Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Types of Apples

Hi!

I have been up to a lot lately.  I wanted to try tying in more into my annual Johnny Appleseed unit. So I decided to focus more on different types of apples and integrating it into the different subject areas.  I came up with a simple theme of small research on 10 of the most popular apple types and use a timeline to sequence when they surfaced on the mass-market.

For the other subject areas:

Paragraph writing tie-in: Students taste tested six different apple types and then wrote about their favorite type of apple and why. This turned into a craftivity.


Poetry: Students taste apples and then write a triante poem about an apple.

Math tie-in: Students measure different apple types with measuring tapes, spring scales, and a balance. (This I did as a teacher led center). Pic below.

Science tie-in: Students conducted apple experiments to look for solutions to stop the oxidation process.


Overall, this theme has created a lot of motivation, learning, and great writing results.

For the first two days I have decided to post the product as a FREEBIE for FOLLOWERS, as a thank you!


Enjoy!
Erin

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