Apple Theme Activities
Apples are always one of my favorite topics for the beginnings of the school year. The bounty of apples always gives me warm fall feelings. Did you know that more apples are eaten in America that any other fruit? I’m not surprised. Who doesn’t like the crunch of an apple?
Some great science facts about apples (such as life cycle, parts of an apple, and the difference between popular apple varieties) can be easily incorporated into your literacy and math. I love to start by doing an apple report. It makes a great introduction and a showy portfolio page. I also like to use an apple themed student guided reader that walks students through the experiment in easy reading fashion.
While enjoying the science of apples, the whole curriculum can easily be turned into an apple theme using our Cross-Curricular Thematic Unit of study. In this unit you will find shared reading lessons and activities, scripted lessons for small groups that feature both math and reading lessons, writing activities, and a beautiful real-photo word, vocabulary wall.
Students will also enjoy writing activities, guided readers, art projects, songs and finger plays, and of course plenty of apple science.
This unit is stuffed with 31 apple-themed activities that will fill an entire week or two!
You can easily supplement your apple study with high quality literature that you will find in our suggested book section.
Create a science center for students to enjoy, sing apple songs, create apple crafts, write about apples, eat apples, draw apples, measure apples, weigh apples, yes, even drink apples! Apple-themed learning creates happy, inquisitive, creative learners.
There are so many great videos on youtube. Below is one of my favorite ones that is a field trip to an apple farm.
So head to the apple farm, out to your backyard tree, or your favorite neighborhood store, fill up your shopping cart with apples, and let the fun begin!
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Product Description
Apples Anyone?
This apple thematic unit is strategically linked to core standards and will connect all areas of your curriculum. Apples Yum!
Table of Contents
Shared Reading Lessons:
And Apple is its Name Oh: Enjoying Songs & Poetry
Way Up High in the Apple Tree: Enjoying Songs & Poetry
Yummy Apples: Word Substitution
Apple Flashcards
Literacy Activities
ABC Apple Orchard: Identifying Alphabet Letters
Apple Tree Rhymes: Producing Rhyming Words
Eating Apples: Identifying Beginning Sounds
Color Word Worms: Matching and Writing Color Words
ABC Apple Trace: Tracing Alphabet Letters
Math Activities
Willy the Wandering Worm: Identifying Numbers
Apple Number Memory: Matching Numbers
Bobbing For Apples: Working with 5-Frames
Math Journal Sticker: Draw an Apple Story
Writing
Apple Wordwall (Beautiful Realistic Photographs)
Apple Parts: Labeling Activity
The Way I Like Apples
Johnny Appleseed
Guided Reading Books
I like Apples
Apples Guided Reading Supports
Science
Apple Report: Scientific Processes
Apple Taste Test: Making Comparisons and Recording Data
Apple Life Cycle: Portfolio Sample
Art Projects
Apple Tree Art
Apple Mosaic
Apple Prints
Songs/Fingerplays
Eating Apples (Be careful, this one will not leave your brain)
Five Little Apples
Have You Ever Seen An Apple
The Apple Tree
Apples
Applesauce
Apple and Pumpkin Themed Guided Readers
Apple Experiment Science Guided Reader
Eating Apples Free Beginning Sound Game
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Apples and Pumpkin Themed Emergent Books
Thematic emergent reading books make learning to read fun and engaging! Kids LOVE this paper fall themed books!
Offering students a paper book that can be colored and taken home offers students authentic purpose for the guided reading instruction and opportunity to practice techniques at home.
Table of Contents:
1. Apples
2. The Pumpkin Cycle
3. Pumpkin Colors
4. Pumpkin Patch
5. Apple Picking Time
6. The Apple Experiment
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Bring some science fun into your guided reading! Students love to complete the experiment as they read their own adorable little reader.
