Grades

K–1

APPLES
Includes:
• Lesson Ideas
• Mini-Books
• Learning Activities
 Welcome to the
APPLES
Printable Packet
Welcome to the Apples pack for kindergarten
and first grade!
Use this pack to help you teach using an apple
theme. With lessons, activities, leveled mini-books,
manipulatives, and more, we have you covered
to supplement your science, reading, writing, and
math lessons.

What You Will Find Inside:

• Tasting Apples activity and journal page.
• Ripe Red Apple craft to build students’
excitement and engagement as they learn
about the plant’s life cycle.

• Apple Tree Draw & Write Reproducible that

prompts students to draw and use their • A guided glyph activity, Apple-Picking
drawing to complete a math sentence. Time, to help children share and compare
• An Apple Tree Year: Content-Building their experiences with apples while building
Learning Song to introduce children to the counting skills.
seasonal changes in apple trees. • Two math mini-books, One More Apple
• Watching Apples Grow mini-poster of the (Level I) and Apples in the Tree, that are
seasonal differences in a tree. perfect for bringing the theme into addition
and subtraction lessons.
• Around-the-Year Apple Tree Hat craftivity to
extend students’ understanding of the yearly • Handwriting Practice Page to build
cycle of the tree. handwriting skills.

• Little Green Worm Finds a Home interactive • Apples, a shared informative writing activity
to help students share what they’ve learned.
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story with manipulatives to build listening and

critical thinking skills. • Apple: Stationery (With or Without Lines),
• Four leveled mini-books for differentiated which is perfect for writing poems and stories
reading. Includes Apples All Around (level B), or taking notes and doing research on the
An Apple Tree’s Year (level D) and its Spanish topic.
companion Manzano, manzano (level C), and
The Seasons of an Apple Tree (level E).
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 STANDARDS ALIGNMENTS
Lessons and activities in this pack will help you meet Common Core Standards as follows:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1: With • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.1: Represent

prompting and support, ask and answer addition and subtraction with objects,
questions about key details in a text. fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds
(e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7: With explanations, expressions, or equations.
prompting and support, describe the
relationship between illustrations and the • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.2: Solve
story in which they appear (e.g., what addition and subtraction word problems,
moment in a story an illustration depicts). and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by
using objects or drawings to represent the
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1: With prompting problem.
and support, ask and answer questions
about key details in a text. • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.B.3: Classify
objects into given categories; count the
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.2: With numbers of objects in each category and
prompting and support, identify the main
sort the categories by count.
topic and retell key details of a text.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.7: With prompting • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3: Write

numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number
and support, describe the relationship
of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with
between illustrations and the text in which
0 representing a count of no objects).
they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing,
or idea in the text an illustration depicts). • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1: Use
addition and subtraction within 20 to solve
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2: Use a word problems involving situations of adding
combination of drawing, dictating, and
to, taking from, putting together, taking
writing to compose informative/explanatory
apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all
texts in which they name what they are
positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings,
writing about and supply some information
and equations with a symbol for the
about the topic.
unknown number to represent the problem.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1: Ask and answer
questions about key details in a text. • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4: Organize,
represent, and interpret data with up to three
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7: Use illustrations categories; ask and answer questions about
and details in a story to describe its the total number of data points, how many in
characters, setting, or events. each category, and how many more or less
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1: Ask and answer are in one category than in another.
questions about key details in a text.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.7: Use the

illustrations and details in a text to describe
its key ideas.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2: Write
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informative/explanatory texts in which they

name a topic, supply some facts about the
topic, and provide some sense of closure.

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 SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Name_______________________________Name
__________________________________________________________________________Date _____________________________ Date ______________________________________
___________________________________________________

JOURNAL
JOURNAL
PAGE: Tasting
PAGE: Tasting
Apples Apples
Purpose: Introduce and build Distribute the Tasting Apples page and
excitement for the theme, part one have children read the color words and
color in the apples accordingly.
yellow yellow
Golden Golden Total Total
Delicious Delicious

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red red
Total Total
Red Red

If possible, slice your apples and sample

Delicious Delicious

green green • Tasting Apples

them with students. (Be sure to check
Total Total
Granny Granny
Smith Smith

Most of my classmates
Most prefer
of my classmates
the _____________________________________________
prefer the _____________________________________________
apple. apple.

Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins Early

and Harvest
Themes:
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and Teaching
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Ann Flagg, Scholastic Teaching Resources

Suggested Use for allergies first!) Guide children in

Materials needed: red, green, and yellow finding out the class favorite by calling
crayons; drawing paper; Tasting Apples out one of the types, having students
page; Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, vote for it by standing, and counting
and Granny Smith apples together to find the number of students.
Ask students to color one figure to
Explain that students will be learning represent each person standing. Repeat
about apples and apple trees. Provide this process for each apple type, then
crayons and paper. Without displaying have students write the totals and
any apples, have children draw and color complete the prompt at the bottom of
an apple from memory. You’ll probably the page.
find that many draw red apples, a few
may have drawn green apples, and Extend the lesson by inviting students
perhaps one may have drawn a yellow to share their observations about
apple. Invite children to share their the different apple varieties. Create
drawings and discuss the differences. a chart of descriptive sensory words
that describe how apples smell, taste,
Display apples and ask: Which looks feel, look, and sound and/or create a
most like the apple you’ve drawn? Venn diagram of the similarities and
differences among the three varieties.

SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
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pace, or read each step and wait for all

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Take a look at the Ripe Red Apple craft Read-Aloud Facts while their painted
Draw & Write
Reproducible supplies list and directions, making sure plates dry. After reading the facts, ask
students the comprehension questions
Name: ________________________________________

Apple Tree
Draw apples in the tree. you have all the materials you need.
to assess their listening skills. Reread the
Then write a number to finish the sentence below.

You may choose to create a sample of

the finished project for reference. In facts if needed or share the Rhyme Time
addition, read the Project Preparation poem with the class.
section to see steps that should be
After students have completed their
completed by an adult before students
projects, invite them to fill in the Apple
start working. When you’re ready to
My tree has apples. Tree reproducible.
begin, display or project the instructions
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for the class. Extend the lesson by asking students

to share how many apples each student
Preview the directions together. Point
chose to draw and graphing the results
out the illustration of each material
in a bar graph.
and ask students to match it with the
material on the work table.

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 An Apple Tree Year Purpose: Build knowledge Display or project Watching Apple Trees
Grow. Read the mini-poster and discuss
(sung to “Here We Go ’Round the Mulberry Bush”)

CHORUS:

Resources Used:
Here we go ’round, go ’round the year,

the pictures with the class. Compare

’Round the year, ’round the year.
Here we go ’round, go ’round the year,
To watch an apple tree growing!

• An Apple Tree Year: Content-Building the descriptions from the song to the
In spring, the apple blossoms grow.
Pink-white flowers start to show.
Bees visit them to and fro.
An apple tree in the springtime!

Learning Song poster, discussing how the tree changes

CHORUS

throughout the year.

In summer, there’s a change to see.
Blossoms fall right off the tree.

• Watching Apples Grow

Leaves are growing full and free.
An apple tree in the summer!

CHORUS

If you’ve distributed copies of the song

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Suggested Use
to children, invite them to color the
80 Content-Building Learning Songs © Meish Goldish, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources
Content-Building Learning Songs © Meish Goldish, Scholastic Teacher Resources • 5

______________________________
Display An Apple Tree Year: Content- pictures, using the descriptive cues in
______________________________________

______________________________________

Watching
Apples Grow Building Learning Song and sing the the song and the poster for reference.
song with the class. You may wish to
Each season brings important changes to an apple tree.
Look at the pictures of this apple tree. What changes do you see?

project the song, print and hand out

Winter
Apple trees rest during cold winter months.
Look closely. A fuzzy coat is protecting tiny buds!
Spring
In the late spring, leaves and blossoms appear
on the tree. Bees help seeds grow inside the blossoms.
copies, and/or copy it on chart paper.

Summer Autumn
_____________________________ Petals fall off. Can you see a tiny green
apple growing where there was a blossom?
Apples are large, colorful, and ripe for harvest.
Look closely. Can you find what’s left of the blossom?
______________________________________

Watching How is each season important to an apple tree?

How is each season important to you?

Apples Grow __________________________

© 1998 Scholastic. Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest Illustration by Abby Carter
Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest © Ann Flagg, Scholastic Teacher Resources • 7

Each season brings important changes to an apple tree.

Look at the pictures of this apple tree. What changes do you see?

Purpose: Synthesize learned knowledge Review the song and poster, reminding
All About Apples

Winter Spring
Apple trees rest during cold winter months. In the late spring, leaves and blossoms appear
Around-the-Year
students to use what they’ve learned to
Look closely. A fuzzy coat is protecting tiny buds! on the tree. Bees help seeds grow inside the blossoms.

Apple Tree Hat

Resource Used:
Children will love wearing this easy-to-make hat

decorate each tree to reflect a different

that shows the yearly cycle in the life
of an apple tree.

M A T E R I A L S

• Around-the-Year Apple Tree Hat

{ apple tree patterns, { large paper plates

Summer Autumn
season.
page 10
7 { large paper cereal
{ lightweight cardboard bowls
Petals fall off. Can you see a tiny green (used
Apples are large, colorful, and ripe for file folders work
harvest.
{ brass fasteners
apple growing where there was a blossom? Look closely. Can you find what’s left of well)
the blossom?
{ stapler
{ glue stick and liquid glue { hole punch
How is each season important to an apple tree? { scissors { two 12-inch pieces
{ crayons, markers, or yarn or ribbon
How is each season important to you? colored pencils
__________________________
© 1998 Scholastic. Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest { decorating materials
Illustration by Abby
(tissue paper scraps in
Carter

Suggested Use
various colors; small
round red cinnamon

Send students home with their

candies or small red
beads)

1 Give each child a copy of the apple tree pattern page. Have children

completed hats to share what they’ve

glue the page onto lightweight cardboard and then cut out the four
Shaare

Work with students to assemble the

trees along the dotted lines.
Book
2 Discuss the changes an apple tree undergoes during each season of
the year. Then invite children to use the craft materials to decorate
each tree to reflect a different season. Decorating suggestions follow:
Before doing this activity,
read The Apple Pie Tree by
Winter: Color the branches and trunk brown. Zoe Hall (Scholastic, 1996) or

Around-the-Year Apple Tree Hat learned with their families.

The Seasons of Arnold’s
Spring: Use glue to attach small, pale green tissue paper leaves. To Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
make apple blossoms, gather a small piece (about 1 by 1 inch) of to help children learn about
pink tissue paper around the eraser end of a pencil. Place a dot of the colorful life cycle of an
glue on one of the branches, and then press the tissue-covered apple tree.
eraser on the dot of glue and remove the pencil.

using the directions, suggestions, and

Quick Crafts: Apples, Pumpkins & Harvest
Quick © Deborah
Crafts: Schecter, &
Apples, Pumpkins Scholastic
Harvest ©Teaching
DeborahResources
Schecter, Scholastic Teacher Resources • 8
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template provided.

Purpose: Build listening comprehension Gather children around for an apple

Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________

story, Little Green Worm Finds a

Little Green Worm Finds a Home
Little Green Worm popped out of his egg.

Resource Used:
His mother smiled and said, “Happy
birthday and welcome to the world!

Home. Use the felt board to introduce

Now, you must find a home of your own.
Look for a round, red house with no
doors, no windows, and a star inside.
Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest © Ann Flagg, Scholastic Teaching Resources

This is a good home for a little green

• Little Green Worm Finds a Home

worm.”

the character Little Green Worm.

Little Green Worm started out on
his own.
Soon he came to a pear.
“You have no doors and no windows,” Little Green worm said. “But you

Read through the story, pulling each

are tall and green, not round and red. This is not the home for me.” He
wiggled on down the road.

Suggested Use
Next, Little Green Worm came to an orange.
“Oh! You are round. And you have no doors and no windows. But you

piece of fruit from your paper bag

are orange, not red. This is not the home for me.” He wiggled on down
the road.
Later, Little Green Worm came to a
pomegranate. He was excited! “You are

Materials needed: a pear, an orange,

round and red. And you have no doors

as it is introduced in the story. When

and no windows,” said Little Green
Worm. “At last I have found a home for
me!” He nibbled and nibbled and
chewed and chewed. The skin of the

a pomegranate, a red apple, a brown

pomegranate was bitter and tough but

Little Green Worm chews through the

finally he found his way inside.

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paper bag, a sharp knife, a cutting

Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest © Ann Flagg, Scholastic Teacher Resources • 11

pomegranate, slice open the fruit and let

board, tagboard, paper fasteners, a felt children observe the many seeds inside.
board, and the manipulatives (made As he discovers the star in the apple,
from the patterns on page 21) slice the apple (horizontally through the
middle) to reveal the star.
To create the manipulatives, cut out
and color each pattern, and mount on Reread the story, this time using the
tagboard. Use a paper fastener to hinge pictures, sentence strips, and felt
© Scholastic Teacher Resources

the top and bottom of the apple pattern. board. As you read, let children help
Write the words round, red, no doors, Little Green Worm find the right home
no windows, and star inside on sentence by applying Mother Worm’s standard
strips. Attach a scrap of felt to the back (“round, red, no doors, no windows,
of each picture and strip. star inside”), placing the sentence strips

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 that apply to each fruit on the board Tip: You can use the templates to create
and eliminating the pear, orange, and other centers and games as well! For
pomegranate when they see the word example, try these matching activities:
cards left over.
• Write uppercase letters on worms
When Little Green Worm finds the star and corresponding lowercase letters
in the apple, open the apple and put the on apples.
worm inside. • Write color words on worms and
color apples accordingly.
You might want to create a mini-felt
board out of a file-folder and set up • Write math equations on apples and
a learning center where students can answers on worms.
revisit this story. Record the story and • Write numerals on worms and draw
provide printed copies so students can corresponding amounts of number
follow along as they listen. dots on apples.

✁ ✁
Purpose: Build reading comprehension Tips for constructing the mini-books:
14 • 25 Emergent Reader Mini-Books © Maria Fleming, Scholastic Teacher Resources
Page 49 • Let’s Get Cooking! • Apples All Around

Apples in th 4 the
Apples in store. on the ground. 5
Apples Apples on the ground. 4

skills
• For Apples All Around, An Apple
Resources Used: Tree’s Year, and Manzano, manzano
Apples All Apples All copy the page double-sided so that
•
s s
Around Around Apples All Around
page 1 of the mini-book is opposite
8
Apples in me.
Yum! • An Apple Tree’s Year of page 2. Cut along the solid lines.
• Manzano, manzano Place page 1 over page 3, fold along
the dotted line and staple the folded
16 • 25 Science Mini-Books for Emergent Readers © Carol Pugliano-Martin, Scholastic Teacher Resources
Page 55 • Grow, Plants, Grow • An Apple Tree’s Year

• The Seasons of an Apple Tree

edge. Cover the staples with tape to
An apple tree tells you what
season it is. Just take a look! 1
An apple tree tells you what
season it is. Just take a look! 1
Suggested Use protect students’ fingers.
Provide each of your students with a • Seasons of an Apple Tree is a stand-
differentiated mini-book so that they up book. Print double-sided copies
anches
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can learn more about apples and build of pages 1–2 so that page 1 appears
reading skills. Select mini-books based directly behind the title page. Print
on your students’ reading levels (use
18 • 25 Spanish Science Mini-Books For Emergent Readers © Carol Pugliano-Martin, Scholastic Teacher Resources
Page 55 • Grow, Plants, Grow • An Apple Tree’s Year

nzano
, m anza
no single-sided copies of the tree
Ma
the Spanish version of An Apple Tree’s template page. Follow the directions
Un manzano te dice en qué
estación estamos. ¡Mira! 1
Year—Manzano, manzano with your given on the template page to
Spanish-speakers). complete construction of the mini-
book.
El manzano no tiene hojas en El manzano tiene hojas y brotes
You may wish to scaffold independent
reading by starting students off in
el invierno. 2 en la primavera. 3

page 1 • October, Week

page 11 •• October,
The Seasons
Week
of an
1 •Apple
The Seasons
Tree of an Apple Tree

guided reading groups or by having

Mini-Book of the Week © Fleming, Scholastic

Mini-Book of the Week © Fleming, Scholastic

students read in pairs. Have students

The The
Seasons
Seasons
of an
ofApple
an Apple
TreeTree
hold on to their mini-books to reread
4 4
and eventually take home and share with
Mini-Book of the Week © Maria Fleming, Scholastic Teacher Resources • 20

their families.

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Purpose: Build math skills directly behind the title page. Begin the
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imaginary trip to the apple orchard!
Red, green, and yellow apples are all juicy and ripe for the picking.

Apple-Picking Time
This glyph helps children share and compare their experiences with apples.

lesson by modeling “plus-one” addition

Celebrate the autumn harvest with an imaginary trip to the apple orchard!
Red, green, and yellow apples are all juicy and ripe for the picking.
This glyph helps children share and compare their experiences with apples.

Resources Used:
Red apples:
Likes Red Delicious
apples best Four apples:

sentences, such as 3 + 1 = 4, with picture

Favorite apple food

Just-Right Glyphs for Young Learners © Pamela Chanko, Scholastic Teaching Resources
is apple pie
Red apples:
Likes Red Delicious
apples best Four apples:
Favorite apple food

Just-Right Glyphs for Young Learners © Pamela Chanko, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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subtraction skills. To construct this mini-
understanding of positional concepts
book, print the pages single-sided and
with the Apple-Picking Time glyph
fold each page along the solid center
by _________________________
activity. Complete the activity together,
line. Keep the folds to the right ride,
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reading out each question and possible

stack the pages in order, and staple the
answers. You might consider revisiting
left edges together. When beginning
My basket is empty. I have none. the Tasting Apples page to see
Into my basket I put the first ________!
the lesson, you may wish to model
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whether students’ opinions on favorite
subtraction with manipulatives before
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apples have changed and/or creating

passing out the books to students. After
companion charts of favorite apple
Apples in students have assembled their books,
the Tree foods and apple-picking experience.
they should cut out the apple patterns
In One More Apple, students read and and paste them into the book to show
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solve “plus-one” addition problems the correct number of apples as the

story progresses, filling in the prompts
10 apples are in the tree.

using the numbers 0 through 9. Before

A baker picks 3 to make a pie.
by How many apples are left for me?

teaching, make double-sided copies of as they go. Finally, have them complete
the mini-book so that page 1 appears the activity on the last page of the book.

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word on the
in your apple? Finding half a worm in your apple! following line.

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B on u s

Suggested Use:
Chuckle!
How can you
tell which end
of a worm is
which?
Tickle both and see

Three target words and an apple-

which one laughs!
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Handwriting Practice Jokes & Riddles © Violet Findley, Scholastic Teaching Resources

themed joke will make handwriting

practice fun for students. Use this page
for fast finishers, a morning starter, or as
a send-home sheet.

Name

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What is an apple?

writing process.
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Project the Apples page and explain to

33¶ Write practice sentences.

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students that you’ll be creating a piece
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Main Idea Sentence

Facts

Suggested Use: of shared writing. Fill in the writing frame

Practice Sentences Wrap up your apple-themed unit with as you work. You might say: The picture
a shared writing lesson focusing on the shows an apple and apple tree. That will
structure of informative writing. This be the topic we write about. Remind
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lesson will allow students to show what students that good writing has a clear
they’ve learned about apples while purpose, and that your purpose for this

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 piece of writing is to inform. (You might tree. Write their facts, and then remind
consider writing an informative article students that a sentence is a group
for a neighboring classroom or to share of words that tells what someone or
with students’ families.) something does or is. It begins with a
capital letter and ends with punctuation.
Continue to lead the writing by saying: Model turning one of the facts into a
We can introduce the topic by writing a sentence, then work together as a class
main idea sentence such as: An apple is to create an informative paragraph that
a fruit that grows on a tree. shares what students have learned.
Explain that the next step is to tell more If possible, share this writing with the
about the topic. Encourage students audience you’ve identified (schoolmates
to share information about apples, or families).
apple trees, and the yearly cycle of the

Purpose: Writing paper • Inspire apple-themed writing by

providing some apple idioms to be
Resource Used: copied or explained, such as: Cheeks
• Apple Stationery: like apples, Don’t upset the apple
With or Without Lines cart, One rotten apple spoils the
whole barrel, etc.
Suggested Use:
Use these writing papers for a variety
• Encourage students to take notes
throughout the unit.
of purposes:
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 SEPTEMBER

Project Project
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(sized to fit through (sized to fit through
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leaf shapes. Cut leaf shapes. Cut
brown pipe cleaner brown pipe cleaner
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Then it is ripe and ready to pick! When
you buy apples at the supermarket, they
probably come from an orchard. This is a
place where people grow lots of apple
trees. Apple-pickers pick the fruit, put it in
a big container, and send it to the store for
you to take home and eat!

Ask
What happens after the
1 blossom falls off the tree?

2 What is an orchard?

My tree has apples. My tree has apples.

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Then write a number to finish the sentence below.

My tree has apples.

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 An Apple Tree Year
(sung to “Here We Go ’Round the Mulberry Bush”)

CHORUS:
Here we go ’round, go ’round the year,
’Round the year, ’round the year.
Here we go ’round, go ’round the year,
To watch an apple tree growing!

In spring, the apple blossoms grow.

Pink-white flowers start to show.
Bees visit them to and fro.
An apple tree in the springtime!

CHORUS

In summer, there’s a change to see.

Blossoms fall right off the tree.
Leaves are growing full and free.
An apple tree in the summer!

CHORUS

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In fall, the tree has something new—
Ripe, round apples, quite a few!
Picking them is what we’ll do.
An apple tree in the autumn.

CHORUS

In wintertime, the tree is bare.

A chilly wind is in the air.
No leaves or apples anywhere,
An apple tree in the winter.

CHORUS

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 ______________________________
______________________________________

______________________________________
Watching
Apples Grow
Each season brings important changes to an apple tree.
Look at the pictures of this apple tree. What changes do you see?

Winter
Apple trees rest during cold winter months.
Spring
In the late spring, leaves and blossoms appear
Look closely. A fuzzy coat is protecting tiny buds! on the tree. Bees help seeds grow inside the blossoms.

Summer Autumn
____________ Petals fall off. Can you see a tiny green
apple growing where there was a blossom?
Apples are large, colorful, and ripe for harvest.
Look closely. Can you find what’s left of the blossom?
_____

g __________________________
How is each season important to an apple tree?
How is each season important to you?
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 All About Apples

Around-the-Year
Apple Tree Hat
Children will love wearing this easy-to-make hat
that shows the yearly cycle in the life
of an apple tree.

M A T E R I A L S

{ apple tree patterns, { large paper plates

page 187 { large paper cereal
{ lightweight cardboard bowls
(used file folders work { brass fasteners
well) stapler
{
{ glue stick and liquid glue hole punch
{
{ scissors two 12-inch pieces
{
{ crayons, markers, or yarn or ribbon
colored pencils
{ decorating materials
(tissue paper scraps in
various colors; small
round red cinnamon
candies or small red
beads)

1 Give each child a copy of the apple tree pattern page. Have children
glue the page onto lightweight cardboard and then cut out the four
trees along the dotted lines. Shaare
Book
2 Discuss the changes an apple tree undergoes during each season of
the year. Then invite children to use the craft materials to decorate
each tree to reflect a different season. Decorating suggestions follow:
Before doing this activity,
read The Apple Pie Tree by
Winter: Color the branches and trunk brown. Zoe Hall (Scholastic, 1996) or
The Seasons of Arnold’s
Spring: Use glue to attach small, pale green tissue paper leaves. To Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
make apple blossoms, gather a small piece (about 1 by 1 inch) of to help children learn about
pink tissue paper around the eraser end of a pencil. Place a dot of the colorful life cycle of an
glue on one of the branches, and then press the tissue-covered apple tree.
eraser on the dot of glue and remove the pencil.

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 All About Apples

Summer: Add larger and darker green tissue paper leaves to the
Shaare m branches and dried split peas for tiny green apples (or ball up
Po e small pieces of light green tissue paper).
Fall: Attach large green tissue paper leaves and red cinnamon
Write the poem below on candies or red beads for ripe red apples.
chart paper. Then have children
pair up. Together, read aloud
the first verse of the poem.
Tell children to turn their
partner’s hat to the season
3 Give each child a paper plate and a
bowl. (Children can paint them, if
desired.) Show children how to align the
described in the verse. plate and bowl back to back. Then help
Continue this process for each them poke a brass fastener up through
season of the year. Extend the center of the bowl and plate to join
learning by reviewing the them together.
names of the months that are
in each season.

My Apple Tree
My apple tree in winter 4 Have children fold back the base of
each tree along the solid line. Then
have them staple the base to the plate.
Looks cold and brown and bare.
The leaves have left its branches, Tell children to space the trees evenly.
And snow is resting there.

My apple tree in springtime

Grows tiny leaves of green
And beautiful pink blossoms,
The nicest I have seen.
5 Help children punch a hole on either side of the bowl, thread
the yarn through the holes, and knot. Then invite children to
don their hats.
My apple tree in summer
Is full of leaves, you know.
I count the small, green apples
And wait for them to grow.

My apple tree in autumn

Is really best of all.
Apples now are round and red,
And they begin to fall.

—Kathleen M. Hollenbeck

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 Around-the-Year
Apple Tree Hat

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 Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________

Little Green Worm Finds a Home

Little Green Worm popped out of his egg.
His mother smiled and said, “Happy
birthday and welcome to the world!
Now, you must find a home of your own.
Look for a round, red house with no
doors, no windows, and a star inside.
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This is a good home for a little green

worm.”
Little Green Worm started out on
his own.
Soon he came to a pear.
“You have no doors and no windows,” Little Green worm said. “But you
are tall and green, not round and red. This is not the home for me.” He
wiggled on down the road.
Next, Little Green Worm came to an orange.
“Oh! You are round. And you have no doors and no windows. But you
are orange, not red. This is not the home for me.” He wiggled on down
the road.
Later, Little Green Worm came to a
pomegranate. He was excited! “You are
round and red. And you have no doors
and no windows,” said Little Green
Worm. “At last I have found a home for
me!” He nibbled and nibbled and
chewed and chewed. The skin of the
pomegranate was bitter and tough but
finally he found his way inside.

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 Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________

It was crowded inside! Seeds were

everywhere. But no matter where he
looked, Little Green Worm could not
find a star. “This is not a home for me
after all,” he said sadly. Little Green
Worm crawled out, feeling
discouraged and tired. “I need a rest,”
he said. So Little Green Worm lay down
on a golden autumn leaf under an
Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest © Ann Flagg, Scholastic Teaching Resources

apple tree.
Just then the wind began to blow. The branches of the tree began to
sway. An apple dropped to the ground right in front of Little Green Worm.
He looked at it closely. It had no windows and no doors. It was round and
red. “But,” wondered Little Green Worm, “is there a star inside?”
Little Green Worm began to nibble at the skin of the
apple. He chewed easily through the skin. He
nibbled and nibbled until he came to the
core of the apple. And there, as
beautiful as any star in the sky, was a
star.
He cuddled close to the
star and sighed, “I have
found the perfect home for
a Little Green Worm.” And he
drifted off to sleep.

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 Little Green Worm Finds a Home

Little
Green
Worm

Pear
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Orange

Pomegranate

Apple

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 25 Emergent Reader Mini-Books © Maria Fleming, Scholastic Teacher Resources
Page 49 • Let’s Get Cooking! • Apples All Around ✁
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How can you enjoy the apples?

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The apples are ready to be picked! The apples are ready to be picked!
Fall is here. 6 Fall is here. 6 7

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1 • October, Week
page 11 •• October,
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 Directions
1. Cut out the book pages.
2. Paste the tree and stand
Directions
onto poster board.
1. Cut out the book pages.
3. Cut out the tree and stand.
2. Paste the tree and stand
4. onto
Placeposter
the book pages
board.
in order. Staple them
3. Cut out the tree and stand.
to the top of the tree.
4. Place the book pages
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in order. Staple them
stand to make the tree
to the top of the tree.
of an Apple Tree

stand up.
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stand to make the tree
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stand up.
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3 • October, Week The Seasons
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 Apple-Picking Time
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imaginary trip to the apple orchard!
Red, green, and yellow apples are all juicy and ripe for the picking.

Apple-Picking Time
This glyph helps children share and compare their experiences with apples.

Celebrate the autumn harvest with an imaginary trip to the apple orchard!
Red, green, and yellow apples are all juicy and ripe for the picking.
This glyph helps children share and compare their experiences with apples.

Red apples:
Likes Red Delicious
apples best Four apples:
Favorite apple food

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is apple pie
Red apples:
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apples best Four apples:
Favorite apple food

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apple picking

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apple picking

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 Name
Apple-Picking Time
Legend
1 What is your favorite apple food?
apple juice applesauce apple pie
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Red Delicious Granny Smith Golden Delicious
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Apple-Picking Time
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 e More Appl

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by _________________________
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My basket is empty. I have none.

Into my basket I put the first ________!
____ + ____ = ____
2
35
Read & Solve Math Mini-Books © Tracy Jarboe and Stefani Sadler, Scholastic Teacher Resources

Wishing for apples, and what do I see?

Lots of shiny red apples up in a tree!
1
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I have one apple just for you.

Page 2 • One More Apple

I pick one more and that makes ________.

____ + ____ = ____
3
36
 Page 3 • One More Apple
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I find one more under a tree.
All together that makes ___________ .
____ + ____ = ____
4
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Number ___________ is next you know.

Count them fast or count them slow.
____ + ____ = ____
6
37
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Then I find one apple more.

All together I have ___________ .
____ + ____ = ____
5
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I sort my apples. I have a mix.

Page 4 • One More Apple

Five red plus one green equal __________ .

____ + ____ = ____
7
38
 Page 5 • One More Apple
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I have ___________ when I add one more.
I can stack them on the floor.
____ + ____ = ____
8
Read & Solve Math Mini-Books © Jarboe & Sadler, Scholastic Teaching Resources

A bushel of eight apples, isn’t it fine?

I add one apple and now I have ________.
____ + ____ = ____
10
39
Read & Solve Math Mini-Books © Tracy Jarboe and Stefani Sadler, Scholastic Teacher Resources

Apples in a row are nice and straight.

Add one to seven and I have __________ .
____ + ____ = ____
9
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I add one more apple. Do you know why?

Page 6 • One More Apple

__________ is enough to make a pie!

____ + ____ = ____
11
40
 How many apples are left for me?
A baker picks 3 to make a pie.
10 apples are in the tree.

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Apples in
the Tree

by

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 How many apples are left for me?
A boy picks 1 to give his teacher.
7 apples are in the tree.

3
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apples are in the tree!

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 How many apples are left for me?
A mom picks 2 to give her twins.
6 apples are in the tree.

5
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apples are in the tree!

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 How many apples are left for me?
A girl picks 1 to eat for lunch.
4 apples are in the tree.

7
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apples are in the tree!

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 How many apples are left for me?
A farmer picks 2 to feed his pig.
3 apples are in the tree.

9
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apples are in the tree!

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 Take away 3 apples.

Take away 4 apples.

How many are left?

How many are left?

How many are left?

Take away 1 apple.
Solve each problem. Write the answer.

apples

apples

apples

11
2.

3.
1.

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apple is left for me.

10

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 apples in the Tree
Cut & Paste Patterns

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 c tice Pag
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Use your best handwriting to copy the words. 29
worm apple half Tip: If you are
Use your best handwriting to copy the sentences below.
coming to the
end of the line,
What is the only thing worse than finding a worm begin the next
word on the
in your apple? Finding half a worm in your apple! following line.

B on u s
Chuckle!

Handwriting Practice: Jokes & Riddles © Violet Findley, Scholastic Teacher Resources
How can you
tell which end
of a worm is
which?
Tickle both and see
which one laughs!

35
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 Name Date

Apples
What is an apple?

33¶ Tell what the topic is.

33¶ Tell what your writing purpose is.
33¶ Write a main idea sentence.
33¶ List facts about the topic.
33¶ Write practice sentences.

Topic

Writing Purpose

Main Idea Sentence

Facts

Practice Sentences

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 Text Credits: pages 10-12 taken from Follow-the-Directions Flip Chart: Easy Art Projects by Pamela Chanko © 2013 Pamela
Chanko; pages 13-14 taken from Content-Building Learning Songs by Meish Goldish © 2007 Meish Goldish; pages 16-18 taken
from Quick Crafts: Apples, Pumpkins & Harvest by Deborah Schecter © 2001 Deborah Schecter; pages 22-23 taken from 25
Emergent Readers Mini-Books: Easy to Make Reproducible Books to Promote Literacy by Maria Fleming © 1997 Maria Fleming;
pages 24-25 taken from 25 Science Mini-Books for Emergent Readers by Carol Pugliano-Martin © 1999 Carol Pugliano-
Martin; pages 26-27 taken from 25 Spanish Science Mini-Books for Emergent Readers by Carol Pugliano-Martin © 2000 Carol
Pugliano-Martin; pages 28-30 taken from Mini-Book of the Week by Maria Fleming © 2005 Maria Fleming; pages 31-34 taken
from Just-Right Glyphs for Young Learners by Pamela Chanko © 2010 Pamela Chanko; pages 35-40 taken from Read & Solve
Math Mini-Books by Tracy Jarboe and Stefani Sadler © 2006 Tracy Jarboe and Stefani Sadler; pages 41-47 taken from Cut &
Paste Mini-Books: Around the Year by Nancy I. Sanders © 2011 Nancy I. Sanders; page 48 taken from Handwriting Practice:
Jokes and Riddles by Violet Findley © 2010 Violet Findley; page 49 taken from Writing Lessons to Meet the Common Core:
Grade 1 by Linda Ward Beech © 2013 Linda Ward Beech.

Other pages from this workbook were previously published in or adapted from Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest,
and Apple Time Design Paper.

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