Leaves in the Fall….

Leaves in the Fall…… compiled by Ms. Ferrell

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ObjectivesWe will learn that Autumn is another word for Fall.

We will become aware of what leaves do during the fall by singing a song and saying poems.

We will take a walk to collect different sizes, shapes, and colors of fallen leaves.

We will dictate sentences to our teacher describing our leaves.

We will draw pictures of our leaves and write words to tell about our pictures.

It is Fall (Tune of Skip To My Lou)

Leaves are changing up in a treeLeaves are changing up in a treeLeaves are changing up in a tree

Up in a tree it’s fall

Leaves are falling from that treeLeaves are falling from that treeLeaves are falling from that tree

Up in a tree it’s fall

Once a Little Leaf

Once a little leafCaught up in the breezeBlew up past the bushes

Blew up past the treesBlew up in the cold skyHigh above the ground

What happened when the wind stopped?Then the leaf came down.

Five Autumn Leaves

Five pretty autumn leavesOne yellow, one red, one green, two brown.A little breeze came by and blew the yellow one down.Four colored leaves are left up in the tree.A red leaf floated down, now there are three.As the wind whistles through the green leaf twisted looseAnd now there are two.Two little leaves, both of them are brown. One broke off and fluttered to the ground. Now we see there’s only one.The last one fell and now our story’s done.

Autumn Leaves

I wonder in September,And in October, too,

What oaks and elms and maplesAnd quaking aspens doTo make their leaves

Turn red and goldInstead of pink and blue?

Leaves In ActionThe leaves are high.The leaves are low.The leaves are blowing soft

and slow.

The leaves are up.The leaves are down.The leaves are blowing all

around.

The leaves are here.The leaves are there.The leaves are blowing

everywhere.

Leaf math…….

One little leaf is on the tree.

__ leaves are on the ground.

Put them all together now.

How many have you found?

__ autumn leaves were on the tree.

The wind blew __ away.

Look at the tree and tell me, please,

How many leaves did stay?

White Oak

Red Maple

Eastern Redbud

Water Oak

Red Oak

Sycamore

Pecan

Suggested Reading

Fall by Ron Hirschi

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro

All Falling Down by Gene Zion

Frederick by Leo Lionni

References

Songs and Poems from thematic unit by Donise Doran

Leaf pictures from http://fw.vt.edu/dendro/

Autumn Leaves from http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/sc971010a2.htm

Action and math rhyme from Busy Kids Circle Time, 1998, The Education Center, p.32-3