Lesson Two – Tree Leaves
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe some of the different shapes and patterns that can be seen on leaves that have fallen from trees in the autumn.
The class can select and define special vocabulary words that can be used to different different leaves collected from around the school grounds in the autumn.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and describe some of the different shapes and patterns that can be seen on leaves that have fallen from trees in the autumn
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of display posters to identify and define vocabulary that can be used to describe the shape and size of different leaves and a template to record information about a leaf collected from the school grounds.
The interactive presentation gets the children to select special vocabulary words that can be used to describe the size and shape of leaves found on trees around the school grounds and suggest how they can change during the autumn season.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to investigate changes to different trees during the autumn and explore how this affects animals that live in a woodland habitat including owls and squirrels. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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