1. Preparation

Make a list of the names of trees which you know when you see them. Try to get twigs from some of them to bring to class.

Find answers to these questions:

How much has the twig grown this year? What shows it?

What besides leaves do you find on the twig? Why are the buds there?

Notice the place from which a leaf has fallen. Do you know what the spot is called?

What changes come to the leaves of a tree before winter?

Ask some one these questions:

1. Why do leaves change color? You may find different explanations offered.

2. Why do they fall?

3. What becomes of the sap in the tree when winter comes?

2. Written Work

a. Keep a record of what happens to the leaves of two or three trees that you know. Note these points:

1. What colors the leaves turn.

2. Which tree changes color first.

3. Which tree loses its leaves first.

b. Write a composition telling what changes take place in the trees as winter comes. Include as many of these points as you can:

1. Change in the color of leaves.

2. Falling of the leaves.

3. What happens to the sap.

4. The new buds.

5. The beauty of the trees as they change.

You may like to keep this and other compositions in a notebook after your teacher has corrected them.

If you prefer, write how squirrels, or buds, or frogs prepare for winter.