Understanding Fall

Introduction

Around the world people experience the four seasons fall, winter, spring, and summer during different times of the year. Today, you will be learning more about fall and what happens in your community and around the world.

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Illinois State Standard:

12.E.2a. Understand the fundmental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.

Task

Fall is a great time of year where the weather gets cooler, leaves are changing color, and we celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving. Today, you will gain more knowledge about fall and create a poster of the facts you learned.

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Process

1. Watch a video about the four seasons. Image result for four seasons

2. Get a worksheet from Ms. Forsythe. Image result for cartoon pencil

3. Find out information about fall here. Image result for trees in the fall cartoon

4. Why do the leaves change?  Image result for fall leaves

5. Birds fly south for the winter, why? Image result for cartoon bird flying

6. How did the holiday Halloween come about? Image result for cartoon pumpkin

7. Learn more about Thanksgiving! Image result for cartoon thanksgiving

8. After you complete the worksheet, get a poster board from Ms. Forsythe.

9. Create a poster about the information you learned about fall.

Evaluation


Poster Rubric
    Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Content - Accuracy At least 7 accurate facts are displayed on the poster. 5-6 accurate facts are displayed on the poster. 3-4 accurate facts are displayed on the poster. Less than 3 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.
Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes on the poster. There is 1 grammatical mistake on the poster. There are 2 grammatical mistakes on the poster. There are more than 2 grammatical mistakes on the poster.
Required Elements The poster includes all required elements as well as additional information. All required elements are included on the poster. All but 1 of the required elements are included on the poster. Several required elements were missing.
Mechanics Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the poster. There is 1 error in capitalization or punctuation. There are 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation. There are more than 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation.

Conclusion

Poster Guidelines:

1. Grab markers and/or crayons from the bin.

2. Write at least three facts on your poster that you found interesting.

3. You need to draw at least three pictures on your poster.

Thank you all for participating and following the directions!

Fall is a exciting time of year and I hope you all enjoy this season!

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Credits