Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Fall Season

When the weather starts to turn colder and the leaves start falling from the trees, I know it is time for pumpkin picking! Every fall it is a tradition of mine to go buy pumpkins to carve in honor of the fall season. As a family, we go to pick pumpkins and apples and share ideas for jack-o-lanterns. It is by far one of my favorite things to do in the fall season. After we have selected the perfect pumpkins, the fun begins!


Vocabulary
Pumpkin ( Noun)- An orange vegetable that is usually symbolic of Halloween
Tradition (Noun)- Something that is passed down from generation to generation
Honor (Noun)- something that is of great importance
Season (Noun)- change of weather and time of year
Jack-o-lanterns (Noun)- a carved pumpkin that usually holds a candle or light in the middle
Selected (Verb)- to choose


Vocabulary Cloze Activity

1.) I have __________________ the largest pumpkin in all of the patch.
2.) In the summer __________________ I love to go to the beach.
3.) As a ________________ every year we cook turkey on Thanksgiving.
4.) We carved the pumpkin and placed the ______________ on the the stoop.
5.) A __________ is a large orange vegetable that you usually see near Halloween.
6.) In ______________ of Halloween I will dress in a costume.

Grammar Point:A noun is a person, place, or thing. In my story the noun pumpkin is a thing, it is a large, orange vegetable.

Think of four nouns on your own and label them a person, place, or thing.

noun games



2 comments:

  1. Going pumpkin picking is one of my favorite things to do as well! The excitement of picking and carving the pumpkins is just great. Your choice of vocabulary are great for esl students. They are words that they will use in recent years. Filling in the blank is always a great choice for the vocabulary exercise because they get to really understand the words. Great blog post!

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  2. Yes, the fall and winter are interesting seasons for students because some of them may never have experienced either.

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