We began our discovery of autumn with a leaf walk and read the story Leaf Man by Lois Elhert.  We also read the story Fall is Here!: I Love It!by Elaine W. Good with Mrs. Neddo in Library. We gathered leaves to make our own leaf collages just like Mrs. Elhert does in her book.    Afterwards we wrote a poem to describe our feelings about fall.  Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Civiok made special paper for us with the scanner.  
 

Photos of our leaf walk, leaf collages, and poetry can be found at our class website in a PhotoShow.

   Addressing NYS Standards:
Create their own stories, poems, and songs using the elements of the
literature they have read and appropriate vocabulary.

Present responses to and interpretations of works of recognized literary
merit with references to the principal features of the genre, the period,
and literary tradition, and drawing on their personal experiences and
knowledge.

Understand how multiple levels of meaning are conveyed in a text
Revise and improve early drafts by restructuring, correcting errors, and
revising for clarity and effect.

Create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds of
mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images.