Trees!

After a 2 month hiatus (excusable, I promise), I have a great multi-purpose language packet.

Trees are great visuals for language. There is one big item (the trunk) with branches (parts of a whole) and leaves (even more parts to the whole). Thematically, trees fit any time of year, but especially spring and fall. With the upcoming Earth Day, this activity is perfect for this time of year.

Here's what it features:

Categories (convergent & divergent) - students take leaves and stick them on a tree. Simplicity is always best. Some leaves contain names of categories (25 in all) and other leaves are in groups of 3-4 to elicit names of categories (50 leaves in all).

Irregular verbs and irregular plurals both have a similar set up. The present tense verbs and singular nouns are presented on blossoms while the irregular past tense verbs and plural nouns are presented on leaves. You can have the blossoms on the tree and ask students to replace them (i.e. convert to the irregular form). Or vice versa. This section has 30 verbs and 25 nouns.

The definition section features a tree with leaves with the target words written on apples and cherries. You can attach the fruits to the tree and gather them into the definition basket. The basket has definition cues such as attributes, category, parts, function, etc. Or gather the fruits into an actual container - this may make it a little easier! There are 27 words to define.

Finally, the following directions section has 48 single step directions written on leaves, 8 temporal concept acorns and 12 conditional concept acorns. Combine the leaves and acorns depending on your students' needs to create an individualized activity.

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Enjoy, and happy spring!

Diana