I have written this poem to accompany the busy autumn scene picture.

The poem starts with:

Leaves are falling on the ground,
Orange, yellow, red and brown.

Brown Owl's Autumn Poem

The poem depicts typical autumnal occurences that are appealing to young children, e.g. suqirrels collecting acorns, bats flying around, pumpkins for sale etc.

The poem also includes some of your favourite characters from my rhyming picture book series 'Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl'.

First we look at the busy autumn scene picture and the children can tell me what they see (and already know).

Next I introduce the poem with lots of actions to aid comprehension. 

I then read it a second time and see if the children can find where each verse occurs in the picture.

I have created gap fill worksheets and a cut & stick activity to help consolidate reading and writing the key language.

Story Walk

The story walk uses the same language and illustrations as the poem.

Once the children are familiar with the vocabulary, they read the words/sentences on their worksheet, find the corresponding picture hidden in the classroom, write down the letter on it. At the end they can work out the hidden message.

I have also included a page of teacher's tips with further ideas on how to use the poem in your lessons.

I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!

For more information about Brown Owl and my series of rhyming picture books, please visit: www.readandrhyme.at