Autumn leaves are falling down....

Today we were busy being scientists, looking for evidence of Autumn. We compared our picture (first image above) and our notes from our "Late Summer Tree" data.  Children used their senses to explore Discovery Gardens for changes.  Everyone sketched our class tree, then we used ipad to take pictures.  Some of our observations came from what we DIDN'T see or notice.  For example, none of our class found any evidence of insects today while we found many during our summer investigation.  Likewise, we only found a few droopy flowers.  We talked a lot about description works and how powerful they are in our writing.  ie.  Droopy, wilted grass .  Crunchy, brown leaves

Other important words we discussed were qualifying words.

Only a few, some, many, most, almost all, every/all :  are important words to help us explain that we find variation in nature and that our observations are not always absolute.  Ex.  Only a few trees still had their leaves on the branches. 

We thought of our poem Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down.... and the description of the yellow, red orange, and brown leaves.  We collected and sorted leaves by their colour but found most of the leaves in Discovery Garden were brown or black and showed many signs of decomposition.

Look for evidence of fall this weekend!