Apples

Apples

I made a bunch of apples with the diecut machine in yellow, green, and red and laminated the apples to help make them last longer. I use the apples many times throughout the lesson (and for many years after!)

Preschool Language targets: noun+adjective, prepositions: on, off Vocublary: green apple, yellow apple, red apple, stem, seeds, core, apple tree, apple flower (or blossom)

Introduce Apple I hid an apple in a guess bag. Each student was allowed to feel the item and make a guess. We talked about what we felt. Pull out the apple. Discuss the apple. Color, shape, how it feels. Cut the apple and talk about the core and the seeds (I used an apple slicers so the core came out hole for us to see). We then ate the apple. Review apple vocaublary pictures. Read an apple story, there are so many to choose from!

Hanging Apples On the Tree Language target: noun+adjective (color+apple) prepositions:on/off Materials: apples cut in different colors, paper tree, tape

Draw a tree on paper, making it large. Cut apples in yellow, green, and red. Let students pick an apple. T: What color apple do you have? S: yellow apple (push for more if you can)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Then give the students a directon; <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">T: The apple is on the tree or The apple is off the tree. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ask the student: Where is the apple? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">S: on the tree. or Off the tree. (push for more if you can)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Apple Tasting <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Language: noun+adjective (color apple), I like... I don't like... I want to taste.. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Materials: different color apples, chart paper, apple slicer, napkins

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Discuss the apples and that we are going to taste each apple. Show the studetns the red apple, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">T: what color is the apple? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">S: Red apple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">T: Do you want to taste the apple? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">S: I want to taste the apple. (or in my case, "taste apple") <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Then cut the apple and let each student taste the apple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Repeat with the yellow and green apple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Lastly, have a chart paper made with 3 columns, one for red, yellow and green. Let students pick which apple they liked best and color a square. Color an apple picture the color of the favorite apple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Can talk about which apple has the most and fewest. Which is the favorite color, etc.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Apples on the tree <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Language: noun+adjective, preposition on, understanding "Where" questions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Mateirals: apples cut in yellow, green, and red. Tree pictures cut in green, yellow and red. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Explain to students that we will be picking apples and matching the apples to the trees. Put the appels in a basket or bag. Let students pick an apple <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">T: What color is your apple: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">S: yellow apple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">T:Where will you put the apple? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">S: On the yellow tree.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Who Has the Apple? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Language target: receptive: Who, expressive: do not, have <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">materials: chair and plastic apple <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Set one child in the chair with the apple behind them. He/She should tell the other kids "Don't take my apple!" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Turn around. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Teacher touches one child to go quietly up and take the apple. All kids should sit with their hands behind their backs. Teacher asks "Who has the apple" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Child ask each student "have apple?" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I do not have apple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I have apple.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What is Missing? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Language: receptive: what?, vocab review <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Materials: board with pictures on it. I have a board with velcro strips on it. I velcro the vocab pictures <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Show the students the board review the pictures. Then turn the board around and remove one picture. Turn it back around and call on one student. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"What is missing?" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Once the students show mastery, rearrange the pictuers after each turn. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Make the set as large or as small as your class can handle.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Smartboard Activity: Koosh ball game with apple pictures. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">language: receptive: where? expressive: on the tree, off the tree. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Play a koosh ball game with apple pictures. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I made the first page with apple pictures that linked to another page. On that page were pictures of