Autumn... also known as fall in some parts of the world... is the transitional
season between the heat of summer and the cold of winter. In the
northern hemisphere, autumn lasts from mid-September to mid-December and from
the beginning of March until the end of May in the southern hemisphere.
Autumn is marked by changes in the environment such as:
🍎 Leaves changing colors and falling from the trees
🍎 Temperatures dropping
🍎 Days getting shorter while nights get longer
🍎 Animals making preparations for winter
🍎 Farmers harvesting their crops
For young children, this will more than likely be process art, meaning they
will enjoy the process of creating the collage without planning what the end
product will look like. If that happens, it's OK. Let them enjoy the process
of creating their collages.
🍎 Animals making preparations for winter
🍎 Farmers harvesting their crops
Mari Schuh recently wrote a non-fiction book called Leaves in Fall for early readers in which she describes what happens to leaves
during autumn. Full-color photos and kid-friendly vocabulary are
used throughout her book. Read on to learn more about Leaves in Fall and how to integrate it into your lessons at school.
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Author's Summary
In Leaves in Fall, young readers will discover the changes
leaves go through during fall. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully
leveled text will engage early readers as they learn why leaves drop from
trees in fall. A labeled diagram helps readers identify different
types of leaves, while a picture glossary reinforces new
vocabulary. Leaves in Fall also features reading tips for
teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Leaves in Fall is part of Jump!’s What Happens in Fall? series.
🍎 Title: Leaves in Fall
🍎 Author: Mari Schuh
🍎 Date: February 22, 2019
🍎 Publisher: Jump! Library
🍎 Pages: 24
Read Leaves of Fall
Leaves of Fall is a non-fiction book written for early readers
and includes all of the features a non-fiction book for older children
has... a table of contents, glossary, captions, index, etc. Before
reading it to your students, take the time to point out these
features and what they are used for. Explain the difference between
reading for information and reading for enjoyment. Set the stage for
reading Leaves in Fall and have at it. This is a
gorgeous book... take your time, admire the photos, and talk about the
facts on each page, and enjoy the process.
What Did We Learn?
Whenever I read a non-fiction book with my students, I have a hard time
saying 'The End' and moving onto the next task. I need to have some
sort of closure to make sure the children learned what they were supposed
to. The simplest way for me to do this is to simply ask my students,
'What did you learn from this book?' and write their responses on an
anchor chart.
Go on a Nature Walk
After reading and discussing Leaves in Fall with your
students, take a nature walk around your school. Look at the leaves
in the trees. What color are they? Walk in the dried leaves on
the ground. What does it sound like while your feet rustle through
them? What happens when you squeeze a dried leaf in your
hands? Collect some leaves to take back to the classroom. Do
not pluck them directly from the trees.
Make a Collage
Making a collage with the leaves you collected is not difficult at all and
I don't really need to go in-depth with the directions. All your
students need to do is take the leaves they collected during the nature
walk, add some glue to the back of them, and arrange them on the paper in
a way that makes them happy.
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