Free Printable Series

Fall Read-Aloud Favorites and Freebies

Grab a blanket and get cozy. We’re reading through fall, one book at a time. Every Monday: a book we love, a literature lesson to do together, and a free printable kit.

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Week 3 · Popcorn

Seven Weeks of Read-Alouds

Every Monday we post a favorite book, why we love it, and a free printable kit of activities to go along with it.

Miss Nelson Is Missing!
Harry Allard & James Marshall
Posted
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Marjorie Priceman
Posted
Popcorn
Frank Asch
This Week
Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
Week 4
Strega Nona
Tomie dePaola
Week 5
Matilda
Roald Dahl
Week 6
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Louis Sachar
Week 7

Take the Library List With You

All seven titles on one page, with a box to tick off the ones you already own and a line for the due date on the ones you borrow. Print it once and it covers the whole season.

Get The Library List

The Library List: all seven fall read-aloud titles with their covers, a call number line, and columns for checked out, own, and due date

Week 3

This Week

Popcorn

Frank Asch

Sam Bear’s parents head out to a Halloween party, so Sam throws one of his own. Every guest brings popcorn, and the popping gets out of hand.

Why We Love It

A Halloween party, a house full of popcorn, and a bear who can’t stop popping. Kids think it’s hilarious, and so do we!

After You Read

Help Sam Through the Popcorn Maze
Help Sam make it to the party and collect popcorn along the way!
Make Up a Silly Party Guest
Roll a die to build a silly costume, like a vampire in bunny slippers riding a unicorn who loves cheddar popcorn.
Hold a Family Popcorn Taste Test
Rate four kinds of popcorn on saltiness, sweetness, butteriness and crunchiness. Then poll your family and graph the group favorite.

The Free Printable Kit

Popcorn Path: a maze from Sam to the party, with eight popcorn pieces to colour in along the way — The Popcorn Party Kit
Eight pages
Get The Kit

Popcorn Taste Test: butter, kettle corn, cheddar and your own pick scored one to five for salty, sweet, buttery and crunchy, with a graph for the family favorite — The Popcorn Party Kit
Eight pages
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Week 2

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Marjorie Priceman

The market is closed, so a young baker sails, flies and hops trains around the world to gather everything she needs for an apple pie.

Why We Love It

Crossing oceans and hauling home a cow, all for one simple apple pie? It’s delightfully over the top, and so much fun to read aloud!

While You Read

Travel the World for Ingredients
Pause at each stop in the story. Kids draw the route from home on a world map, check off each country, and name the continent.
Do Something Silly at Every Stop
Sway like wheat in Italy, unscramble pie words in France, stomp like an elephant in Sri Lanka, and more.
Hold a Family Apple Taste Test
Score four apples for sweet, sour, crunchy and juicy. Then poll the family and graph the favorite.

The Free Printable Kit

Around the World for Ingredients: a world map with the baker’s six stops numbered, and a table to check off each country and name its continent — The Apple Pie World Trail
Three pages
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While You’re There: six activities, one for each stop, including being the wheat in Italy, an egg-cellent scramble in France, and a maze to get the cow on the ship — The Apple Pie World Trail
Three pages
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Week 1

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

Harry Allard & James Marshall

Room 207 is the worst-behaved class in school, until sweet Miss Nelson vanishes and a scary substitute named Viola Swamp shows up.

Why We Love It

Be still, my second grade heart. This book has major core memory potential. It’s so much fun!

After You Read

Make a MISSING Poster
Have you seen this teacher? Draw her, fill in what she was last seen wearing, name the reward, and hang it on the fridge.
Compare the Two Teachers With a Venn Diagram
All about Miss Nelson in one circle, all about Viola Swamp in the other, and whatever they have in common in the middle. Learn how a Venn diagram works and find the secret hidden in the story.

The Free Printable Kit

A MISSING poster headed “Have you seen this teacher?”, with a box to draw her in and blanks for name, last seen, wearing, known for, and reward — The MISSING Poster
One page
Get This Sheet

Page one of the Venn diagram lesson: what a Venn diagram is, what to watch for while reading, and a worked example comparing apples and pumpkins — The Venn Diagram Lesson
Two pages
Get This Sheet

Every sheet opens as a PDF. Print it straight from your browser, or choose Save as PDF to keep a copy.

Next MondayWeek 4 of 7

Chrysanthemum

Kevin Henkes

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts school. We’ll explore names, kindness, and what makes each of us unique.

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