Leaves for Learning
Fall is nearly upon us!
We want to help you prepare for it by dishing up seasonal cuisine to
delight your taste buds and soothe your cravings.
Today, we’re sharing (and adding our own flavoring to) an idea from Mary McMillan in her book, Classroom Starters for Any Occasion.
Today, we’re sharing (and adding our own flavoring to) an idea from Mary McMillan in her book, Classroom Starters for Any Occasion.
McMillan suggests making a leaf necklace to review capitalization
rules. After making a list of all the capitalization
rules, littles choose a word to showcase each rule and write each word or
phrase on its own leaf. Challenge your
littles by proposing specific topics such as fall, a book of their choice, a
topic of study, etc. Here’s my sample. Feel free to use it as a model in class.
Capitalization Rules
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Fall Examples
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First
Word of a Sentence
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Fall
is my favorite season!
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Names
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Christopher
Columbus
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Other
Proper Nouns
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Tom
Thumb Pumpkin Patch
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Days
|
Monday (first day
of fall in 2019)
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Months
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September
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Holidays
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Thanksgiving
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Most
Words in Titles
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Too
Many Pumpkins
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Cities
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Forestville
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Countries
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Canada
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Nationalities
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American
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Languages
|
English
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Time
Periods
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21st
Century
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Events
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Harvest
on the Harbor (or choose a local festival)
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Capitalization not on your current objective menu? This idea lends itself to versatility. Stew on some of these ideas.
Grade Level
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Suggestions
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K
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Numbers (represent numbers differently
per leaf – ten frames, tallies, etc)
Names (write one letter of their name
per leaf)
Beginning
Sounds (hunt
through magazines to find items that start with a focus sound, them paste
them on the leaf)
|
1
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Sight Words (write one sight word of focus
per leaf)
Partners of 10 (each leaf displays a different
way to get to 10)
Days of the
Week (record each day per leaf and string them in order)
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2-3
|
Character
Traits (choose
a favorite character and write one unique trait per leaf)
Math
Facts (one fact family per leaf)
Spelling
Words (one word
per leaf)
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4-5
|
Native
Americans (one tribe per leaf OR a unique characteristic of a specific tribe per leaf)
Story Elements (Each leaf is a different story
element. Write details to describe each element.)
Math Facts (one fact family per leaf)
|
6-8
|
Order
of Operations (Each
leaf represents a different process, string in order)
Scientific
Method (Each
leaf represents a different step, string in order)
Prewriting
(One leaf
represents main idea, remaining leaves each represent a supporting point)
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So, your littles aren’t into necklaces? Mix it up, chefs. Consider some of the ideas on this menu:
Where does that “leaf” us?
Oh yes, with the need to collect leaves.
And you can! Consider taking a
nature walk and collecting leaves to use for this project. I mean, no better way to get in the fall
spirit then jumping right in. But, if this
just does not work for you and yours, we’ve cooked up a template for your
consideration. In the download, you'll also find a page full of all the easier-to-cut-out leaves for your little learners.
Download this template along with printable activity ideas by clicking here. |
Here’s to hoping you fall in love with fall this season!
With Love from Our Kitchen,
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