Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of mindfulness, this Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn picture book by Kenard Pak is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
GOODBYE SUMMER, HELLO AUTUMN 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.
GOODBYE SUMMER, HELLO AUTUMN LESSON PLAN IDEAS
Each of our 400+ Starts With a Story book companions come with a teacher’s guide to make lesson planning quick and easy, printable worksheets and digital resources that cover ALL of the standards-based reading comprehension skills.
When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarizing and retelling
- visualizing
- analyzing setting
- identifying the main idea
- cause and effect
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- mindfulness
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- irregular verbs
- nouns
- adjectives
- homophones
GOODBYE SUMMER, HELLO AUTUMN ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- 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
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn?
- Lexile® Measure: AD540L
- Guided Reading Level: H
- DRA Level: 14
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 1.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Kenard Pak. It was illustrated by Kenard Pak.
What genre is Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
