IELS 13: Creative Arts

• Painting with apples • Apple paper plates • Diagram of the inside of an apple • Leaf prints • Button trees • Toilet paper roll apple trees • Classroom pumpkin vine

Benchmarks: 13.1 Art, 13.2 Music, Rhythm, and Movement, 13.3 Dramatic Play

IELS 12: Mathematics and Science

• Counting apples and pumpkin seeds • Bobbing for apples • Pumpkin puzzles • Pumpkin Cover-up Math Game • Cooking activities

o Apple Crisp, pancake apples, mini apple pies, apple sauce, caramel apples

Benchmarks: 12.1 Comparison and Number, 12.2 Patterns, 12.3 Shapes and Spatial Relationships, 12.4 Scientific Reasoning, 12.5 Scientific Investigations and Problem Solving, 12.6 Measurement

IELS 10: Social and Emotional Dev.

• Social/Emotional DECA songs • Turn taking with cooking activities • Problem Solving Strategies • Can you be a bucket filler? •

Benchmarks: 10.1 Self, 10.2 Self-Regulation, 10.3 Relationships with Adults, 10.4 Relationships with Children

IELS 9: Approaches to Learning

• Ramps and Pathways exploration • Puzzles • Pattern Blocks • Moon Sand • Dissecting a pumpkin and an apple • Fall scented play-doh • Grow a pumpking • Colored rice

Benchmarks: 9.1 Curosity and Initiative, 9.2 Engagement and Persistence, 9.3 Reasoning and Problem Solving, 9.4 Play and Senses

Fall Leaves Fall!

4-5 Classroom

2014-2015 IELS = Iowa Early Learning Standards

*Subject to Change*

IELS 11: Communication, Language, and Literacy

• LEA’s: What do you see in fall? • Let It Fall by Maryann Cocca-Leffler • Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall • Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert • LEA: Words that start with “F” for Fall • Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Benchmarks: 11.1 Language Understanding and Use, 11.2 Early Literacy, 11.3 Early Writing

IELS 8: Physical Well-Being and Motor Dev.

• Walks on campus/neighborhood • Following directions song/movement • Leaves, sticks, and acorn hunt • Bikes, Trikes, and Scooters • P.E. Class • Washing hands/brushing teeth • Cooking (measuring, stirring, etc.) • Field Trip to Heartland Farms

Benchmarks: 8.1 Healthy and Safe Living, 8.2 Large Motor Development, 8.3 Small Motor Development

IELS 14: Social Studies

• Field trip to Heartland Farms • Jonny Appleseed • Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White • Favorite family recipes

Benchmarks: 14.1 Awareness of Family and Community, 14.2 Awareness of Culture, 14.3 Awareness of the Relationship Between People and the Environment in Which They Live, 14.4 Awareness of Past