FALLing

into Poems

Name: ______________________

October

October’s the month

When the smallest breeze

Gives us a shower

Of autumn leaves.

Bonfires and pumpkins,

Leaves sailing down.

October is red,

Golden and brown.

Fall Is Here

Fall is here.

Another year is coming to an end.

Summer’s finished, summer’s gone,

Winter’s round the bend.

Fall is piles of crunchy leaves,

Orange, gold and red.

Fall is sweaters with long sleeves

And blankets on the bed.

Fall is football.

Fall is pumpkins.

Fall is coming back to school

And seeing all my friends.

I Like Leaves

Green leaves, brown leaves

Red leaves too.

I like colorful leaves.

How about you?

Orange leaves, yellow leaves.

Purple leaves too.

I like fall leaves.

How about you?

APPLE (sung to the tune of BINGO)

I know a fruit that grows on trees

An apple is its name, oh!

* * * * A-P-P-L-E * * * *

A-P-P-L-E A-P-P-L-E

An apple is its name, oh!

In summer and in early fall

It’s time to pick an apple!

* * * *

It may be sweet or may be tart.

It’s red or green or yellow.

* * * *

A Macintosh or Granny Smith

A Winesap or Delicious

* * * *

Make applesauce or apple juice

Or apple pie with apples!

Fall

When the leaves are on the ground

Instead of in the trees,

I like to make a pile of them

Way up to my knees.

I like to run and jump in them

And kick them all around.

I like the prickly feel of them

And the crickly crackly sound.

Apples by Helen Moore

Apples, apples what a treat,

Sweet and tart and good to eat.

Apples green and apples red,

Hang from branches overhead.

When they ripen,

Down they drop

So we can taste our apple crop!

Leaves

Leaves are on the pumpkin.

Leaves are on the tree.

Leaves are on the house.

Leaves are on me.

Leaves are on the ground.

Leaves are on the street.

Leaves are on the car.

Leaves are on my feet.

Leaves are on the wagon.

Leaves are on the bear.

Leaves are on the dog.

Leaves are everywhere.

Flutter, Flutter Little Bat

by Leanne Guenther

Flutter, flutter little bat

How I wonder where you’re at.

Swooping through the darkest night

You find your way without a light.

Flutter, flutter little bat

How I wonder where you’re at!

Amazing Bats

Amazing bats like to eat

Thousands of bugs for a tasty treat.

Flying through the moonlit air

Traveling here and traveling there.

Hibernating when the weather's cold,

Gathered with hundreds of friends, I'm told.

Many bats are endangered, I'm sad to say

There are fewer and fewer bats every day.

Be kind to bats, that's the thing to do

Tell your friends and your family too!

Halloween

Pumpkins

Pumpkins large, pumpkins small,

Pumpkins short, pumpkins tall,

Pumpkins orange, pumpkins green,

All for us on Halloween.

Jack-o-Lantern

Jack-o-lantern, big and scary

Some are sad, some are merry.

Some are large, some are small.

Some just have no teeth at all!

5 Little

Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins were sitting on a gate

The first one said, "Oh, my! It’s getting late!"

The second one said, "There are witches in the air!"

The third one said, "But we don't care!"

The fourth one said, "Let's run, let's run!"

The fifth one said, "It’s only Halloween fun."

Then whoooo went the wind and out went the light.

The five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

My Spider

I have a little spider

And I’m very fond of him.

He climbs on to my shoulder

And then up to my chin.

He crawls down my arm

And then down my leg.

Now he’s a tired little spider

So I put him into bed.

Spiders

Spiders are not insects.

Spiders have eight legs.

Spiders have four pairs of eyes.

Spiders hatch from eggs!

Spiders’ webs are sticky.

Spiders weave them tight.

Spiders weave that silky string

To make their webs just right!

Firefighters

Firefighters wear big red hats.

Climb up ladders to rescue cats.

Ride big trucks with big black tires.

Use big hoses to spray fires.

Race when they hear fire alarms

To help keep people safe from harm.

The Up and Down Kitten by Helen Moore

My kitten climbed right up the tree,

But she couldn’t climb back down.

The firemen came to rescue her,

From the other side of town.

One fireman climbed up the tree

And brought that kitten down.

Now, pretty kitten, stay with me,

Stay here on the ground.

I’m A Little Scarecrow

I’m a little scarecrow,

Raggedy and worn.

I wear a hat

And a shirt that’s torn.

When the crows come,

I wave and shout.

“Away from my garden,

Get out! Get out!”

The Frisky Little Squirrel

Oh, the frisky little squirrel

He gathers nuts and seeds.

He hides them for the winter months

So he’ll have all he needs.

Oh, up, up, up he goes

And down, down,

down he comes.

He runs around,

Goes up and down.

His work is never

done.

Wind Tricks

The wind is full of tricks today.

It blew my daddy’s hat away.

It chased our paper down the street.

It almost blew us off our feet!

It makes the trees and bushes dance.

Just listen to it howl and prance.

The Playful Wind

The wind came out to play one day.

He swept the clouds out of his way.

He blew the leaves

And away they flew.

The trees bent low

And their branches did too!

The wind blew the great big ships at sea.

The wind blew the kite away from me.