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
This Year’s Time Capsule
Fill a time capsule with this year’s favorites and predictions, to open again next year.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- reflection, predicting, writing about yourself
What kids do
“Seal it up and open it next year. What will have changed?”
- This year’s favorites
- Me right now
- Next year I predict I will…
How to run it
- Use it at New Year’s or at the end of the school year.
- Seal it in an envelope with the date on the front.
- Hand them back a year later if you can.
Talk about it
- What do you think will change most?
- What do you hope stays the same?
- What would surprise you next year?
Take it further
Add a letter to your future self.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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