Lesson Plan

Why Leaves Change Lesson Plan: Littles Edition

Hunt, sort and discover the colors hiding inside every green leaf.

This is the Littles Edition of Why Leaves Change: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades K-3. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: Where do the colors in autumn leaves come from?

The Week

• Mon: Leaf Hunt Read-Aloud (Reading) • Tue: Leaf Rubbings and Words (Writing & Words) • Wed: Hidden Colors Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Leaf Window Sun-Catcher (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Tree Teacher Day (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Why Leaves Change has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade K-3 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Littles (grades K-3), about 30 to 45 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Hidden Colors
• Sequence cards (A Leaf's Year) and a cut-and-sort page (Drops Its Leaves or Keeps Them?)
• Writing page: My Leaf Story
• Hands-on project: Leaf Window Sun-Catcher
• Word search, maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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