Welcome to New York!

One of the most wonderful things about living in New York is getting to experience the change of seasons. New York is in the Northeast Region of the United States.  Not all regions of the United States, or other parts of the world get to have this same experience.

Map of the United States of America, New York is highlighted red

We are able to welcome the gorgeous color change of the leaves on the trees during the Fall and we are also able to build snowmen and drink hot chocolate in the Winter.  After a few months of frigid temperatures, we then get to watch as the flowers begin to bloom again and the trees sprout their new leaves during the Spring months.  Then, we welcome the Summer months when we are out of school and able to go to the beach.  

Since I've started this blog in the beginning of October, let's talk about Fall first.  

The Fall season may also be called Autumn. We usually experience Fall between the end of September, October, and November; so it is about 3 months long.  

Next, we enter Winter.  Winter typically lasts through December, January, and February.

Then, we enter Spring.  In New York, we enter Spring during March; and it continues through the months of April and May.

After Spring comes Summer.  Summer lasts through June, July, and August.

Each year, the seasons will begin or end on different days but they are typically about 3 months long.

Some people may have a favorite season. Maybe they prefer, or like, one type of weather or maybe they prefer the activities that we get to enjoy in one season.

I personally love all of the seasons!  I enjoy the differences in weather, I like doing different activities during each season.  

Keep coming back to read about the experiences we can have during each season!

Vocabulary

Gorgeous: very pretty, nice to look at

Snowmen:  more than one snowman.  A snowman is usually 3 big round balls of snow stacked on top of each other. 

Hot chocolate: warm drink made of melted chocolate or cocoa powder 

Frigid: very cold in temperature

Sprout: to begin to grow

Vocabulary Review

Circle the vocabulary words.

Parts of Speech: Nouns

• Nouns are words that identify a person, place, animal, thing, or idea.  
• Some examples from this blog of nouns are:
• New York
• seasons
• hot chocolate
• Spring
• Winter
• Summer
• love
• If you want to practice, see how many nouns you can find in one or two sections!