Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

We read the story Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf book by Lois Ehlert.

On one of the pages there was a picture of many maple tree seeds. Some of the children made different observations about the seeds on this page.   They look like they are: falling down  flying boomerangs numb chucks spinning wings helicopters   fire flies in the sky
At the end of the story, it said;  "But if you want to visit my tree, come in the fall.  That's my favorite time.  Can you guess why? Some of the children guessed that it was because of the different colors and the leaves falling down.  Some of the children also noticed the beautiful illustrations and the colors that the illustrator used for the red and yellow leaves.  There were also some cut-outs of a maple leaf on some of the pages.  
Sometimes we read the whole story and some times we discuss the different things we notice on each of the pages.  We have lots of very observant students. The maple tree seeds were different colors at the beginning (green) of the story and at the end (brown).  
We made red and yellow tissue paper leaves for our big tree out in the hallway.  

We have been reading a lot of different books by the author Lois Ehlert.  Help your child find an Lois Elhert book at home or at the Library and look for some things that are similar amongst her books.

Reading Standards for Literature :  Key Ideas and Details

MA.1.  With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud