Apples!

I just wanted to do a quick update and share some ideas that you could use in your classroom to teach about Apples:  
These are all ideas previously posted, but hey, everything old is new again sometime right??
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/apple-day-activities-day-1/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/apple-day-day-2/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/apple-day-day-3/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/apple-day-day-4/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/apple-day-day-5/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/inquiry-science/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/pattern-block-shapes/
http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/patten-block-graph/
 
Hope this helps you with some ideas!  I’ll start posting again regularly in about [...]

Apple Day (day 5)

Here is what we did on day 5 of apple day…
We predicted whether or not we thought the apples we had would float or sink.  Before testing the apples in the water, we talked about why or why not the apples would float or sink.
We then made a graph to show our predictions…

I was going [...]

Apple Day (day 4)

Today we got to make our Apple Happy books.  I had each child read with either me or my assistant and we stamped their books when we were done.  It was also very cute to hear them–some of my more vocal children were very quiet when reading and some of the soft spoken ones were [...]

Apple Day (day 3)

Well we didn’t get done nearly everything I wanted to get done because my kids found out it is my birthday today and they were more interested in that!  They made me write about myself in our Morning Message today–I feel so selfish doing that! They said that because I write about their birthdays in [...]

Apple Day (day 2)

We had so much fun today reading and learning about apples.  We again read our big book “Apples” by Melvin and Gilda Berger.  Today, we looked for seasonal words: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer and highlighted these words in the book. 

I store them in these large envelopes labeled with the title of the book and paper [...]

Apple Day Activities (day 1)

We began our study of apples by guessing what I had hidden in my Science Mystery Box.  After a few questions, the children guessed that I had an apple and so it began….
During our math/science time (it was brilliant of me to put them together in the same time block, because of all the overlap [...]

Pattern Block Shapes

For each seasonal “time” in our year, I have my kids complete a pattern to display.  These go along with the Pattern Block Graph I created (under the Math tab and in the PDF files).  I have an apple, pumpkin, (the turkey is in progress!) scarecrow (on the PDF page) ,a snowman, snowflake, heart, shamrock, [...]

Patten Block Graph

This is a graph I made a few years ago that I just love!  I have a seasonal shape that I have my kids fill in with paper pattern block and then to stretch the learning just a bit, and since each child fills in a hexagon a different way, I have them graph their [...]