If you LOVE teaching about bats, owls, pumpkins, autumn leaves and scarecrows...then you're in luck! Your students will be engaged in fun and purposeful activities in reading, writing, poetry, math, science and art! Included in this bundle are lesson plans with mentor texts, materials and directions, interactive notebooks, anchor charts, vocabulary cards, writing templates, craftivities and science investigations. Hope you have a "scary" October!!!

This resource includes:

Linking Literature:

Room on the Broom

The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything

Owl Moon

Stellaluna

Scarecrow Pete

Spookley the Square Pumpkin

Are You my Monster?

Too Many Pumpkins

Autumn in Unbe"leaf"able:

This Packet Includes:

Lesson Plans with Mentor Texts, Materials, and Directions

Vocabulary Cards:

Scientific Method

Parts of a Leaf

Kinds of Leaves

Interactive Notebook:

Leaf Rubbings- parts of a leaf

Let's Go Leaf Hunting!

What is a Scientist?

The Scientific Method

Math:

Leaf Graphing

Leafy Problem Solving

Sorting Leaf Mat

Expository Writing:

Autumn is Un-be-Leaf-able

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Adjectives

The Scientific Method

Craftivity:

Autumn Tree

I Want to Go Trick-Or-Treating! A Persuasive Writing Craftivity

Lesson Plan with mentor text, materials and directions

Anchor Chart:

Author's Purpose

Vocabulary Cards:

Persuasive Texts

Opinion Sentence Starters...

Interactive Notebook for Reading:

Author's Purpose

Persuasive Writing Templates:

Planning Guide

I Want to Go Trick-or-Treating!

Craftivity:

Candy, Candy, Candy!

Owl Moon:

Lesson Plan with materials, directions and examples

Anchor Charts:

Beginning, Middle and End

Story Elements

Main Idea

Sequence of Events

Theme

Characterization

Inferencing

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Author's Purpose

Cause and Effect

Vocabulary Cards:

Beginning, Middle and End

Story Elements

Main Idea

Sequence of Events

Theme

Characterization

Inferencing

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Author's Purpose

Cause and Effect

Realistic Fiction

Owl Life Cycle

Parts of a Feather

Parts of an Owl

Interactive Notebooks for Reading:

Beginning, Middle and End

Story Elements

Main Idea

Sequence of Events

Theme

Characterization

Inferencing

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Author's Purpose

Cause and Effect

Acrostic Poem:

Owl

Interactive Notebooks for Science:

Owl Life Cycle

Force and Motion: How Owls Move

Energy: How Do Owls Use It

Part of a Feather

Math Anchor Chart:

What is a Mathematician?

Interactive Notebooks for Math:

Moon Counting Ten Frames

Moon Roll and Add

Moon Roll and Subtract

Craftivities:

Parts of an Owl/Venn Diagram with Realistic Fiction and Fiction

Owl Show You The Life Cycle

Expository Writing:

Owl Show You The Life Cycle

Owl Vocabulary

Scarecrow Pete:

Lesson Plan with materials and directions

Anchor Charts/Vocabulary Cards for Reading:

Beginning, Middle and End

Cause and Effect

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Main Idea

Theme

Characterization

Story Elements

Sequence of Events

Inferencing

Interactive Notebooks for Reading:

Beginning, Middle and End

Cause and Effect

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Main Idea

Theme

Characterization

Story Elements

Sequence of Events

Inferencing

Poetry:

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow

Leaf

Anchor Charts for Math:

What is a Mathematician?

Interactive Notebooks for Math:

Leaf Counting Ten Frames

Leaf Roll and Add

Leaf Roll and Subtract

Craftivities:

How to Build a Scarecrow

My Scarecrow Adventure

Narrative Writing Templates:

My Scarecrow Adventure Story

Procedural Writing Templates:

How to Build a Scarecrow

How to Make Pumpkin Pie

Spookley the Square Pumpkin:

Lesson Plan with materials and directions

Reading Anchor Charts:

Beginning, Middle and End

Cause and Effect

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Author's Purpose

Theme

Inferencing

Characterization

Story Elements

Sequence of Events

Reading Vocabulary Cards:

Beginning, Middle and End

Cause and Effect

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Author's Purpose

Theme

Inferencing

Characterization

Story Elements

Sequence of Events

Science Vocabulary Cards:

Parts of a Pumpkin

The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Reading Interactive Notebook:

Beginning, Middle and End

Cause and Effect

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection

Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Author's Purpose

Theme

Inferencing

Characterization

Story Elements

Sequence of Events

Acrostic Poetry:

Spookley

Pumpkin

Science Interactive Notebook:

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Parts of a Pumpkin

Math Interactive Notebook:

Pumpkin Counting Ten Frames

Pumpkin Roll and Add

Pumpkin Roll and Subtract

Pumpkin Shapes

Craftivities and Writing:

Spookley the Square Pumpkin

My Spooky Pumpkin

My Jack-O-Lantern

Stellaluna:

A Lesson Plan with Mentor Text, Materials and Directions

Science Vocabulary Cards:

The Parts of a Bat

The Bat Life Cycle

Science Interactive Notebooks:

The Bat Life Cycle

Bats Can, Have, Are...

Parts of a Bat

Reading Anchor Charts:

Beginning, Middle and End

Author’s Purpose

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection
Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Cause and Effect

Sequence of Events

Inferencing

Characterization

Theme

Story Elements: Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution

Reading Skill Cards:

Beginning, Middle and End

Author’s Purpose

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection
Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Cause and Effect

Sequence of Events

Inferencing

Characterization

Theme

Story Elements: Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution

Reading Interactive Notebooks:

Beginning, Middle and End

Author’s Purpose

Text to Self Connection

Text to Text Connection
Text to World Connection

Text to Media Connection

Cause and Effect

Sequence of Events

Inferencing

Characterization

Theme

Story Elements: Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution

Stellaluna Lapbook:

Title and Cover

Bat and Moon Template

Sequence of Events

Story Elements

Acrostic Poetry:

Stellaluna

Math Interactive Notebooks:

Bat Counting Ten Frames

Bat Roll and Add

Bat Roll and Subtract

Writing Templates with Craftivities:

I'm Going Batty!

If I Were Stellaluna...

My Scary Bat

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