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Apples and Pumpkins: An Adapted Text (freebie!)

If you LOVED September’s adapted text- you are going to love October’s!

Apples and pumpkins adapted text for special education

Adapting texts is a great way to get all of your students involved and participating with REAL literature. These books are often found in classroom libraries, general education classrooms, and beyond. It is a great idea to start an adapted book library in order to get your students more involved during read alouds and more interested in picture books!

Apples and Pumpkins adapted text

Apples and Pumpkins By: Anne Rockwell and Illustrated by: Lizzy Rockwell (affiliate link to book!) is one of my favorite simple text books. The way the author walks through the whole process of apple and pumpkin picking all the way up to carving and Halloween night is like a perfect social story for our kids! It has lots of vocabulary repetition and is definitely an easy reader- which is perfect for teaching October vocabulary, using as a read aloud, in small group, or to introduce more information about pumpkin patches before a community outing.

Apples and pumpkins adapted text

Before I was able to go on community outings, I would introduce books like this to give a virtual trip tour to my students. There are tons of videos on youtube (blog post coming soon!) and this is totally doable!

SO- I bet if it’s your first time here you are wondering how I was able to adapt this text! All of the info is included in last month’s adapted text post, Apples Apples Everywhere. Click that link to head over to find out how to adapt the text, what tools you need, and see some step by step photos!

Apples Apples Everywhere adapted text!

To download the Apples and Pumpkin adapted text kit, click here!

Click the box to grab the book! (affiliate link)

 

To check out last month’s adapted text, click here!

What books do you want to see for November? Leave your requests in the comment section- and I will do my best!

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