Welcome Autumn

Parents have probably been wondering why students brought leaves to school last Wednesday. Well, since we enjoyed writing our acrostic poem pumpkins a few weeks ago, we wanted to write another acrostic poem. This poem was about autumn.

To start this activity, students wrote the word AUTUMN vertically on a scrap piece of paper and began to think of words that would go along with autumn. For example, some students wrote “using a knife to carve pumpkins” for the letter “U” or “night makes Halloween scary” for the letter “N”. Once students finished their rough drafts I conferenced with each student, fixing any mistakes, and typed out a final draft.

Here is the fun part! Now that students had their typed out acrostic poem, they brought out their leaves from home (thank you parents and grandparents) and began to glue them onto a paper plate that had already been cut in the shape of a wreath. Students enjoyed arranging their leaves into different color patterns onto their paper plate wreaths. They were very creative! 

The last step of this activity was to glue their acrostic poem in the middle of their leafy wreaths. These finished products are proudly hanging in the classroom. The leaf wreaths bring a pleasant fall feel every time we walk into the classroom!