We love sharing books about the changing seasons with students. If you are looking for a book about autumn to read to your class, we highly recommend Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. This book lends itself to lessons and practice on reading comprehension skills like visualizing and analyzing settings. It can be difficult to find picture books that lend themselves to teaching these skills. This sweet story is a great way to discuss mindfulness with students. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
A young girl is going on a walk through her community. She notices the new winds that are cool, making the trees move in the wind. Animals are preparing for the colder weather as they search for food and make homes. The girl notices the changes in plants, some of them are blooming for the first time, changing color, or reaching for the last bit of sunlight.
The wind has started to blow the leaves off of the trees. These leaves have changed color too: red, brown, gold and yellow. As the season changes, there is less daylight. The sun sets earlier and summer is coming to an end.
This is a great read aloud to start a conversation with students about the changing seasons.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
There is so much you can teach with Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. Our book companion for this story addresses a number of reading comprehension skills, integrates a variety of writing styles and introduces grammar and social emotional learning concepts. Here is a sneak peak at some of the different lessons you can use this book to teach.
- Read the book to students without showing the pictures. Encourage them to close their eyes and visualize the story. Discuss their visualization as a class.
- The setting is an important element of this story. Discuss how the setting affects the character throughout the book.
- Allow students to get creative and write their own version of this story that takes place where they live.
- Practice writing poems by having students write poems about the changing seasons.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on homophones.
- Teach a lesson on nouns and adjectives.
- Discuss mindfulness with students and practice a mindfulness activity with them.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This resource is all you will need when it comes to planning your read aloud for the book Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. Gone are the days when you have to brainstorm discussion questions, look online for student activities, and spend hours gathering resources. Now everything you need is included in this book companion allowing you to make choices on what you want to use with your students.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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- Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson
- Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak
- Little Tree by Loren Long
- Tops andΒ BottomsΒ by Janet Stevens
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