Collecting Fall Words

Our students are thinking about words- words that describe autumn, words that connect to create interesting phrases, and words that start with the same sounds strung together to form fun phrases. For the past week the library has been all about fall with the younger grades.

This was kicked off by the book Lawrence in the Fall by Matthew Farina. In this story a young fox searches through the forest, looking for something to collect. Just as Lawrence, the young fox, decides to collect leaves, we are collecting fall words and then capturing them on leaves.

First graders generated fall words and decorated their leaves. These leaves will be used to decorate the classroom and also the students will have the opportunity to practice their ABC order using the leaves. We will further be using the leaves as a word wall to help us with any of our fall writing.

Second graders really surprised me with their knowledge of alliteration, and they stretched themselves to create fall alliterations. We modeled this first and then invited students to create their own. As with any skill, some students needed extra support with this skill. We will use these leaves as well to decorate the class, and hopefully grow some fall poetry inspiration.