Apples, Apples, and More Apples! We continued our exploration of apples this week. We read several nonfiction books about apples to gather more apple facts, created an apple life cycle, and did a science experiment with an apple. We also taste tested different kinds of apples and then graphed our favorite ones. On Thursday, we turned some apples into applesauce. We each got a chance to peel the apple we brought. Then we ate it for a snack. Our applesauce cooked all day. It sure made the whole school smell good all day and boy was it delicious! We ended the week with learning about Johnny Appleseed (He was a real person who planted many, many apple seeds across the USA).
Monday:
Reviewed fiction and nonfiction stories.
Listened to two different stories both titled Apple Picking. After each story, we had to determine what kind of story it was.
Reviewed the life cycle of an apple and completed a apple life cycle worksheet
Colored a pictures of an apple according to the color words listed. We had to match the letters to the color word poster if we didn’t know them.
Complete the reading section of our fall NWEA (standardized) testing. It measured things like Foundational Skills, Language & Writing, Literature & Informational, and Vocabulary Use and Functions.
Math:
Sang our number song and air wrote our numbers
Completed the number one page in our Number Galore book
Created a class birthday graph
Religion:
We talked about the Good Shepherd and how he will always take care of His sheep
Listened to the story of the Lost Sheep
Watched Marcam video about the Lost Sheep
Tuesday:
Reading
Identified the difference between letters and words
Letter or word sorting worksheet
Math:
Completed the math sections of our Fall NWEA (standardized) testing. It measures things like Numbers & Operations, Algebra, Geometry & Measurement, and Data Analysis.
Sang our number song and air wrote our numbers
Completed the number two page in our Number Galore book
Completed a dot to dot puzzle that formed a slice of apple pie. Then colored the picture.
Religion:
Adoration at church
Reviewed the story of the Good Shepherd
We also talked about our Guardian Angel who is always with us to protect us.
Listened to the Story I’m Not Scared…I’m Prepared - We learned what to do is a wolf or dangerous someone enters our building. We will “play” Sheep, Shepherd and Wolf. We practiced finding “safe” spots in our classroom and grabbing something to throw if needed.
Wednesday:
Reading:
Combined the the /a/ with the /m/ to read the word am
Read through our emergent reader, I Am Colorful.
Worked on identifying the difference between letters, words, and sentences
Introduced to reading stations - Completed several different rotations
Math:
Sang our number song and air wrote our numbers
Completed the number three page in our Number Galore Book
Answered 2 different questions by completing some experiments:
Do all apples taste the same? - We taste tested 4 different kinds of apples (Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, and Gala). After trying just 2 kinds we found our answer. We also found out our favorite kind by creating different graphs.
What can we use to keep an apple from turning brown? We tried putting a slice of apple in several different liquids - vinegar, water, milk, lemon juice, & soda. We found out that several things worked, but we only wanted to eat the apple in lemon juice.
Religion:
Completed 2 pages in our Promise books. We explored the idea of keeping a promise.
Thursday:
Reading:
Introduced to the letter Ll - Completed a letter Ll worksheet
Reading Stations
Math:
Sang our number song and air wrote our numbers
Completed the number four page in our Number Galore Book
Completed an apple graphing worksheet
Made applesauce - Using the apples we brought to school, we each took a turn peeling our apples with an apple peeler. Then we took a turn cutting apple slices into little pieces and adding them to a crockpot. After adding some water, sugar, and cinnamon, we set it to cook all day. At the end of the day we were able to try it. It wasn't like the applesauce you get from the store. It was chunkier and we had to be careful because it was still warm. Some of us really enjoyed it and got second and third helpings!
Religion
Today is the feast of St. Matthew. We watched a short movie about him and colored a picture of him in our Saint Books.
Friday:
Reading:
Compared 3 different stories all with the same title, Johnny Appleseed
Compared the story to a short video about Johnny Appleseed
Introduced to the letter Tt - Completed a letter Tt worksheet
Reading Stations
Math:
Sang our number song and air wrote our numbers
Completed the number four page in our Number Galore Book
Religion:
Mass
Marathon Rally- Our activity was working together with our group to make the tallest tower by stacking blocks on top of each other. We have raised over $15,000 and earned our second prize (hat or wacky hair day).
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