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Nuts About Squirrels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Early childhood students will develop listening skills as they read "Nuts To You" by Lois Ehlert. In this lesson students will learn about Students will learn facts about different types of squirrels and their behaviors. There will be a...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Sammy's Chipmunk and Squirrel Observations

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a fun project. Sammy observes a chipmunk and a squirrel to see how many holes each needs in order to stash the same number of acorns.  Scholars could find the answer algebraically or create a table to analyze the...
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Squirrels Puzzle

For Students K - 4th
For this squirrel puzzle, students identify names of items related to squirrels. Examples of words include bushy tails, chatter, tree and acorns. A word bank of 18 words is available to assist students in their search.
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Acorns

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experience hoarding food for winter. In this squirrel lesson, students simulate hoarding behavior as either a red or gray squirrel. Students play a game called Winter Survival and discover how squirrels survive through the...
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Three and Four

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number coloring activity worksheet, learners draw the number of acorns for each squirrel according to the number in the box. Students color the squirrels with three acorns brown and four acorns by their favorite color. Learners...
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The Lost Acorns

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood acorns worksheet, students sing an acorn song and then cut the 20 acorns out. After the acorns are hidden around the room, students hunt for them and then paste their collected acorns on the provided graphic...
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Take Action With Contractions! Concepts: contractions, spelling, punctuation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Don't let your pupils get bored with contractions! You've found a veritable squirrel-stash of activities right at your fingertips. This packet includes games, activities, and plenty of materials to support your lesson plans on...
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Alphabet Letter a Or N Theme

For Teachers All
Students draw a tree with acorns. They depict roots and an acorn in the soil to review plant growth and practice handwriting letter A or letter N in the writing lines. They cut an additional page for the mini-book to include the word...
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Estimate and Check

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this estimation worksheet, students estimate numbers of items shown in pictures, then circle given groups of items, count and write totals. 
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Fall Word and Picture Matching Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Fall word and picture matching activity, students draw a line from each fall word to the match picture. They see 7 colorful clip art pictures of items such as an apple, an acorn, a squirrel, and a leaf.
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Ten Acorns

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this following written directions learning exercise, students read directions and perform the instructions of numbering acorns clockwise 1 to 10, coloring coding the stems even and odd numbers, and color numbered acorns different...
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Hide the Acorns

For Teachers Pre-K
Students search for acorns. In this art lesson students imagine they are squirrels finding and storing acorns. The students dig through a water table filled with sand or soil looking for acorns that have been buried.
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Match the Squirrels

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting to 5 worksheet, students examine a picture of 5 squirrels in the forest with numbers by each animal. Students cut out the acorns and paste the correct number to match.
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Fall Literacy Activity: Nuts to you

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students actively listen to the book Nuts To You and learn facts about squirrels. In this squirrels lesson, students listen to the book, and discuss what they learned after.
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Connect the Dots

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this connect the dots worksheet, students connect the dots to link the numbers together to reveal a nutty treat for a squirrel to eat.
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Introductory Lesson on Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the role of addition in mathematics by participating in this role play. The teacher dresses up like a squirrel and chooses students to dress as baby squirrels. The class uses multiplication to determine the...
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Early Childhood: Five Themes of Geography

For Teachers Pre-K
Any preschool teacher would be thrilled to have a resource like this one. It includes activity ideas, discussion leads, book suggestions, and a glossary for learners ages 2 - 5. The entire booklet focuses on ways to teach young children...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Kindergarten ABC (Rogers)

For Teachers K - 1st
As kindergartners are learning the alphabet, expand their vocabulary in the process using Jacqueline Rogers' book Kindergarten ABC. Each page features a letter and various objects for scholars to locate in the picture, and...
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Word Family Nuts

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the English language by participating in a word match activity. In this word family lesson, students write a specific word family on a paper squirrel and write words that belong to the family on a paper acorn. Students...
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Seed Swapping

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is a fabulous, cross-curicular lesson on seeds. Elements of science, writing, math, agricultural practices, and art are all brought into this incredibly thorough plan. Additionally, a fun whole-class game is presented, and there is...
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Meet the Trees!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate their school forest and make their own miniature forest. For this forest investigation lesson, students read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and make alist of reasons to have trees. Students investigate trees by...
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Living it up with plants

For Students K - 4th
Have kids in grades K-2 discuss how they know a tree is alive. The worksheet provides simplistic background information and an observation check list. They check off the ways that they can tell an oak tree is a living thing. Note: The...
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Autumn Alphabet Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this autumn activity worksheet, learners examine 20 season-related terms and then put those terms into alphabetical order.
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Fall Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this fall vocabulary worksheet, students read 10 definitions and match them to the vocabulary words pertaining to fall in a word box.