Leaves | Book Activities and Craftivity

LEAVES! A BOOK BY ROBERT MUNSCH

Fall is here, and so is the new book Leaves! by Robert Munsch. It is the perfect book to read in Kindergarten and First Grade during the autumn season! Leaves, leaves, everywhere!

LEAVES BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

In the story, dad notices that the yard is covered in leaves. He announces that they are going to rake the leaves to get rid of them. 

The children head into the garage in search of rakes. Only, Sydney finds dad's leaf blower. Soon she has blown all the leaves into a giant pile. But in doing so, she has lost her little sister! Ooops!

After digging out their sibling, Alex decides to try the leaf blower. He gives it even more power, and makes a giant leaf pile. Only in doing so he covers up Sydney! Oops!

Dad is frustrated. The children are supposed to be using rakes, not his leaf blower. Dad takes the leaf blower to show them how it should be used. Dad cranks the power to WHOA!!! and blew all the leaves, plus the table, the chairs, the swing, and everything else in the backyard into a giant pile.

Only mom had been working in the garden...and is now buried under the giant leaf pile. Oops! Mom proceeds to throw the leaf blower in the garbage, and everyone grabs a rake to clean up the leaves.

I have made a book study that contains companion activities that help to connect this engaging read aloud with important reading skills. Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will have fun while learning about fall with the engaging reading activities in this literacy unit!

This book study is packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, make text to self connections, define character traits, offer opinions and advice, recognize cause & effect, deepen reading comprehension, and more.

The activities in this book study unit are aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and VA SOL learning standards. Checklists for the standards are included in the unit.

These book activities can be used as a whole class activity, during small group reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This book companion unit will save you tons of time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

LEAVES CRAFT

This unit includes a craftivity where students can do a story retell or write about their favorite part of the story. The craft makes a great fall bulletin board display, to showcase student learning!

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