"Apples & Pumpkins"

Since we are finally in the wonderful season of fall, I recently did a lesson on "Apples" and "Pumpkins." I chose the following books to read, sequence, retell and compare/contrast to help my speech students with their language skills. The books I read were the "The Apple Pie Tree" And "It's Pumpkin Time" Some of the targets/activities I did with these books were: Story retell, asking/answering questions about the books, compare/contrast the books (e.g., one thing my kiddos noticed was that they had the same author), sequencing (e.g., how to make an apple pie, how to grow an apple tree, how to grow a pumpkin), compare an apple/pumpkin.

Then we created "Apples" and "Pumpkins" with construction paper. We labeled the parts of the apple/pumpkin (i.e., apple, stem, leaf) and cut out words to describe our apple and/or pumpkin. We used adjectives to describe what apples/pumpkins look like, feel like, smell like, etc. We also talked about what you can do with apples/pumpkins (e.g., make pie, make applesauce, make a jack-a-lantern). It was great way to target language goals in a functional, fun, fall way! -Ksu.speechie