Five Senses Fall Writing

1-Thomson is filled with talented authors and illustrators, but every author must start with a draft and revise it time after time to really get it right!   First graders have been learning how to revise their writing to make it better.  An area of focus has been adding adjectives to our writing to make it more descriptive. This past week, we visited the Fuller Meadow courtyard to do some "Five Senses Fall Writing".  We traveled outside to take in the fall surroundings using our five senses and recorded our observations in our journals.

When we returned to the classroom, we got out our green revising pens and began adding description to our fall nouns that we recorded!  Trees became VIBRANT trees, air became COOL, CRISP air, and pumpkins became PLUMP pumpkins! 
The final product resulted in well-written Five Senses Poems about fall.  Take a look at a sampling of these poems below.

Common Core: W.1.5: With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.