Pumpkin Emergent Reader FREEBIE

Please use my TPT shortcut on the righthand side of this blog to download my newest emergent reader. What skills will your class learn through this reader?

*opposites

*sightwords ("a" or "the")

*matching pictures with words

*reading from left to right

If you want to download this FREEBIE now, click HERE.

Enjoy,

Alissa

Fall Crafts

Here are two crafts that I enjoy doing during the fall. Both of them are easy to make and the students LOVE them! 

First, we have the acorn man. This is a hand-me-down from my Mom! These are very cute and look great hanging from our ceiling.

And second we have Falling Leaves. The students went crazy with leaves this year. I told them there must have been a storm that day! :) They are to trace their hand/arm for the tree, glue on a rectangle of grass, and then (the fun part)... Use their fingers to paint on the fall leaves!

Have fun and enjoy!

-Alissa

Apple Activities

The weeks leading up to our study trip to the Apple Orchard are very fun and exciting. There are endless activities that you can find on TPT that teach about apples. Here are a few of my favorite activities and crafts that we did this year.

This book is called September Counting Apples. It integrates reading, number recognition, and counting. The kids enjoyed making this book. You can download it for FREE here.

This is an emergent reader called "Red Leaf, Red Leaf". It follows the pattern of Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See. Because we read Brown Bear back in August, the students loved this reader. 

-Alissa

Kercher's Apple Orchard

Oh, one of the best days in Kindergarten is our field trip to Kercher's Apple Orchard in Goshen. The students look forward to this study trip and the weeks leading up to it are very fun to teach. "Mrs. Apple" (Mrs. Kercher) is so wonderful with the students! She makes the field trip very fun for the students. This year we had a beautiful day. The bees were quite annoying, but the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Here are a few pictures to summarize our fun, exciting day!

-Alissa

Johnny Appleseed Friends

We spent a day talking about Johnny Appleseed and why he is important in history. The students were fascinated by this man! They had so many questions. And they all wanted to go to Fort Wayne and throw an apple core on his grave. :)

I found these adorable, FREE pot hats on TPT. Get the freebie here. The students loved coloring them, making a hat, and telling students at recess all about Johnny. They kept calling themselves "Kaitlyn Appleseed, Jason Appleseed, etc." It was cute! I wish I could show you their faces in these pictures. They looked adorable.

This book was perfect to teach the students about Johnny Appleseed. It's kid friendly and has great illustrations.

Enjoy the pictures of my sweet students, and their crazy teacher!

-Alissa