APPLES, APPLES, APPLES

This week we did a fun unit on apples. I always like to do this unit as a way to integrate reading, writing, math and art. I also think that it is one I really enjoy and the kids do too. At the first of the week we talk about what we know about apples and what we want to know about apples. I then read some information books about apples to our class. We wrote down what we had learned about apples. It was fun to learn new facts about apples. Then the students wrote their own "apple stories" to make a class book. We also made apple art to hang on our tree in the hallway. On Friday it was Johnny Appleseed's birthday. We read a big book about him. Each child brought their own apple today. We graphed them by color. We counted how many and found out which color had the least and which color had the most. I then wrote a graph on the whiteboard to show what it looked like. The students then wrote the graph in their journals. They did a great job with graphing our results. Then, we went outside to enjoy eating our apples. It was fun to see some of our class eat all the way to the core of the apple and find the seeds. We even had some kids in our class break the core in half and find the star in the middle of the apple. It was really neat, (I didn't get a picture of this because we were so involved with talking about this). I love this group of kids! We have had a great year so far! I am so proud of the way they are listening and following directions so we get to do fun activities like this!