Leaf Day!

 It started with a leaf hunt

Then  we sorted the leaves we found

 and graphed them by color and then by shape.

 We also played a leaf number game.

Science time: making observations and recording them.

One student had leaves shaped like hearts.

 These leaves are from a grandma in Michigan several years ago.

 After reading some leaf stories we wrote our own leaf story.  Some were silly and some were more realistic.  The authors stood to read.  Notice the other students practicing good listening skills by looking at the speaker.
 
We played another leaf game: climbing the 'tree trunk' to drop leaves on the target.

  

HAPPY FALL!

We ended with our Leaves Are Falling poem and throwing our construction paper leaves into the air (the only way to have fall-colored leaves fall during Fall in Phoenix).

Party with our Buddies!

So simple.  So fun.
Game 1: drop clothespins in a jar.  You would not believe how loud and exciting this got...

 Game 2: Oops - not fast enough with the camera

 Game 2: carry cotton balls on a spoon to another bowl.  (Math connection - we made each team group their cotton balls by 5s and then count to see how many they got)

 Activity 3: ICE CREAM!