Apple Unit

As I mentioned in an earlier post,  I am creating thematic units for my first grader's history and science lessons. I plan these to last 2 weeks per topic, and we do it three days each week. My friend and I are both doing these units with our boys and at the end of our unit, we get together for a theme-related snack and craft. Now that it's fall, of course we had to have an apple theme. Here's what we did:

Read:  How To Make An Apple Pie and See the World

Find each country listed in the story on a world map

Play this game from fiarcircle.com 

 Read:  Apples Grow on a Tree, Mari Schuh

Life Cycle of an Apple Tree 

Apple Life Cycle

Read:  It's An Apple Tree! Elisa Peters

Parts of an Apple Craft

Read:   Johnny Appleseed, A. Smith

Watch the Johnny Appleseed DVD 

Make J.A.

Read: Apple Fractions

Basic Parts of a Whole

Apple Fraction Activity

Gummy Worm Stretch

 

Group Day: 

Snack: Mini Apple Pies

Craft: Stained Glass Apples

 

Thanks to all the great teachers and bloggers for sharing their creations for us to enjoy! The next unit I'll be posting is our Ocean unit!