APPLE THEMATIC UNIT | APPLE LIFE CYCLE | PARTS OF AN APPLE | PRE-K AND KINDER

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Bring the apple orchard to your classroom with this Apple thematic unit! Use these apple resources to teach your students all about the life cycle of an apple tree, the parts of an apple and as well as investigating all the characteristics of an apple.

Use the Apple Reading List to help find fun, engaging picture books about apples. The detailed lesson plan does the hard work for you and explains everything in detail. The week-long activities tie in literacy and science to learn all about apples. An added bonus is the apple themed literacy and math centers to use while you teach in small groups.

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Here is what you’ll get:

-Detailed Apple themed lesson plans

–Daily slides to help guide your teaching

-Shared Reading and Writing activities

-Directed Drawings

-Apple themed Writing Center

-Interactive Poems about apples

-Apple themed emergent reader

-A week of science based activities

–Apple themed math centers

-Apple themed literacy centers

This unit is a great way to integrate literacy, science and math together all in one week!

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“What a great addition to our “Apples” unit! The visuals and activities are always helpful and engaging. Thank you for creating!” -Christine I.

“This resource is AMAZING!! We have been working on this during our afternoon Social Living time for about 2 weeks now. There are a wide variety of activities for the kids. They love it!” -Erin R.

“A great unit that contains a wide variety of activities for the classroom! I use this resource every fall!” -Elizabeth C.

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LEARNING STANDARDS INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE

Common Core Standards

Language Arts

CCSSRF.K.1d

Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

CCSSRF.K.2d

Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

CCSSW.K.2

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

CCSSW.K.8

With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Math

CCSSK.CC.A.3

Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

CCSSK.G.B.4

Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/“corners”) and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).

Next Generation Science Standards

NGSSK-ESS2-2

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs. Examples of plants and animals changing their environment could include a squirrel digs in the ground to hide its food and tree roots can break concrete.

NGSSK-LS1-1

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. Examples of patterns could include that animals need to take in food but plants do not; the different kinds of food needed by different types of animals; the requirement of plants to have light; and, that all living things need water.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Language Arts

TEKSLA.K.2.A.ii

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking–beginning reading and writing….The student expects to: demonstrate phonological awareness by: recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound.

TEKSLA.K.2.A.iv

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking–beginning reading and writing….. The student expects to: demonstrate phonological awareness by: identifying syllables in spoken words.

TEKSLA.K.2.D.v

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking–beginning reading and writing….. The student expects to: demonstrate print awareness by: identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters.

TEKSLA.K.5.E

Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts…. The student expects to: make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance.

TEKSLA.K.8.D.i

Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts–genres….The student expects to: recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including: the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance

Math

TEKSMA.K.2.B

Number and operations…..The student expects to: read, write, and represent whole numbers from 0 to at least 20 with and without objects or pictures.

TEKSMA.K.6.E

Geometry and measurement….. The student expects to: classify and sort a variety of regular and irregular two- and three-dimensional figures regardless of orientation or size.

Science

TEKSSCI.K.2.A

Scientific investigation and reasoning….The student expects to: ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in the natural world.

TEKSSCI.K.6.A

Force, motion, and energy…. The student expects to: use the senses to explore different forms of energy such as light, thermal, and sound.

TEKSSCI.K.9.A

Organisms and environments…. The student expects to: differentiate between living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce offspring.