SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE

The students will become familiar with leaves, why

they change colors, and the different types.

- Ask students to get in different numbers of group

(1-10). Students will have to work together to count
the people in their group.
I do...
-Read The Counting Race by Margaret McNamara
-Show the number nine, nine fingers, how to write
the number (make a circle, then a line), nine on a
dice, what numbers come before and after.

Ask students what they know about the trees during

fall. What do they look like? How are they different
from leaves during summer and winter?
I do/We do...
-Read Were Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve
Metzger. Talk about what makes the leaves
different. Show students different types of leaves.
How are they similar and different?

We do...
-Watch The Number Nine by Storybots
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97u-EaPrVMU)
-Count Your Candy Activity. Give each student 10
pieces of candy corn. Say, write, show different
numbers between 0-10. Students will put the
correct number of candy in their bucket.

We do/They do...
-Why Do Leaves Change Colors? Activity. Mash up
leaves, put them in the jar, pour in rubbing alcohol,
make coffee filter into a cone, and place the bottom
of the filter into the jar. After a few hours the
colors will start to filter through the coffee filter
(may take hours) explain why leaves change color

Differentiation
SuccessCriteria for

Can the students identify the number nine?

Can the students write the number nine?
Can the students identify nine on a dice?

Can students explain how leaves are different in the fall?

Can students identify 3 different colors that leaves turn
in fall?
Can students explain why leaves change colors in the fall?

A- students will write the number nine, spell the number

nine, and draw nine objects on the back of paper.

A-Students will do the activity on their own.

O- students will write the number nine and draw nine

objects on the back of the paper
B-Teacher will assist students with worksheet.

O-Teacher will assist students with their activity when

needed.
B- Teacher will assist students with their activity.

How do you write the number nine?

Give an example of nine objects.
What do nine fingers look like?

What different shapes can leaves be?

What colors do leaves change to in fall?
Why do leave change color?

Ask students to work with a partner to find the number

nine somewhere in the room (numeral, word, or objects).
Ask how they know it equals nine.

Students will complete the All About a Leaf worksheet

based on the leaf they picked from the bag and measured.

Closure

Learning Plan, Activities

Hook

Objective

MATH
The students will become familiar with the number
nine.

HOT ?s

READING