the pumpkin they were so proud of was the same one!
Harvest Hues
A LastingLessons pop-up book. (Provided in this unit.)
Please Note: As of the printing of this unit, all of the above titles were currently in print. If you have any trouble locating
any of the books, be sure to check your local public library. Also, we have included a Related Reading list on page 63.
Falling into Colors
To begin the Falling Into Colors
unit, read through it first. Find
the activities that are appropriate
for your age group or adapt the
other lessons to your needs. Jot
down your ideas on the “Notes”
pages provided.
Also, you will want to take
note of the Johnny Appleseed
Traveling Party Ideas on pages
50-51 before you begin the unit.
Use your Home Connection
letter forms to ask for some of the
things necessary for the Johnny
Appleseed Traveling Party.
Remember to visit your
library for other teaching
materials such as related reading,
read-a-long books, filmstrips,
videos and more!
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Getting Ready
The Home Connection
When you send letters to a child’s
home, you open the door to
communication while sharing
important information. Creative
forms for letters to parents are supplied
on pages 90 and 91. Use these Home
Connection letters to communicate the
theme being studied, skills you will be
covering, any special activities and/or
dates, and also to request any items or
help that you might need.
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http://www.applejuice.org/johnnyappleseed.html
(Story of Johnny Appleseed)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/apples.htm
(Hidden picture find for Johnny Appleseed Day)
http://home.att.net/~elteach/appleseed.html
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(Eight days of September activities for Johnny Appleseed)
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http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/arc/
projects/second/ja/ja.html
(Second grade class makes a computer-generated booklet
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to tell the story of Johnny Appleseed.)
www.billybear4kids.com
(Website full of kid fun for fall!)
http://home.inreach.com/kfarrell/
pumpkin.html
(All you ever wanted to learn about
pumpkins and more! Fun activites!)
http://www.education-world.com/
a_lesson/lesson028.shtml
(Pump up your curriculum with pumpkins!)
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