Another school year is officially in full swing. At this point, you have already enjoyed welcoming your new group of students and getting to know them through back to school activities.
Now that back to school festivities are done for the year it means that the weather is probably starting to cool off a bit. Therefore, you must be starting to think about all the fun fall activities you can do in the classroom
From Halloween to Thanksgiving, fall is such a fun season to explore with young kids. While we LOVE celebrating these fun fall holidays they are not the only fun fall topics you can explore in the classroom.
In addition to the holidays, the leaves falling is one of the other wonderful and fun events to explore during this time of year. It’s not just the leaves that fall though!
The Golden Acorn Teaching Resources
Depending on where you live, you and your students may be quite familiar with other things that fall from trees – like acorns! However, even if your students are not familiar with acorns they will get a chance to learn about them while reading The Golden Acorn by Katy Hudson.
Check out A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson or Too Many Carrots by Katy Hudson.
This book isn’t just about acorns though. The Golden Acorn is a book about friendship, sharing, and teamwork. All wonderful lessons can be taught to students from PreK through second grade.
The Golden Acorn PreK Read Aloud
When we first created The Golden Acorn read aloud it was for first and second graders. However, we soon realized that this book is a great choice for preschoolers as well.
Now, we have teaching resources for The Golden Acorn for Prek, kindergarten, 1st grade, and second grade.
If you are an elementary school teacher, go ahead and jump down the page to read more about The Golden Acorn teaching resources for first and second graders. If you are teaching Prek or Kindergarten you can go ahead and keep reading from here.
As an early education teacher you know that teaching literacy skills is important at any age. Therefore, we created a read aloud that will help you teach your preschoolers (or kindergarteners) these important skills.
Early Literacy Activities
The first step in helping early readers develop their literacy skills is to get them excited about reading! That’s why we believe book selection is just as important as the reading comprehension activities.
When you sit down to read The Golden Acorn to your preschoolers they will be hooked. They will love following Squirrel as he sets out for the annual Golden Nut Hunt race.
Beyond seeing the excitement on your kids’ faces as they engage with Squirrel’s story you will love the lessons you can teach them throughout the book. Squirrel will help you teach them about how to be a team player and we will help you teach them about using the text to show comprehension.
Because this book has so much to offer we have created a read aloud that covers several days. Yup, we have given you enough reading resources for 3 to 5 days worth of lessons! That means you have a full week’s worth of reading lessons ready to teach.
Curious about what lessons we have provided? Take a look below!
Comprehension Questions for The Golden Acorn
Response to Text Worksheets for The Golden Acorn
The Golden Acorn Writing Pages for PreK
The Golden Acorn Vocabulary Worksheets
The Golden Acorn Quiz
The Golden Acorn Craft Activity
The Golden Acorn Activities for 1st and 2nd Graders
Hello, elementary school teachers! If you jumped down to this section then you must be a first grade or second grade teacher. Welcome!
As former first grade teachers ourselves, we know how important read alouds are for these grade levels. That is why read alouds have been one of our primary teaching resources from the beginning.
As such an important part of first and second grade we know that read aloud activities are needed for the entire week. That’s why all of our read aloud resources are developed to be used over the course of three to five days (just like our PreK read aloud).
By providing you with a week’s worth of reading activities you get to enjoy focusing on teaching your students. Moreover, your students get several opportunities to revisit the text.
Reading Activities for The Golden Acorn
Just like our PreK read aloud, these daily lessons for The Golden Acorn invite students to explore the story further. Moreover, the variety of activities helps students demonstrate their comprehension in several different ways.
In addition to providing your students with different ways to demonstrate their comprehension, you can provide different formats for the activities. All of the activities can be used digitally or as printables.
Here are some examples of the activities your first and second graders will get to explore.
Fall Read Alouds
As we mentioned earlier, fall provides the perfect opportunity to create fun, themed lessons. Furthermore, with so many amazing books set in fall, it is the perfect time to explore this time of year through reading.
Obviously, we think The Golden Acorn is a great choice for a fall read aloud. We also think there are several other amazing children’s books to use this time of year. Take a peek at some of our favorites below.
October Read Alouds for Prek
Fall Read Alouds for 1st and 2nd Grade
As three of our favorite books, we have 1st and 2nd grade read alouds for Creepy Crayon, Runaway Pumpkin, and Trick or Treat Crankenstein. In addition, we have several amazing books that are great for November reading alouds.
- Turkey Trouble
- In November
- Duck For President
- The Great Fuzz Frenzy
- Pumpkin Circle
- Duck for Turkey Dayl
These November read alouds can be purchased individually or as a bundle. Just like our read aloud for The Golden Acorn, each read aloud has a full week’s worth of lessons.
Whether you only use The Golden Acorn or choose to add in some other fall read alouds, we hope your students enjoy exploring fall through reading! And, with lessons already planned for you, we hope you enjoy having extra time to sip on Pumpkin Spiced Lattes all weekend long.