Apples and Pumpkins Craft Fall Read Aloud Activities Name Craft Compare Contrast

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Pair your favorite apples and pumpkins read-aloud with these fun reading comprehension activities, worksheets, and crafts! This resource was designed to accompany Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell, but most activities can be used with any book about apples and pumpkins.

Perfect for kindergarten and first grade.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✔ Differentiated Main Idea & Details

Students write or cut & paste the main idea and details of the story.

✔ Life Cycles: 2 pages

Students label an apple or pumpkin, then tap & tell the life cycle.

✔ Compare & Contrast: Whole group & Individual

Students compare and contrast apples and pumpkins with cards and a diagram.

✔ Apple and Pumpkin Crafts

Students cut & paste apples on a tree or pumpkins in a wagon.

Can be used to spell out names, words, or write numbers to count!

✔ Making Connections

Students draw/ write about a connection made from the story, ex: apple or pumpkin-picking.

SKILLS PRACTICED

• Main idea & details

• Compare & contrast

• Apple and Pumpkin life cycles

• Making connections

• Fine motor skills

• Name writing

• Labeling

Use these activities for whole-group read-aloud lessons, literacy centers, small groups, partner work, independent reading responses, or a fall unit.

Part of my Fall / October Read-Alouds Pack

Full of reading response activities for the entire month!

Check it out HERE

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