Apple Theme/Unit
Welcome to Teaching Heart's Apple Unit. Grab a
basket and start picking some ideas for your
theme on apples. An apple unit is a great way to
start the school year. Below you will find my
favorite ideas, poems, printables, & other
great apple sites.
Last Updated October
2013
Let's learn about apples! These websites will
give you great background for your unit.
 The Story
of Johnny Apple Seed - print this
story out and read it to your class.
For grades 2--4, make enough copies for
each student to read. Discuss the story.
Click here to learn how
to make these rice krispie treats!
Apple
Tree Snack
A is for
Apple! Here is a fun snack that you
can have your students make…
Just supply 2 crackers, 2 pretzel sticks,
six Fall themed M&M’s and some
green icing.
Cute snack
and yummy too! You can even add
some bears to hang out around the
tree. They have the apple Teddy
Grahams by Honey Maid out now that would
go well with the theme… Or any
Teddy Grahams will do!
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Apple
Facts
Print these facts on sentence strips and share
them with your class. After you have gone over
the sentence strips with you class, place them in
a pocket chart and store them in a center. Have
your student pick a sentence to write and
illustrate.
These facts are
taken from the Vermont
Apple Website.
Visit this site for great resources.
In an
average year, U.S. farmers grow about 250 million
bushels of apples.
About
60 percent of the U.S. apple crop is consumed
fresh.
Red
Delicious is the apple variety with the greatest
production in the U.S.
The
top U.S. apple varieties are: Red Delicious,
Golden Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, Fuji and
McIntosh.
The
average American consumes about 19 pounds of
fresh apples each year.
The
average American eats just over 4 pounds of
canned apples and about 1.7 gallons of apple
juice annually.
Around
the world, apple growers grow over 1 billion
bushels of apples.
Largest
apple producers (in decreasing order): China,
United States, Italy, France, Poland and Germany.
Apple Math Ideas
Some math ideas with an apple theme
Sort
laminated apples of different sizes/colors. Have
students place different sizes in different
baskets. You could make this a center.
Have
students put different size apples in order.
Use
different color construction paper apples to make
apple patterns.
Provide
tiny apples and a booklet with One apple, two
apples, etc. on the booklet.
Have the students paste the
correct number of apples on each page.
Make
sets of apples with matching numbers or letters
for your students to match.
Graph
favorite drinks made from apples.
(Apple cider or apple juice)
Cut
apples in halves, thirds, fourths. Use these to
teach fractions.
Like my apple glyph???
As you can see if you use the key.
My favorite apple is yellow.
I have never swallowed a seed.
Apples are yummy but the stem tells you they are
not my all time favorite fruit. (strawberries
are!)
The leaves of my apple tell you that I like
apples best in a pie.
Who could argue?
Isn’t this the cutest and simplest way to
get some math chart making and reading going on
in your classroom?
The
file is found in the teachingheart apple packet
#1 and it includes
the patterns and the key to create great apple
glyphs in your classroom!!!
For more math fun
with apples, go grab some Playdoh and these
adorable apple Play Doh Mats!!!
I adore these. All
you need to do is print them and laminate them
for years of use.
Supply some play doh and have your kids make
seeds to match the number. Also, have them
outline the A in play doh and lastly, that pie
needs some crust!!!
Go
get it! Apple
Packet # 1- It's part of our apple packet!!!
Or you may want
these two Mats which are found in our Apple
Bundle (click here)
or Apple
Packet #2 (click here)
How about making the
apple coffee filter craft below. This
packet (click here) and
the bundle
(click here)
contains a template and directions for this
craft!
Learn to make the little apples above - click
here!
Apple Printables
From Teaching Heart
Enjoy!
Apple
Making Words - Includes
cutouts for making words activity and
four activities for the student to
complete using the words made. This makes
a great independent center activity.
Grades 1-3
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CDROM # 2- This CD
includes two apple activities & 100's
of other fall goodies. Check it out!
Grades k-3
CDROM #4 - This CD
has six printables to match Johnny
Appleseed
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Apple
Book- Student
colors the apples and writes in the
number of apples seen on the page. After
the book is complete, the student can
read it to a friend.
Grades k-1
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Apple
Math -
Story problems.
Grades 1-2
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This
is an apple take it to your seat center.
I store mine in a ziploc. Pretty simple,
student matches the tally mark apple to
the correct tree. Also, I have included a
pencil sheet for your students to
complete once they make the center!!!!
Great way to make sure they got the
concept.
This
5 page free apple printable can be
downloaded for free — Click here
to download the free apple tally
center!!! Now those
are some good apples!
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Apple
Seed Toss- Have your
students break into teams of 2-3. Give
each player five apple seeds. Each player
takes a turn tossing their five seeds
onto the board. They add up the points
for each seed that lands on an apple
square. The person with the highest
number wins. Play agian!
Grades k-3
You print the pages and write the words
you want on the apples. Students
take an apple out of the bucket one at a
time and write the word on the apple next
to the given number. This could be
used as a center activity as well!
This is free
to download below…
Click to
download bobbing for apple activity
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Apple Dauber
-
Use this activity sheet with a bingo
Dauber to review what you have learned!
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Here’s
another activity that fits with a fall
apple theme. All you need is the activity
sheet and a bingo dauber. I programed
this activity sheet with things my
daughter needed to review. I would call
out an item on the chart and she would
have to find it and daub it! Of course
she loved this and didn’t even
realize she was reviewing some pre-k
skills. You can download the sheet I used
with her here in PDF.
In
the classroom, you could use this sheet
to review anything you are working on. Click Here to
download a blank one you can
print and program with items you would
like to review. You do not need to use a
dauber. You could use a highlighter,
sticky notes to cover up given item, or a
pencil to mark off the items. You can
review math problems or use it to study
for a test. I ideas are endless!!!
Love
me some Bingo Daubers… Check out my
other post on this!
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Apple
Investigation -
Give each student an apple and this
sheet. Allow them to explore their apple.
Grades k-2
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Here
is a free activity to go along with Ten Apples
Up On Top by Dr. Seuss.
It includes
pages to print and apples to print.
You print the four kids heads and the
apples. I laminated and
added Velcro so students can
manipulate by putting the correct number
of apples up on top of the correct head!
The file
includes an independent activity sheet
the student can color and then glue or
stick the correct number of apples above
the heads.
Click here
to download the free Apples on Top File
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CLICK HERE
TO LEARN MORE!!!
Apple
Packet For Prek, Kindergarten, and First
1.) Apple
Roll Say Keep—Directions for play.
Cards include alphabet letters/sounds and
Dolch Pre-Primer Words.
2.) Apples
Numbers—Make into a center. Student
matches the apple with the seeds to the
correct number. Independent sheet
is included.
3.) Apples
Playdoh Mats—Covers numbers 3 to 10.
Students make seeds to match number.
Also includes a pie to finish making and
an /a/ to trace with the dough.
4.) Apple
Glyph—Pattern and
I Have Who
Has Apple Picking Edition—A Game for
12.
6.) Apple
Sequence—Student cuts out seven
apple pictures and glues them in order.
7.) Apple
Open House Topper—Tags to attach to
apples to hand out to parents at open
house!!!
8.) Apple
Parts—Students cut and glue to label
the apple.
9.) Apple
Jacks Math—provide a small cup of
Apple Jacks for each student. Complete
the activities on the sheet as a
class or independently.
10.) Roll
and draw a happy apple—Supply dice.
Students take turns rolling dice and
drawing in parts of the happy apple.
First one to finish their apple is the
winner.
10.) Ten on
Top—Beginning Sounds Game.
11.) Apple
Beginning Sound Coloring Sheet—Color
apples based on beginning sound of
picture.
12.) Trace,
Cut, Glue Numbers 1-20
12 Files for
one LOW price - Pages and Pages of Hands
On Apple Activities.
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TO LEARN MORE!!!
or get our 2
APPLE Packets for one low price of
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as all below...
 
In This
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Page 4 and 5 Apples on Top Picture Frame
Activity and a fun lesson idea.
Page
6 and 7 Apple Coffee Filter Craft and
Template
~Page
8 to 10 Apple Play Dough Mats with ideas.
~Page
11 to 15 Apples Happy Poem activities. Includes
pocket chart pieces
~Page16
Position Words Activity. Students
glues an applebased on dictated text.
~Page17
Apples in my Basket Glyph. A
simple glyph for asmall group of students
to work on.
~Page18
Roll an Apple Orchard Dice Game. Students
taketurns rolling a dice and collecting
images for their orchard. First
person to collect all the pictures wins.
~Page
19 to Page 23 Apple Life Cycle. Includes
a coloring page. Includes
pocket chart pieces. Includes
a cut and sequence activity sheet. Includes
a little book to color.
~Page
24 through Page 30 Apple Coloring Code. Studentscolor
apples on the tree based on the letter
that Is on each apple. Includes
all letters of the alphabet.
~Page
31 is a simple cut and paste math
counting activity.
~Page
32 should be used with lesson on page 4.
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Apple Language Arts
Ideas
Some ideas with an apple theme
Write
Apple Vocabulary Words on Apple Die-cuts. Display
these on your word wall. Your students can look
at the words when needed.
Read
various apple books to your class. Have students
pick a book to report on.
After
reading 4 -6 books with an apple theme, graph
your students favorites.
Use
the letters in the word apple to make words. Give
each student a letter tile with the letters a, p,
p, l, e, s. Instruct them to make the following
words at their seat.
as, pal, lap,
sap, ape, pea, sea, spa, slap, pals, apes, peas,
apple, apples
Have your
students write these words in their journals.
Give them a highlighter and ask them to highlight
all the words that rhyme snap. (sap, lap, slap).
Have them use the word apple in a sentence. Check
their work.
Johnny
Appleseed
Read this story to your
class.
BEFORE YOU READ
Have students name their favorite kinds of foods
with apples. Place these on a large apple
cut-out.
Johnny is often
remembered for his generosity to people and his
respect for nature. Ask your students to share
different ways they have shown generosity to
others or respect to nature.
DURING READING
Important events in Johnny's life took place in
many different states. As you come across state
names in the book, list them on chart paper and
record the events. Dispaly a map of the US and
have students visualizes the travels of Johnny
Appleseed.
Your chart may
look like this:
Massachusetts
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Pennsylvania
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Ohio
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Indiana
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born in 1774
mom
died
lived
with his large family
(10 brothers and sisters)
picked
apples
loved
nature
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lived like
the Indians
planted
trees
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planted
apple orchards
helped
the settlers
shared
stories with children
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planted
trees
became
ill and died 1845
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Ideas From Other Teachers
A big thanks to those that use this site and send
in ideas to share with others. If you have an
apple idea, link, activity sheet, or resource,
send it to teachingheart@teachingheart.net
. Great teachers share!
I
usually have the kids bring in an apple and then
we graph the different types of apples such as
agranny Smith, REd delicious and t he yellow
apples. I usually allow them to eat their apples
at
canteen/recess time that day.
Then we read about
Johnny Appleseed and discuss the story. Then we
talk about the type genre the story is etc....
I usually end up
completing an art project where the kids follow
directions by drawing the hand on a sheet of
paper and coloring it brown. This becomes the
trunk of the tree and the fingers are branches.
Then I use green tempera paint and sponges cut in
the shape of leaves to sponge paint the leaves on
the tree. Then I use the end of a carrot and red
tempera paint to put the apples on the tree.
Then sometime during
that week I have a video that I got free off the
internet that talks about how apples grow and
then are harvested and made into different things
and how the apples finally make it to us in the
store. The kids really enjoy the video since most
of the kids just seem to think the apples
magically appear there in the store.
The next time I use
apples is usually when I teach fractions and this
time I cut them into various size pieces and have
them tell me who would have the larger slices.
A friend of mine
uses apples to teach the layers of the earth. It
goes something like this---The core of the apple
represents the core of the earth --surrounding
the core is the mantle which is the
meaty part. Then the peel becomes the outer layer
orcrust. Then she usually adds a layer of caramel
to the apple and that becomes the soil.
Janna Tipton
Hello, Apples are wonderful! I try to do
something with apples each
day during September. I do an apple project with
my second
graders. They have to create something from an
apple. They have a
month for the project, parents may only help by
doing what my
student tells them to do on the project (they
love this part). For
this project I have students tell me about the
process they went
through to make their project. This is usually
the second project
of the year for us. Here are pictures of some of
the projects we
do:
http://www.geocities.com/ms_vines_second_grade/Pictures.htm
In class I have each of my students bring in a
different kind of
apple, we cut them up and share them, everyone
gets a taste. We make
a graph out of the number of seeds we find in
each kind of apple. We
graph our favorite apple. I have them make an
apple person using
the different size apples you can cut out by
using the Ellison Dies
and red and green paper (like the heart people).
We write adventure
stories about our apple person. One day we do
apple flavored
snacks. I try to make it fun for my class.
Janet Vines
Mt. Carmel Elementary
www.geocities.com/ms_vines_second_grade
Apple Poems, Songs, and Fingerplays
These are great to have students illustrate. You
could also have them highlight all the verbs...
There is so much you can do with these.
Apples
Off My Tree
(Tune: Skip to My Lou)
Pick some apples off my tree,
Pick some apples off my tree
Pick some apples off my tree
Pick them all for you and me.
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Apple,
Apple
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Apple, apple on the tree,
I know that you are good for me.
You are fun to munch and crunch
For a snack and for my lunch.
Apple, apple on the tree,
I know that you are good for me.
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Ten Rosy
Apples
Ten rosy apples high in a tree,
Safely hiding where no one can see.
When the wind goes rocking to and fro,
Ten rosy apples to the ground must go.
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Apples
Big
Apples big,
Apples small.
Guess what?
I like them all!
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Apples
Red apples,
Green apples,
Yellow apples, too.
Big apples,
Little apples,
Shiny apples, too.
Crunchy apples,
Soft apples,
Rotten apples, ooh!
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APPLESAUCE
Tune Yankee Doodle?
Peel an apple,
Cut it up,
Cook it in a pot.
When you taste it
You will find
It's applesauce you've got!
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A Wiggly
Worm
(Tune: "Boom! Boom! Ain't It Great
to Be Crazy?")
Chorus:
Yum! Yum! Don't you know I love apples?
Yum! Yum! Don't you know I love apples?
Red and green and yellow, too…
Yum! Yum! Don't you know I love apples?
Verse
1
Way up high in an apple tree, I saw two
eyes look at me.
I reached for an apple; it started to
squirm…oops! I found a wiggly worm!
Chorus
Verse
2
That wiggly worm is a friend of mine. We
eat apples all the time.
I let him crawl back to that tree…
hey! I see that worm looking at me!
Chorus
Eat
An Apple
Eat an apple;
(Bring right hand to mouth)
Save the core.
(Close right hand in fist)
Plant the seeds.
(Bend down touch hand to ground)
And grow some more.
(Extend both arms out)
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Great Books With an Apple Theme
Click on a book to learn more or to purchase at
Amazon.com
Free on the Web to Print!
Here are some other sites that offer free
printables to match this theme.
Other Great Apple Units.
If you did not find what you were looking for
here, try some of these awesome apple units by
other teachers.
 
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