This Topic Quest was designed for Mrs. Copeland's Kindergarten Class at Clyattville Elementary School
by Cowanna Gilmore, a Valdosta State University Preservice Teacher
Look around you outside!!! Can you guess what season we are in? Have you ever wondered why the leaves change colors? Hooray!! It's Fall! There are many exciting changes and activities that takes place during the Fall season. Below are fun websites taht will help us learn about Fall, apples, and Fall activities like Halloween, trike-or treating, and Thanksgiving. |
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Click season to find out what a
season is. On this cite you can get a definition of what a season
is. Another
name for Fall is
Autumn. On this Fall
website you can find out what are some Fall
holidays, books to read, games and more. |
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Did
you know that a pumpkin is really a squash?
Pumpkins are grown all over the world on six of the seven
continents. They are even grown in Alaska! Click on pumpkin to
see the biggest pumpkin ever!! |
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Do
you enjoy cooking? How often do you get to help cook at
home? You can check out some yummy recipes
on this wibsite. Hopefullly you and your parents can cook one. |
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Halloween
is one of the Fall holidays. Halloween is on October 31st. Click here for some safety tips so
your Halloween can be safe and fun. |
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"Trick
or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat". On halloween
many children go trick-or- treating from house to house. Find out
the history of trick-or-treating. |
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On
halloween children dress up in costumes to go trick-or-treating.
Do you know what you will dress up as on halloween? Play
the fun costume matching game. |
| Fall is the time for picking
apples. There
are many kinds of apples. My favorite kind of apples are the
granny
smith apples. What is what is your favorite apple? Lets
take a look at some apples
so you can decide. |
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| Apples have many different
uses. You can eat apples, drink apple juice, make apple prints or
make some tastey apple treats. Lets look at some treats to
make. |
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Now
lets have some fun with apples!! On this site you can dress up an
apple. Have you ever played Mr. Potato Head ? This is what
this game is like, we will play Mr./Mrs.
Apple Head. |
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Thanksgiving is another Fall
holiday. We celebrate Thanksgiving Day in November by
gathering with family or friends for a holiday feast.Using this Encarta
Encyclopedia you can find out about Thanksgiving. Learn the
customs, symbols, origins and the traditional American Thanksgiving. Lets play a game
of Pin the Beard on the Turkey just for fun. |
| Scenarion
Mission Imagine that you are a teacher. Your class has just got done learning about the season Fall. You talked about different Fall objects and activiteis like pumpkins, Halloween, trick-or-treating, apples and Thanksgiving. To celebrate the completeion of your Fall lesson your class will have a Fall party. Have your students to make a Fall poster for the party. Decorate the poster with drawings of some things that happens in the Fall, Fall objects or some Fall activities. This link will help you. Mission Steps
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 cmgilmor@valdosta.edu |
 Miss Cowanna's Class Page |
VSU TopicQuest Pages |