Apples!

Ummm...did I mention I LOVE fall!?!  We had tons of fun with our apple unit this week and still didn't get it all done...we do go to the pumpkin patch tomorrow so that doesn't help, but hopefully we will finish our apple investigations Monday and crossing our fingers to make applesauce using the recipe from Cara over at The First Grade Parade!  Here's just a peek at what we did during centers this week...I totally forgot to snap pics this week!  I'm late having my apple unit on tpt, but if you want to check it out...it's here.

The 5 games below are in the Apple Unit.

The roll and cover is included in the unit, BUT of course the apples aren't on the page because it is illegal to sell anything with DJ Inkers clipart or fonts on it.  

This cute little counting rhyme is in the unit.  

We learned all about Johnny Appleseed.

Remember the cute little labeling activity from Abby?  This went along perfect with that!

We ready The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree and learned about how the apple the grows.

These little Johnnys turned out too cute!  I posted this activity on tpt as well.  It's not in the apple unit, but directions and patterns are in the Johnny Appleseed Activity.

Teddy Bear Picnic!

Wow!  I forget how much I love fall and then when it rolls around its like...aaaahhh!  I LOVE it!  Yes, and in my classroom the fall units are oh so much fun!!  Here are a few snapshots of our teddy bear picnic with Mrs. Mayas' Class and a a few of our teddy bear exploration!  This was so much fun too!  

I just posted my Apple Unit on TpT, plus a cute little Johnny Appleseed Project!

You can visit them here (Apple Unit) & here (Johnny Appleseed).

Apples, Apples, Apples

This week we learned about the letter A and Apples.  We had so many fun things planned to do this week that we had a hard time fitting it all in.  Thanks, parents for sending apples.  Our apple investigation was the most fun!  We read The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree and learned what the apple tree looks like during each season.  We created murals to show the trees in each season.  We made apple pockets that held the life cycle of the apple tree.  Ask your child to put the pictures in the correct order.  We also learned about "Johnny Appleseed" whose real name is John Chapman.  We learned that he traveled all along the Ohio and traded his apple seeds and seedlings for things.  We made a Johnny Appleseed Glyph to go along with our learning.  Hope you enjoy the pictures of all our fun for the week!

finished product of the murals

"Kid Writing"

The ELMO in action

apple pocket life cycles

I got this cute sheet from a teacher friend, Mrs. Estes

We wrote the word on the lines

We sorted our apples...we had the most red apples, and only 1 yellow apple

weighing her apple compared to cubes

measuring her apple with unifix cubes

painting an apple to make a print

it balanced

a finished paper

we made cute Johnny Appleseed hats (idea from mrs. pohlmeyer) and I forgot to get a group picture...these were my only 3 left at the last minute so I could snap a quick pic

Johnny Appleseed glyph (idea from K. Ables)