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| Pumpkins Pie baking Bumpy, orange, round Carve Jack O Lantern Faces Pumpkins Aaron |
Leaves Crunchy, crackle, Leaves are falling Purple, yellow, red, brown Leaves Billy |
| Fall Leaves falling Orange, red, yellow Pretty time of year Fall Brian |
Autumn Farmers harvesting Leaves are crunchy Weather gets much colder Autumn Jenna |
| Pumpkins Orange, tasty Yummy spicy pie Jack-o-lantern faces Pumpkins Melodie |
Halloween People knocking, Kids getting candy, Silly, funny, happy, scary, Halloween Sarah |
| Halloween It’s scary, Time for trick-or-treating. Ghosts and goblins howl. Halloween Douglas |
Costumes Goblins, pumpkins, Witches, cats and ghosts Children are running tonight Costumes Maggie |
| Halloween Goblins scary Ghosts, witches, cats Go trick or treating Halloween Zachary |
Crazy Monsters running Trick or treating Don’t go in there! Crazy Jake |
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Autumn Make the sun go down quicker. Make it colder outside. Color the leaves. Make the red leaves fall. Make a mess. Put the animals to sleep. Make the birds fly south. My animals will store food. I will show a harvest moon. Michelle |
What to Do If You’re
Autumn Have the crops picked. Bring rainy weather. Make it colder outside. Help the leaves fall off the trees. Change the colors of the leaves. Tim |
| What Happens In Autumn The leaves fall on the ground. Daylight gets shorter. Leaves turn colors. Weather gets colder. The grass gets brown. The apple orchards get busy. It rains more. Geese fly south. Sarah |
What Happens In Autumn The leaves change colors. The grass turns brown. The weather gets cold. People play football games. The days get shorter. The nights get longer. Sunrise is later in the morning. Sunset comes earlier. Corey |
| What Happens In Autumn Petals fall from flowers. Ducks and geese fly south. Things stop growing. People burn leaves. Then pumpkins arrive in stores. Jake |
What Happens In Autumn Leaves change colors. People burn leaves. Pumpkins are ready to be picked. It gets colder. It rains more. The ducks fly south. The grass dies. William |
| What to Do If You Are Autumn Make the days colder. Get pumpkins ready to pick. Help squirrels find their nuts. Change the colors of the leaves. Orchards sell apples. Birds fly south. Hard winds blow. Leaves begin falling. Brian |
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Lesson OBJECTIVES: Demonstrate that seasons exist because of the tilt of the earth and its impact on the intensity of the sunlight at a given location. CONCEPTS:
MATERIALS: Model magic or Styrofoam balls INTRODUCTION: At the beginning of school we made a weather chart. The weather chart contained the daily high and low temperatures, the precipitation, weather conditions, and the time of sunrise and sunset. When I was ready to begin the "Seasons Lesson", we discussed the 4 seasons and brainstormed the changes we see in the fall. The results of the brainstorming were placed on chart paper. Next we looked at the weather chart and noticed more changes were occurring. We also listed them on our brainstorming chart. BODY: 1. We read The Reason's for the Seasons by Gail Gibbons. 2. We made a model of the earth out of Model Magic. (Play Dough or even an orange would work.) 3. In an effort to replicate the axis of our planet, a wooden skewer was inserted through the center of the Model Magic planet. The children were then able to rotate their planet by turning the skewer. The children observed in the book and by looking at our classroom globe that the earth's axis is not straight up and down but on an angle. They practiced holding their model on a slight angle. 4. Students added a red push pin midway between the North Pole and the equator and a blue push pin midway between the South Pole and the equator. The push pins represent people in each hemisphere. Next a floor lamp was placed in the center of the room, representing the sun. A clothesline was placed in a circle around the floor lamp. The clothesline represents the orbit of the earth. We turned off the classroom lights and each student took their planet for a "walk"around the sun. The teacher should explain the tilt of the earth does not change and students should be careful not to change the tilt of the earth as they revolve around the sun. Other children can help keep a watchful eye. 6. As the children move their planet around the "sun" have them stop halfway and ask "Is the sun bright or more direct for the red person or the blue person? Do you think it is hotter for the red person or the blue person? When do you think it would be the hottest time of the year for the red person? What season do you think they are having? What time of the year do you think the blue person would be having? Give each student an opportunity to explore. 7. Teacher should point out that if the Northern Hemisphere has winter the Southern Hemisphere would have the opposite season. As the children continue to move around the sun they should realize where in space the earth would be during the different seasons. Vocabulary Words:
EVALUATION: 1. Students complete a worksheet which shows a two-dimensional model for the positions of the seasons of the earth around the sun and label the seasons for each position. 2. Sketch what the season of fall represents to them. For example they might draw a picture of their street and show the fall changes they might see there. 3. Using the brainstorming chart for reference each student should write a poem or short story about fall and illustrate it.
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| ASSESSMENT: Rubric for the Poem ALL MOST SOME NONE 6 4 2 0 Each line of poem begins with a capital letter. 6 4 2 0 Words are spelled correctly on final paper. 6 4 2 0 Each line of the poem stays on the topic. 6 4 2 0 Students chose some interesting words for their poem. 6 4 2 0 Student shows knowledge of the autumn season. Total of 30 points possible 30-28 = Excellent 27-23 = Satisfactory 22 and below 19 = Unsatisfactory |
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