Language Through Nature 



What do you know about their food supply at this 

 season ? 



How will they get food this winter ? 



What birds have you seen going away ? 



Tell where they are going and how they can find food 

 there at this season. 



How do you think they find their way ? . 



Where and why do they stop on their journey ? 



When will they come back here ? 



What birds, if any, stay here all winter ? 



What do they eat ? How are they kept warm ? 



Name any other animals that get thicker coats for winter. 



Make a picture of our landscape at this season. 



Make a picture showing how you tjiink the landscape looks in 

 the place to whicJi the birds go. 



If you write about birds be careful to use capital letters and 

 punctuation marks correctly. 



Remember how a comma is used in writing a series. 



GOOD-BYE TO SUMMER 



THE brown birds are flying like leaves through 

 the sky, 



The flowerets are calling, "Dear birdlings, good- 

 bye ! " 



The bird voices falling, so soft from the sky, 

 Are answ'ring the flow'rets, "Dear playmates, 

 good-bye." 



Kate S. Kellogg. 



