Apples, Apples Everywhere!

For the past couple of weeks we have been enjoying the approaching fall season with all that comes with it!  My kiddos have been bringing in bags of colorful leaves, acorns, seed pods of all kinds, and other "treasures" they have found.  Mrs. Nelson even brought in a praying mantis to look at!

We read many books about the changes that occur in the fall and wrote poems about fall using our five senses.  

We have also been learning about non-fiction text features as we read books about apple trees.

We learned about CAPTIONS.

We learned about BOLD PRINT.

 We learned about LABELS.

Of course, in honor of John Chapman's birthday (a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed) we read many books about this fascinating American folk hero and wrote our own favorite facts about him.  Students created their own picture too!

We spent one day in math measuring the height and width of apples, comparing the weight to our partner's apple, estimating and counting the seeds in the apples, sketching the pattern we saw in the middle of the apple, and after cutting the apple into fractions and recording those, everyone got to taste their apple.  Here are some pictures:

All in all, we had some fun and delicious first days of fall!