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A Message from our Company

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Viewing Clearances

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Use and Copyright

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Student Learning Objectives

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Assessment

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Introducing the Program

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Key Vocabulary

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Program Viewing Suggestions

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Video Script

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Literature Connections

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Answer Key to Student Assessments

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Answer Key to Student Activities

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What Do You Know Now?

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What Have You Learned?

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Video Review

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Video Quiz

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Word Find

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Puzzle Swap

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Writing About Fall

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Student Learning Objectives Upon viewing the video and completing the enclosed student activities, students will be able to do the following: • • • •

Explain that the fall season follows the summer season. Understand that the days in fall get shorter and the weather gets cooler. Explain that a frost occurs when the temperature gets below freezing. Describe some of the changes plants undergo in fall. These changes include leaves turning brilliant colors then falling, as well as soft-stemmed plants having their growth stopped. Many plants also scatter seeds in the fall. • List some changes that animals go through in the fall season. Some animals migrate to places where it is easier for them to survive. Other animals begin looking for a place to hibernate, and some animals store food to eat. • Cite some ways people enjoy the fall season. • Explain that in fall the Earth’s northern hemisphere begins tilting away from the sun. This results in shorter days and generally cooler weather.

Assessment

What Do You Know Now? (p. 10): This preliminary assessment is an assessment tool designed to gain an understanding of students’ preexisting knowledge. It can also be used as a benchmark upon which to assess student progress based on the objectives stated on the previous pages.

What Have You Learned? (p. 11):

This post assessment can be utilized as an assessment tool following student completion of the program and student activities. The results of this assessment can be compared against the results of the preliminary assessment to assess student progress.

Video Review (p. 12): The Video Review can be used as an assessment tool or as a student activity. There are two sections. The first part contains questions displayed during the program. The second part consists of a five-question video quiz to be answered at the end of the video.

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Introducing the Program Before showing the video to students you may want to introduce some unfamiliar vocabulary words. Begin by asking them what time of year it is right now. They should say it is spring, summer, fall, or winter. Write these terms on the board. Then write the term “season” on the board. Explain that there are four seasons. Tell students that the video they are going to see is about the fall season. Ask students to describe the weather in fall. Ask them what kinds of things happen with plants and animals in fall. And, ask them what things they like to do in fall. Tell students to pay close attention to the video to learn more about fall.

Key Vocabulary Autumn Harvest

Axis Hemisphere

Earth Hibernate

Fall Migration

Frost Season

Program Viewing Suggestions The student master “Video Review” is provided (p. 12) for distribution to students. You may choose to have your students complete this Master while viewing the program or do so upon its conclusion. The program is approximately 10 to 12 minutes in length and includes a five-question video quiz. Answers are not provided to the Video Quiz in the video, but are included in this guide on page 9. You may choose to grade student quizzes as an assessment tool or to review the answers in class. The video is content-rich with numerous vocabulary words. For this reason you may want to periodically stop the video to review and discuss new terminology and concepts.

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Video Script 1. The weather on this day in late July is sunny and hot. 2. The trees are green, and the flowers are in full bloom. 3. But, in late October the weather is much cooler. 4. The leaves on the trees have turned red, orange, and gold. 5. Many flowers have produced seeds. 6. This time of year is the fall season. It is also called autumn. 7. The fall season follows the summer season. 8. What’s the weather like in the fall? 9. Why does the weather change? 10. Why do trees turn beautiful colors in the fall? 11. What animals migrate, or prepare to hibernate in the fall season? 12. During the next few minutes we are going to answer these questions as we explore the beautiful season of fall. 13. Graphic Transition – What Happens in Fall? 14. Some people say that fall is their favorite season. 15. They like fall because they enjoy the scenery, fall activities, and the changing weather. 16. You Compare! Compare the weather on this day in early fall to the weather on this day in late fall. 17. The weather on this day in early fall is sunny and relatively warm. 18. But, on this day in late fall it is chilly, rainy, and it may even snow. 19. In fall the days continue to get shorter. The sun rises later and it sets earlier. 20. The overall weather gets cooler. 21. In some places it may get below freezing at night. 22. This is called a frost. A fall frost sometimes kills flowers and vegetable plants. 23. Graphic Transition – Plants and Animals in Fall 24. A very special thing happens in New England in the fall. The leaves on the trees turn brilliant colors. 25. In fall, green leaves turn red, orange, and gold before dropping. Shorter days and cooler weather are thought to trigger this amazing color change. 26. If you live in a place where the fall leaves don’t turn brilliant colors, you may still notice changes in plants as the days grow cooler and the amount of daylight decreases. 27. In fall, soft-stemmed plants tend to stop growing. And, they often begin to look less green. 28. Many develop mature seeds that are scattered by the wind.

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Video Script 29. Some plants also develop ripe fruit like these apple trees. 30. Many animals also go through changes in fall. 31. Some animals migrate to areas that are warmer and where food is easier to find. 32. Migration is the process of animals moving to a place where it is easier for them to survive. 33. These snow geese, for example, are in the process of migrating from the cooler arctic where they spend their summer, to a warmer place to spend the winter. 34. Animals that do not migrate spend the fall season preparing for the cold winter season. 35. Squirrels, for example, store nuts in places where they can find them in the winter. 36. In the fall, other animals, such as bears, begin looking for a place to hibernate. 37. Hibernation is a sleep-like state that some animals go through in the winter sheltered from the weather. 38. These are just a few examples of changes that plants and animals go through in fall. 39. Graphic Transition – People in Fall 40. People enjoy fall in many different ways. 41. Some like to hike in the cool fall weather… 42. …while others enjoy picking apples. 43. And, some enjoy raking leaves that have fallen from trees, then playing in leaf piles. 44. Fall is an important time of year for farmers who harvest their crops that have been growing all summer. 45. It is also a time when people work hard to get jobs done in preparation for winter. 46. Graphic Transition – What Causes Fall? 47. As we have already mentioned, the weather in fall gets cooler and the amount of daylight decreases. But, what causes this? 48. The answer is in the movement of Earth around the sun. 49. As you know, Earth has a general spherical shape. 50. In space, Earth is tilted at an angle on an imaginary line called an axis. 51. As Earth orbits around the sun during the course of a year its axis is always tilted in the same direction. 52. During this point in the year the northern hemisphere is experiencing summer. 53. But at the end of the summer and into fall, the position of Earth changes in relation to the sun. 54. The Earth begins to tilt away from the sun.

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Video Script 55. As the Earth tilts away from the sun the northern hemisphere receives less sunlight, and the days get shorter. 56. You Decide! What does this do to the overall temperature? 57. The overall temperature in fall decreases and the weather gets cooler. 58. Graphic Transition – Video Review 59. During the past few minutes we’ve had fun investigating some of the different features of the fall season. 60. We began by taking a look at how the weather in fall tends to be cooler than in summer. We also discussed the fact that the amount of daylight decreases. 61. Some of the fascinating things that plants and animals do in fall were highlighted. 62. We also discussed some of the interesting activities that people do in fall. 63. Last, we explored how Earth’s position relative to the sun causes the fall season. 64. Graphic Transition – Video Assessment Fill in the correct word to complete the sentence. 1. In fall the amount of daylight ___. 2. A ___ occurs when the temperature gets below freezing. 3. Many plants develop mature ____ in fall. 4. These geese are _____ to a warmer place to spend the winter season. 5. In fall Earth begins to tilt ____ from the sun.

Literature Connections

Gibbons, Gail. The Reasons for Seasons. New York: Holiday House, 1996.



Thompson, Lauren. Mouse’s First Fall. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2006. Glaser, Linda. It’s Fall!. New York: Millbrook Press, 2001. Hunter, Anne. Possum’s Harvest Moon. New York: Sandpiper, 1998.



Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. New York: Harcourt Children’s Books 1991.

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Clave de respuestas a las preguntas de evaluación de los estudiantes ¿Qué sabes ahora? (pág. 10)

¿Qué has aprendido? (pág. 11)

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verano más corto más frío por debajo de cero semillas migración hibernación cereales de la cosecha lejos del sol desciende

Revisión del video (pág. 12) 1. El tiempo en este día de principios del otoño es soleado y relativamente cálido. En este día de finales del otoño el tiempo es frío y lluvioso, e incluso podría nevar. 2. En general, la temperatura media en el otoño desciende y el tiempo es más frío.

por debajo de cero hibernación desciende más frío más corto lejos del sol verano semillas migración cereales de la cosecha

Mini-prueba del video (pág. 12) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

desciende escarcha semillas migrar lejos

Clave de respuestas a las actividades del estudiante Sopa de letras (pág. 13)

Escribiendo sobre el otoño (pág. 15) Las respuestas variarán.

Rompecabezas (pág. 14) Las respuestas variarán.

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¿Qué sabes ahora?

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Rellene el siguiente burbuja a la respuesta correcta.

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¿Qué estación sigue al otoño? invierno primavera verano solsticio

el otoño los días son más: 2. En cortos

animales como los osos 7. Los entran en un estado de sueño en

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3. En comparación al verano, el tiempo en el otoño es más: caluroso fresco cálido seco

escarcha ocurre cuando la 4. La temperatura se pone:



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por encima del punto de ebullición por encima del punto de congelación por debajo del punto de congelación por debajo de lo normal

cosas son escasas en 5. ¿Qué muchas plantas en el otoño? raíces semillas tallos madera

En el otoño el vuelo del ganso canadiense hacia el sur es un ejemplo de: actividad movimiento adaptación migración

invierno llamado: sueño estivación hibernación soñar El otoño es una época importante para los agricultores porque: cosechan los cereales plantan semillas duermen viajan

9. En el otoño, ¿cómo comienza a inclinarse la tierra respecto al sol? hacia el sol lejos del sol al lado del sol hacia arriba del sol

10. En el otoño, la cantidad de luz solar:

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¿Qué has aprendido?

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La escarcha ocurre cuando la temperatura se pone: por encima del punto de ebullición por encima del punto de congelación por debajo del punto de congelación por debajo de lo normal

2. Los animales como los osos

entran en un estado de sueño en invierno llamado: sueño estivación hibernación soñar

3. En el otoño, la cantidad de luz solar:

aumenta permanece igual se extiende desciende

4. En comparación al verano, el tiempo en el otoño es más: caluroso fresco cálido seco

5. En el otoño los días son más:

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En el otoño, ¿cómo comienza a inclinarse la tierra respecto al sol? hacia el sol lejos del sol al lado del sol hacia arriba del sol

estación sigue al otoño? 7. ¿Qué invierno

primavera verano solsticio

cosas son escasas en 8. ¿Qué muchas plantas en el otoño?

raíces semillas tallos madera

el otoño el vuelo del ganso 9. En canadiense hacia el sur es un ejemplo de: actividad movimiento adaptación migración

es una época importante 10. Elparaotoño los agricultores porque:

cosechan los cereales plantan semillas duermen viajan

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Revisión del video

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Mira el video y responde a la siguientes preguntas.

Compara. 1. Tú Compara el clima en este día a principious del otoño con el clima en este día a finales de otoño.

Tú Decide. 2. ¿Qué hace esto a la temperatura en general?

Mini-prueba del video

Escribe la palabra correcta para completar la oración.

1. En el otoño, la cantidad de luz solar _____________________. 2. La ____________ ocurre cuando la temperatura se vuelve congelante. 3. Muchas plantas desarrollan ________________ maduras en el otoño. 4. Estos gansos están ____________________ a un lugar más cálido para pasar la estación de invierno.

5. En otoño, la Tierra comienza a inclinarse _________________ del sol. Visual Learning Company

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Sopa de letras

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ROMPECABEZAS

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Colorea la siguiente imagen del otoño. La hoja debería tener una sombra de amarillo, rojo o naranja. El tallo puede ser verde o marrón. Cuando termines, recorta la imagen en piezas de puzzle. Intercambia las piezas del puzzle con un compañero de clase y mira si puedes completar su puzzle.

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Escribiendo sobre el otoño

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El otoño es una estación importante para la recogida de frutas y verduras. Escribe algunas oraciones para describir algunas de las cosas favoritas que te divierte comer en otoño.

Hay muchas actividades divertidas que puedes realizar en el otoño. Escribe algunas oraciones para describir algunas de tus actividades favoritas del otoño.

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