57 pages.

This fun scarecrow craft is very versatile.  I've included "patches" for a variety of standards: Upper and lowercase letters, vowels, blends, beginning sounds, matching words with pictures, numbers 0-30, odd and even, shapes, colors, contractions, compound words, CVC words, and rhyming words.  Choose whichever one you want to work on.  Students make their scarecrow and then trim and glue on the appropriate patches. The 184-page jumbo packet, also includes worksheets, posters, pocket chart cards, and games too.  The "craftivity portion" will be FREE for an entire year!  After that, you can purchase it for only $5.95 in my TpT shop. Thanks much for stopping by.

12 pages.

I think if you include a simple and quick craft for students to make and attach to their writing prompt, they'll get more excited.  I've included 24 scarecrow-themed writing prompts for them to choose from.  As you can see by the photo, there are 2 ways to display children's work.  Completed projects make an awesome bulletin board, or look sweet hanging back-to-back from the ceiling. 

5 pages

Make Patrick, the paper chain scarecrow and hang from the ceiling to review patterning, counting, subtraction etc.  Make enough links in an ABAB or ABC color pattern, for however many days are in October.  Tear off a link as each day passes.  Via discussion, have students count how many days are left 'til your Halloween party, field trip to the pumpkin patch or whatever.  A raffia bow adds that finishing  touch.  If you have time, have students make their own scarecrow in a variety of colors. Suspend from the ceiling or along a hallway wall for a lovely autumn display.

8 pages.

Students will enjoy creating this cute scarecrow-themed welcome fall banner, as they practice their writing skills.  Glue writing prompts on the back. (There are 3 options.) Suspend completed projects from the ceiling.

6 pages.

Review a variety of 2D shapes with this quick, easy and fun paper plate scarecrow craft.  There's a poem to glue on the back that helps practice rhyming words, as well as incorporating another genre for your students to learn about. 

1-2-3 Come Study 2D Shapes With Me

Since fall is in the air, I decided to put some autumn decorations up.  I have lots of scarecrow-themed things, as they can stay up through Thanksgiving.  I LOVE decorating for the seasons, but hate taking stuff down and putting it away, so the longer things can hang around, the better. 

My love for scarecrows probably stems from fond childhood memories, seeing all sorts of creations watching over large gardens and small farms in Wisconsin.  My Y5's enjoyed this mini-theme as well, so I used scarecrows to help teach all sorts of standards.  Here are some that I designed to reinforce 2D shapes.

My personal favorite is Socrates.  He's a "slider" as the paper strip of shapes, slide through the "window" to make his nose.   It was fun drawing and putting him together. 

As I putzed with what to do for his hair, I decided to put a sheet of yellow construction paper through a shredder. 

Rubbing a glue stick on the edges of his head and neck, then pressing down various pieces of shred, made the perfect scarecrow hair and "hay stuffing" peeking out of his neck and hat.

So that you can cover more standards, I've also included "sliders" for numbers 1-30, skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's, as well as upper and lowercase letters.  Click on the link to view/download Socrates the Scarecrow Shape Slider.

Socrates came about, because I made an easy reader booklet entitled: My Scarecrow's Nose. In the story, an adorable little scarecrow needs a nose! 

It's up to your students to decide which 2D shaped nose is the best for their scarecrow. 

It's a quick, easy and fun way to learn about shapes, at the same time helping strengthen finger muscles, as children trace and draw the nose shapes and then trace and write the shape words. 

To reinforce concepts of print, when everyone is done, read the booklet as a whole group.

I've also included a graphing extension where students vote on their favorite shaped nose. 

There are also 2 worksheets. Students trace and write the shape word, then match the shape to its shape word.

Finally my last scarecrow-themed shape activity is  Sam and Samantha. They are full-body scarecrow "danglers". 

Give students the option of whether they want to make a boy or girl scarecrow.

As with Socrates, I used shredded paper.  Picking up the long shred, ripping it into smaller lengths and then pressing them to the back of the scarecrow, is wonderful fine motor skill practice. 

However, if you think this is too time consuming, use a few pieces of double-sided stick tape, then cover with a piece of regular tape when children are done decorating.

Because a pile of shredded paper is tempting for all sorts of shenanigans, remind students ahead of time, that if they throw the shred around and make a mess, they will not be able to use some on their scarecrow.  I never had a problem.

So that you can review lots more 2D shapes, I've included a template with extra shapes on it.  Students can cut and glue as many shapely "patches" on their scarecrow as they want.

Children can opt to keep the shapes separate, (see photo of Samantha) and glue the various shapes onto a piece of yarn, or they can glue their pieces together, which is a bit easier for little ones. (See photo of Sam.)

Punch a hole in the top triangle and suspend from the ceiling, back-to-back with another child's scarecrow.  Adding a few real buttons adds a bit more pizzazz.  Click on the link to view/download Sam/Samantha The Shapely Scarecrow craftivity.

Thanks for visiting today.  For more scarecrow fun, be sure and pop back tomorrow  The timer's ringing, so I need to dash off and check the big pot of Veggie soup I'm making for dinner.  Nothing like a nice hearty bowl of soup on a crisp fall evening.  Wishing you an ed-venture filled day.

"Trying times are times for trying." -Unknown

4 pages.

Reinforce lots of Common Core State Standards with this sweet easy-reader that incorporates the 5 senses.  Students read, trace, write, add end punctuation, underline the adjectives and color the pictures.

23 pages.

I hope your kiddo's enjoy the games and activities that they can do with these scarecrow-themed alphabet cards.  Includes a 3-page tip list, of what to do with the cards + sweet scarecrow "Kaboom!" cards to make alphabet games even more fun.  This FREEBIE is part of my Jumbo Standard-Based Scarecrow packet. It's a whopping 184-pages long  and is in my TpT shop.  Click on the link to pop on over.  For your convenience, I've included a preview in the freebie.

10 pages.

This craftivity is a super-fun way for your kiddos to practice 2D shapes.  For that finishing touch, I ran yellow paper through my scredder to make the "hay". "Socrates" will be FREE for an entire year (!) after which time he will be updated and become part of my whopping 63-page Scarecrow Shapes packet in my TpT shop.  Click on the link to zip on over.  For your convenience, I've included a PREVIEW here.

7 pages.

Getting your students excited about writing, and WANTING to write, can be a bit difficult.  I've found that if children have an interesting writing prompt to jump start their brains, they WILL be enthusiastic and get right down to business!  Give them a choice of any of these six, fun-scarecrow writing prompts, perfect for Daily 5 or your writing block.