Fill in the blanks below with words from this box:

harvest

sweaters

chilly

sets

migrating

change

November

farmers

before

red

orange

yellow

scarecrows

autumn

season

back

October

grapes

pumpkins

corn

September

country

foliage

ground

coats

crows

Fall

Fall, which is also called _____________, is the ____________ when the leaves _____________ color and fall to the _______________. In North America, it is also the season when kids head ______________ to school.

The Weather

Fall begins with warm weather in ______________, but as the season continues into ______________ and ________________, the sun _____________ earlier and earlier everyday and the weather becomes _______________. And so, people put away their shorts and t-shirts and take out their ______________ and _____________.

The Harvest

In fall, _____________ are busy working in their fields. They have to ______________ their crops before the cold of winter comes. ____________, now big and orange, are ready for making pies. ______________ quickly ripens on the cob. Wine makers pick their plump, juicy, purple _______________ from the vine. _______________ stand guard in the fields to keep the ______________ from stealing the crops ______________ the farmers can gather them.

The Country

If you are fortunate, you can visit the ____________ in the fall and see the spectacular ______________ on the trees as the leaves change to _____________, ____________, brown, and ______________.  Overhead, birds are _______________, heading south to their winter homes.