Prepare yourself for a bountiful harvest of learning with The Scarecrow activities! Perfect for fall, these engaging tasks support literacy and science standards while weaving in social-emotional learning. Students will create a 3D scarecrow scene, trace letters, and label parts of a scarecrow to build fine motor skills. To deepen their understanding, students will explore story settings and seasons, sequence events, and match rhymes. These activities offer hands-on practice in key literacy skills, including writing sentences with story vocabulary, identifying cause and effect, and solving problems. A well-rounded, heartwarming addition to any classroom, students will use digital tools to learn about scarecrows and craft a friendship chain.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Create a 3D scarecrow scene.
• Trace letters.
• Label a scarecrow.
• Illustrate the story setting and seasons.
• Sequence the story.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• Match rhyming pairs from the story.
• Write character traits for the scarecrow.
• Determine a cause/effect and problem/solution.
• Alphabetize words.
• Sort shades of meaning.
• Writing Skills: writing templates and prompts included
• Reading Comprehension: discussion questions included for beginning, middle, and end of the book
• Social Skills: whole group prompts and activities included
• Fine Motor Skills: coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing included
• Work collaboratively to create a friendship chain. 
• Use digital tools to learn about scarecrows. 

These activities are as versatile as a scarecrow in the field! Use them with the whole class, at stations, or let students pick their favorites. They’re ideal for tailoring learning to meet each student’s unique needs and goals.

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💙 After grabbing The Scarecrow activities, cozy up and enjoy the story with the soundscape in your Novel Effect app!

About the Book

All the animals know not to mess with the old Scarecrow. But when a small, scared crow falls from midair, Scarecrow does the strangest thing… This storyscape features heartwarming music, the natural sounds on a farm, and expressive recordings of a wild raven made by one of our composers.

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