The week before Fall Break I taught my "Apple Unit." Pretty much everything we did was about apples! And it made me want to integrate more thematic units into my daily lesson plans. Maybe a pumpkin unit in a few weeks?
We tasted 3 different types of apples and made a graph to see which was the class favorite. Here they are getting their samples:
And the taste testing begins!
After they tasted each piece, I gave them a picture of an apple to color according to which was their favorite:
I wish I had a picture of the finished graph! Red delicious were by far the class favorite, followed by Granny Smith (surprised me!) and Yellow delicious in a distant 3rd place. We love making graphs as a class and I love how great my kids have become at interpreting the data and drawing conclusions.
Sadly, I forgot to take pictures of our experiment when we "dissected" an apple. But we talked about the parts of an apple and then the kids labeled their own. They did great with it and were stretching out some tough words- flesh, skin, etc.
Next up- best part of the unit, applesauce day! We talked about the steps to make applesauce:
1. wash them 2. cut them 3 cook them 4. eat them
1. wash 2. cut 3. sprinkle (because we "sprinkled" in cinnamon and sugar) 4. eat
1. wash 2. cut 3. sugar and cinnamon 4. eat
Then for a fun math activity, we read 10 Apples Up on Top and made our own version. This was a great end of quarter assessment for me- which kids can write and put in order numbers 1-5 and those who still need help.
We had a great apple-filled week! Tomorrow I return to school after a week-long break. And dare I say it? I'm actually ready to go back because I miss my kiddos!
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