3rd Grade Lesson Plan
Fall is here - Vocabulary
Casey Mae Donnel
Lesson Objectives
• Learn 5 Fall vocabulary words
• Find the vocabulary words in a word search
• Recognize the vocabulary words in two Curious George Video Clips
• Write a 4-6 sentence blog about what you like most about Fall and include at
least 3 vocabulary words.
Learning Track
Learn words
• Definitions
• Word search
Hear and See Words
• Identify words in
song
• Identify words in
video clip
LET’S GET STARTED!!!!
Use words in blog
• Write a personal
journal entry
• Use at least 3
vocabulary
words
Vocabulary Words
• Apparition
• Autumn
• Halloween
• Leaves
• Pumpkin
NOW LET’S LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE WORDS!!!!
Apparition
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost.
Autumn
the season between summer and winter; fall.
Halloween
the evening of October 31; observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats,
often by threatening minor pranks.
Leaves
plural of leaf. one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
Pumpkin
a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine,
Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
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Curios George Boo Fest
Which vocabulary
words do you hear
in this video clip?
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Halloween
Leaves
Pumpkin
Curious George Boo Fest
Which vocabulary
words do you see in
this video clip?
• Apparition
• Halloween
• Pumpkin
BLOG
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Visit http://www.wikispaces.com/ and sign in
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Criteria for your blog post:
4-6 sentences
Use at least 3 vocabulary words you learned today
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Questions to consider:
What do you like most about fall?
Do you enjoy Halloween? Why or why not?
References
apparition. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved September 9, 2015, from Dictionary.com
website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apparition
autumn. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved September 9, 2015, from Dictionary.com
website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autumn
halloween. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved September 9, 2015, from Dictionary.com
website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Halloween
leaves. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved September 9, 2015, from Dictionary.com
website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leaves
pumpkin. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved September 9, 2015, from Dictionary.com
website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pumpkin
UniversalMoviesINT. (2014, July 22). Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest – Trailer.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKZ_r_qJGV0
Jim7Beam. (2013, October 22). Curious George Boo Fest Clip.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isSeAJXxwDg
Discovery Education (2015). Puzzlemaker.
Retrieved from http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/code/BuildWordSearch.asp