8 pages.  Common Core State Standard: 1.G.3

This craftivity is a quick and easy way to show fractions, and build that math vocabulary.

10 pages. Common Core State Standard: 1.G.3

Help students understand beginning fractions by cutting up an apple. As you cut from whole, to half, and then into quarters, explain each fraction. To further reinforce math vocabulary, students assemble their own apple fraction "flip up" booklet .  A trace & write mini apple fraction booklet is also included, along with apple fraction pocket or word wall word cards.

2 pages. Common Core State Standard: 1.G.3

Use these anchor charts to explain fractions, and then post them as a reminder.

1-2-3 Come Write About Apples With Me!

Increase your students' writing skills with this quick and easy apple "craftivity."   Before hand, brainstorm a list of adjectives that describe apples.  For a source of correct spelling, as well as ideas, write the words on the board to be used as a word bank, for your students to refer to as they write their "Apple Sense."  Encourage them to use at least one adjective for each section. 

Review what the 5 senses are and discuss them as they apply to apples.  So students know what to do, and can independently get to work, make an example of your own to share.

To add that finishing touch, have students glue their school picture to the leaf.  These make an "apple-icious" bulletin board.  Your caption could be:  A Crop/Bushel of Great Work or Mr(s). _______________ 's Students Get To The Core Of Writing. You could also punch a hole in the stem, and suspend the apples back-to-back from the ceiling.

Click on the link to view/download the Apple Sense Writing Activity. This activity will be FREE for an entire year, after which time it will be up-dated & become part of my 30-page, Apple Sense: Science & Writing Craftivities packet in my TpT shop.

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5 pages.

Increase your students' writing skills with this quick and easy apple "craftivity" that reinforces the use of adjectives, at the same time learning about the 5 senses.  This activity will be free for an entire YEAR, after which time, it will be up-dated & become part of my Apple Sense Science & Writing Packet.

1-2-3 Come Study Johnny Appleseed With Me!

I've had several requests for some activities about Johnny Appleseed, so I designed this 10-page packet, which will help your students develop their writing skills. 

The Packet Includes:

• A fact sheet about Johnny Appleseed that the teacher reads.

• 2 Johnny Appleseed's Pot Hat "craftivities" to test comprehension.  Run off the template on card stock.  Students cover it with aluminum foil. They write in their answers on the "pot handle" strips, trim and staple to make a "flip for facts" booklet about Johnny Appleseed. 

• If you'd like to make this extra special, take a head shot of each child and enlarge it to 8x10.  Students glue their cooking pot to the top of their head.  If you don't want to use a photo, have students draw a self-portrait. Instead of Johnny Appleseed on the hat, they write their name + Appleseed.

•  To further test comprehension, I've included a "Tell me 3 facts about Johnny Appleseed" writing prompt.
• A "Write 5 adjectives describing Johnny Appleseed"graphic organizer will also show what students have learned.
• A Johnny Appleseed graphing extension reinforces other standards and allows children to share their opinions, as well as get to know each other better.

Click on the link to view/download the Johnny Appleseed packet.  If you're looking for other Johnny Appleseed activities, I spent several hours searching for some interesting things for my readers.  

To help learn some basic facts, and include singing into your day, there's a Johnny Appleseed song on YouTube that's under 2 minutes. A while back, Disney came out with a Johnny Appleseed movie.  It's only 17 minutes long and can be viewed on YouTube. This would make a nice culminating activity to your Johnny Appleseed studies.

I use coloring pages to make worksheets with letters, numbers, shapes etc.  I also turn them into math sheets and connect the dots via skip counting. When my students are done with the task at hand, they can color the picture.  I'm always on the lookout for coloring pages that fit my theme.  A Johnny Appleseed coloring page can be found at this link.  Martin also has a Johnny Appleseed coloring page, as well as education world.

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10 pages.

This Johnny Appleseed packet will help students develop their writing skills.  It includes:

• A fact sheet about Johnny Appleseed that the teacher reads.
• 2 Johnny Appleseed's Pot Hat "craftivities" to test comprehension. Make just the hat with the "flip for facts" pot handle, or have students draw a self portrait, or take a head shot of them, so that children can glue the pot on top of their head.
• A "Tell me 3 facts about Johnny Appleseed" writing prompt.
• A "Write 5 adjectives describing Johnny Appleseed" graphic organizer.
• + a Johnny Appleseed graphing extension.

1-2-3 Come Study Antonyms and Synonyms With Me!

Since vocabulary building is such a huge part of learning to read and write, I try to think of interesting ways to do that.  Puzzles and games always grab students' attention, so I thought I'd design some with an apple theme for September, and because of the many requests for antonym and synonym activities, I decided to incorporate those. 

Run off on red, yellow and green construction paper; laminate and trim the 66 antonym apples to make puzzles.  Use them for games too, such as Memory Match or toss them in a basket and have students choose several to play "I Have; Who Has?"   The apples provide 132 words to help build student vocabularies.  A blank apple template is also included.

Be sure and check out my list of 290 antonyms + a cover so students can make their own antonym word booklets.

I've also included 80 synonym leaves with 2 blank leaf templates.  Run off on green construction paper, laminate and trim.  Encourage students to write in synonyms of their own.

These activities are wonderful for Daily 5 Word Work.  Click on the link to view/download The Antonym Apples packet

I also whipped together a little activity to help build apple-themed vocabulary specifically.  Students cut off the apple word list bookmark on the left of the page, and then write the apple words in alphabetical order on the right. Click on the link to view/download the Apple Word activities.

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19 pages.

Run off on red, yellow and green construction paper; laminate and trim the 66 antonym apples to make puzzles.  Use them for games too, such as Memory Match or toss them in a basket and have students choose several, to play "I Have; Who Has?"   The apples provide 132 words to help build student vocabularies.  A blank apple template is also included.

Be sure and check out my list of 290 antonyms + a cover so students can make their own antonym word booklets.

I've also included 80 synonym leaves with 2 blank leaf templates.  Run off on green construction paper, laminate and trim.  Encourage students to write in synonyms of their own.

1-2-3 Have A Buschel Of Fun Doing Apple Activities With Me!

This 32-page packet covers quite a few Common Core State Standards, that involve math and language arts.

The packet includes:

• A bushel basket sorting activity for odd & even numbers, as well as vowels & consonants.
• Numbered apples from 1-120
• Apple math symbols so students can make addition or subtraction equations + show greater and less than.
• Red, green & yellow apple tiles to use as counting & sorting manipulatives or to make patterns.
• An upper and lowercase apple alphabet anchor chart.
• 6 "What's Missing?" upper and lowercase letter worksheets with matching letter tiles.
• 2 assessments for upper and lowercase letters, with a "note home" to inform parents of the results.
• Pre-writing trace the lines activity.
• Trace and write the letters and numbers worksheets.
• Trace and write apple word vocabulary worksheet.
• "I Spy" upper and lowercase letters.  Students become ABCDe-tectives, find and then circle the letters and then add up how many they found.
• "Connect the Letters" to make an apple worksheet, as well as "Connect the Numbers" (by 1's, 5's and 10's.)

Click on the link to view/download the Apple Activities Packet.

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