We complete a circle map after reading the story,
I read The Very First Thanksgiving Day, by Rhonda Gowler Greene and we discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving. We make a class list of things we are thankful for. Then, my students complete an individual sheet and illustrate what they are thankful for. These pages can be turned into a class book or used around a Thanksgiving bulletin board.
Circle Map Flip chart 
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| Leaf observations |
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| Using manipulatives to represent numbers |
Please visit my TPT store to download this fall leaves game. It focuses on the season of fall, color words, sorting, counting, and graphing. This is a great hands-on learning activity that implements many subjects across the curriculum. 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jodi-Plaisted for a free download of this fall printable. The students complete the sentence and illustrate a fall picture. We bind the pages and make a class book. I put this book in the reading center for their reading enjoyment. 
Free Fall Clip Art
From Mrs. Plaisted's Class
This is a circle map that we created as class on shapes.
This is a flip chart that I created for the 3-D shapes. It is very interactive and my students love this lesson.
Counting corners is a kindergarten exemplar that I created that uses higher order thinking skills. This is one element that the new common core standards focus on. 
This is the shape monster flip chart that I created that goes along with the emergent reader and construction paper shape monster craft. I use it to hook my students and to help build their fluency skills. They love reading it over and over!
There are some more teaching links that I just love using to integrate shapes into my curriculum. I am posting them below:
This is the interactive chart that I use in my classroom. We recite the chant together as the letters of the alphabet are slid up the tree. The children become confident readers as we chant it chorally as a class. 
This is the number word stamp book that I use during center time. This is a great way to integrate math into the kindergarten curriculum.
This is a partner game that I use during center time that focuses on the letters of the alphabet. The students take turns choosing a card from the pile and circle the matching lowercase letter. If they draw a boom card, they lose a turn. The first player to circle all letters on the tree is the winner. The students have so much fun playing this game!
This is the coconut tree that we make using the letters of the students names. They use brown paint to paint the trunk and I use my big green stamp pad on their hands for the leaves of the tree. They search for the letters in their name and build it down the tree. Then, they trace circles to make the coconuts. This is a fun craft that parents are proud to display!
This is the pocket chart that I use in my classroom that focuses on color words/
