Some Odds & Ends with APPLES .... Throwing in a Mix of Activities

Odds and Ends...

So I have fallen WAY behind on posts so here is a mix of things we have been up to!

 

Retelling Review

This week our Reading Skill was reviewing the skill of retelling. I read "The Three Little Pigs" to the class and we reviewed the "Give Me Five" retell strategy I taught the week prior. I then gave them puppets and instructed them to use the puppets to retell the story to their partners. THEY LOVED IT!

 

10 Frames and Apples

We have been learning different strategies we can use to add numbers. We introduced the concept of using a 10 Frame to help us add. Since we have also been learning about Johnny Appleseed, what better way to integrate our learning than by using apples in our 10 Frames!

The students rolled a dice and place that many apples on the 10 Frame. Then they roll the dice again and place that many apples on the 10 Frame. After adding the apples up they must use their dry erase markers to write an addition sentence for their 10 Frame.

Erase and repeat .... how easy!



 

Number Line Madness

 

After learning about 10 Frames, we literally JUMPED into number lines. I pulled out my BIG number line mat and AMAZED the kiddos!

 

 

Here you see a student representing an addition problem! I would call out a problem and then ask students to show me that problem by HOPPING on the number line and landing on the answer! I can easily say ALL of my student were engaged!

Then I pulled out more tricks .....

These are Ziploc bag Number lines that I had seen on Pinterest! OF COURSE I had to rush home and make them for my kiddos. You place a piece of plain paper inside the bag, use a permanent marker to draw on your number line, and PRESTO you have an interactive homemade number line! The students use the "zipper" to move on the number line! They can also write the addition sentence on the Ziploc bag using a dry erase marker!

 

 

 Apple Bonds .... Number Bonds

 

We have been moving right along in Math! On top of mastering the 10 Frame and Number line, I also introduced the class to Number Bonds! I had to find a FUN way to teach this and since we were learning about Johnny Appleseed, why not make Apple Bonds!?

 

I started by modeling Number Bonds for the class and labeling the Whole and Parts. We did several examples together whole class.

 

Then we made our own Apple Bonds and used buttons to represent the numbers!

 

 

 JOHNNY APPLESEED FUN

 

We wrapped up our week on Friday by completing some FUN Johnny Appleseed activities!

 
I brought in an Apple Peeler that peels and cores your apples in no time! The kiddos thought I was MAGIC! I even let some student try it out themselves (since it was impossible for them to get hurt)!
We put all the peeled apples in a Crock-Pot along with some other ingredients to make applesauce! YUMMY!

Recipe

Apples are cooking and they made the classroom smell SO GOOD!

 
 

 

 

 

 

 



I know all about ADJECTIVES ... GIVE ME FIVE!

Give me FIVE ....

5 Finger Retell that is!!

 

 

 

Our Reading Skill this week was being able to Retell a story! I used an anchor chart (that I forgot to capture) and introduced the skill. Since we had already discussed Character, Setting, and BME... it was only a matter of putting those skills together.

We read the popular folk tale "The Lion and the Mouse." I think it is SOOO neat to see the kiddos enjoy these timeless stories that I  listened to when I was a child!

We then discussed the Characters, Setting, Beginning, Middle, and End of the story as I scribed their answers on the board. Then we created this little craft pictured above.

This was so easy to do and they loved it!

For a more formal assessment we read our weekly story from the text "School Day," and we completed a worksheet that had the students complete their own 5 Finger Retell questions.

 

Let's Learn About ADJECTIVES!

 

We have learned about Nouns and Verbs ..... so it was time to BUST out the Adjectives!

I use this activity EVERY year and LOVE IT!

First we learn what adjectives are by looking at an anchor chart!

I captured this on my phone...

 

Then I get a blank anchor chart and put my name in the middle! The kiddos come up and brainstorm words that describe ME!

Let me tell you .... this is a great CONFIDENCE boost for myself because kids are so SWEET!

Then I pull out a MYSTERY  gift bag! You immediately hear the oo's and ahh's! I have them brainstorm some adjectives with a partner to describe the bag. We also jot down some predictions of what is in the bag!

After we share our thoughts, I reveal our class gift!

POP ROCK CANDY!

And the class goes WILD!

I allow them to eat the candy, but they must jot down 6 adjectives to describe it!

SO MUCH FUN!

Here are some pictures of my kiddos enjoying the activity!