Trees are topics that you can study all year round. From the ways trees help winter animals to how nature changes throughout the year, trees are an evergreen topic in the classroom. Trees also inspire fictional writing, poetry and art. The best way to learn about trees is through practical activities. Use these tree templates to incorporate lush greenery into writing, science, art and more.
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Tree template with leaves
Use this template to practice adding and subtracting. Print one for each student. Give students fruit manipulation and challenge them to use trees as workspaces to show various mathematical problems. For example, for 2+5, the student places two, then five apples on the tree, and counts the total. What happens under this tree? Print each student a tree and have them imagine what they’ll do in the shade. Students then write their own stories and use templates for illustrations. When students share stories, they point out how interesting it is that one tree has inspired so many different stories.
Leafless tree template
Students study trees and present what they learned about tree types in these templates. Students choose one type of deciduous tree, such as maple, oak, and ginkgo. They study facts about trees, decorate this template with leaves and flowers, showing how it looks when the tree is in bloom. Make “all my trees.” Students use the branches in this tree template to list the special ones. Each big brunch becomes one category of favorites, family, friends and skills. Students list details for each category of small branches. They can create poetry on the tree! This is the perfect activity to do for a night back to school or for a message board. Shadow trace. Cuts this tree template. On sunny days, go outside and lift the tree to cast shadows on the ground. Track the shadows. Next, give the students chalk and decorate the tree with colorful leaves. Create a tree full of facts by researching and writing about the facts about the tree on small (leaf-shaped) paper. Next, fold and glue the paper to this tree template. Students can open each leaf and learn fun facts. Ready to get started? Find fascinating facts about trees.
4 Tree Template
Use this tree template to tell you what happens to your tree over the course of a year. Students will decorate each tree to make it look like winter, spring, summer and autumn. Alternatively, cut this page into four pieces and create a tree booklet showing how the trees change with each season. Habitat of the research tree. Students will learn about animals that make trees home and use this tree template and art supplies to build tree habitat. How does habitat change from winter to spring? Summer to autumn? Use these small trees to strengthen students’ commitment to caring for the planet. Students decorate small trees and write one way they can help them.
Palm Tree, Pine Tree, and Sequoia Tree Template
Use these templates in your research project. Students choose one type of tree that is not seen very often in their area and study where this tree grows. What kind of terrain is growing? What temperatures will grow? Where could they visit these trees? They add details to the tree template by filling in facts and information. These trees can also inspire storytelling. You can either give the trees randomly or have the students choose, and have them write stories that include the trees. Students can be creative about how trees are embedded, but the trees must be featured in their stories. Telling an ABC story. We all know the Chica Chica Boom boom, but what if ABC is about to climb a pine tree or a great sequoia? Students will imagine how to use the tree template to fit all 26 characters into the tree. Next, we use some artworks to see if they can make it happen.
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Lighting Line Tree Template
Tell students to write down their academic or personal goals and represent growth throughout the year. This could be a way to reflect early activities in the year or progress at various points in the school year. After reading Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein, students will be asked to write about what the story means to them. They were able to explain who they were in their lives they gave and reflect on how they could do more. Ask students to explain the stages of tree life, from seeds to seedlings to mature trees, and write about what happens at each stage.
3D Tree Template
Print these tree trunks on cardstock and give each student two pages. Students cut out the tree and cut the center of one cut out halfway through to create a three-dimensional tree. Students can then use construction paper or crepe paper to decorate the trees with flowers in the spring or colored leaves in the fall. Students’ completed wood will be used as table decorations for class celebrations. Create symmetrical painted wood. Print these tree templates and paint one side of the tree using a sponge (or leaves!) on students. Students then fold the paper in half and open it again to see how symmetrical the tree is. These trees are used as a foundation to grow crystals. Use a salt solution with Epsom salt, borax, or alum. Carefully pour the solution into the tree and evaporate leaving crystals behind. Tip: To do this, print the tree template on dark paper.
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