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Falling Leaves Poetry Spinners Lesson PlanFalling Leaves Poetry Spinners Lesson Plan
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Falling Leaves Poetry Spinners

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Why settle for autumn leaves as classroom decorations when you could use autumn poetry? After taking a nature walk and collecting fall artifacts, including seed pods and fallen leaves, learners demonstrate the movement of the season with sketches and spiraling decorations.

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Concepts

autumn

Additional Tags

autumn, falling leaves, seed pods, science

Classroom Considerations

  • Be sure that pupils have another draft of their fall poem besides the one they cut into a spiral

Pros

  • Applies poetic concepts to real-life sensory experiences

Cons

  • None

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