Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Summer Kite Bucket List
Write your summer bucket list on the kite and its tail, one goal for every bow.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- planning, goal setting, writing lists
What kids do
“Let your summer plans fly! Write them on the kite.”
- Decorate your kite
- My summer bucket list
- The first thing I will do when summer starts:
How to run it
- A last-week-of-school sheet.
- Mix small goals (eat a popsicle) with big ones (learn to swim).
- Send home so families can help check them off.
Talk about it
- Which goal is free?
- Which goal needs practice?
- What did you do last summer?
Take it further
Bring the list back in the fall and share what you did.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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Scarecrow Makeover
The crows aren’t scared of this scarecrow at all. Give it a makeover that works (or makes them laugh).
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