• Home
  • Shop
    • Shop Now
    • Gift Cards
    • Cart
    • Purchase Orders
    • School Licenses
    • My Account
  • Blog
    • Academics
      • Adapted Books
      • Comprehension
      • Cooking
      • Crafts
      • ELA
      • Fine Motor
      • Life Skills
      • Math
      • Occupational Therapy
      • Science
      • Sensory Bins
      • Social Emotional Learning
      • Social Skills
      • Social Studies
      • Speech Therapy
      • Task Boxes
      • Vocabulary
      • Writing
    • At Home Learning
      • Digital
      • Remote Learning
    • Behavior
      • ABA
      • Communication
        • AAC
      • Data
      • Schedules
      • Visuals
    • Simple Classroom
      • Back to School
      • Book Recommendations
      • Classroom Setup
      • Freebies
      • IEP
      • Inclusion
      • Inspiration
      • Organization
      • Paraprofessional
      • Remote Learning
      • Seasonal
        • Fall
        • Winter
        • Spring
        • Summer
    • Tot School
  • Classroom Tours
    • Self-Contained
    • Speech
    • Preschool
    • Elementary Autistic Support
    • K-2
    • K-2 (Socially Distanced)
    • K-4 (Tiny Room)
    • 1-4 (Life Skills)
    • 2-3 (ABA)
    • Middle School
    • High School
    • High School (Life Skills)
    • Multiple Disabilities
  • New Teachers
    • Join My Online Course
    • First Year
    • Interviews
    • Job Search
  • Grade Level
    • Preschool
    • Primary
    • Elementary
    • Middle School
    • High School
  • Simple Self-Contained Setup 101®
    • Join Now!
    • Success Stories
    • Log In
  • Free Resources
    • Log In
  • More…
    • Meet Alyssa
    • Meet Our Bloggers
    • Collaborate
    • Contact Me
    • Disclosures
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

Simply Special Ed

Resource Downloads & Teaching Advice

Academics Blog Book Recommendations Comprehension Fall Seasonal Simple Classroom

5 Activities for Leaves Fall Down

Let’s take a look at some activities included in the Leaves Fall Down Book Companion that are great to pair with this read aloud. 

Leaves Fall Down by Lisa Bullard is the perfect book to discuss all things fall but especially WHY leaves fall down!

STORYMAP

The Story map is used to find key elements of the story. I love doing this in the whole group setting on the board as a group. The visuals make this a differentiated activity!

After completing the story map as a whole group, you can break off into small groups to review the story map activity at each students individual level.

SEQUENCING

Sequencing is also a great activity to do whole group and then split off to complete individually for review and to check for understanding.

VOCABULARY

Vocabulary is easy to review after the first time reading through the story. After the vocabulary review read through the story again bringing attention to the recently learned vocabulary words.

The vocabulary matching activity is also differentiated with an identical picture match.

COMPREHENSION

To review the story at the end of the week we use comprehension worksheets that are leveled to meet your students needs.

Higher level writing worksheets are perfect for your open ended writers.

VISUAL CRAFT

Finally, complete a visual craft with your students. Use the REAL PICTURE directions and visual materials list to build student independence during craft time.

READY TO START USING BOOK COMPANIONS IN YOUR CLASSROOM?

Grab the Book Companion in the shop here.

Grab the Book Companion on TPT here.

You can find the book here. (affiliate link)

Related Posts:

  • The Best Book Activities for Fall
    The Best Book Activities for Fall
  • 5 Resources for Fall in Special Education
    5 Resources for Fall in Special Education
  • How to Setup Fall Fine Motor Centers
    How to Setup Fall Fine Motor Centers
Share
Pin


« 5 Activities for The Leaf Thief
5 Activities for Spookley the Square Pumpkin »
Hi amazing teachers!
I'm Alyssa Shanahan -- a former Elementary Special Ed & Life Skills teacher. My classroom focus was always to keep things simple, increase communication, and build independence. Simply Special Ed's goal is to help teachers and students reach their full potential in and out of the classroom!

Sign up to receive exclusive tips,
free resources, and more!

Recent Posts

4 Tips for a Special Needs Class FIeld Trip

The Best 10 Cause and Effect Toys

End of Year Checklist for Your Classroom

Creating an ESY Schedule

10 Almost Free OT Materials

New to Special Ed? Start here!

Copyright © Simply Special Ed 2023 · Design by Fancy Girl Design Studio

Copyright © 2023 · Simply Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in