The apple-fest continues with
my favorite apple activities for every subject!
Today I'll show you some fun activities
to do while learning about Johnny Appleseed.
A few years ago, on Sept. 26th,
Johnny Appleseed's birthday,
after reading aloud a book about
John Chapman to my class,
we were discussing some vocabulary I
had pulled from the text. One of those
words was knapsack. I suspected that most
of my students didn't know what a
knapsack was. As I pointed out a knapsack
in several illustrations and explained what
a knapsack is, one of my little friends asked,
"What's inside Johnny's Appleseed's knapsack?
What does he have in there?"
my favorite apple activities for every subject!
Today I'll show you some fun activities
to do while learning about Johnny Appleseed.
A few years ago, on Sept. 26th,
Johnny Appleseed's birthday,
after reading aloud a book about
John Chapman to my class,
we were discussing some vocabulary I
had pulled from the text. One of those
words was knapsack. I suspected that most
of my students didn't know what a
knapsack was. As I pointed out a knapsack
in several illustrations and explained what
a knapsack is, one of my little friends asked,
"What's inside Johnny's Appleseed's knapsack?
What does he have in there?"
I thought it would be fun to get
everyone's opinion so.........
I did this Johnny Appleseed minilesson with
our Kindergarten and first graders
this year and their responses were
priceless! You have to love the friend who
says, "Johnny has a phone in his knapsack
so he can find Pokemon."! Afterwards, we made these knapsack crafts and my friends wrote
about things they thought Johnny would have
in his knapsack.
This sweet friend wrote that Johnny had a teddy
bear in his knapsack so he wouldn't be scared.
One of my sweet teacher friends sent me
this picture of her class brainstorming things
Johnny might have in his knapsack
and explaining why. You can find the
prewriting page and several minilessons
in my shop.
She recorded some of their responses on sticky notes
and added them to the class chart.
Then added a smaller sticky with the reasons why.
(She reported that making the chart was a snap,
with all the included chart parts and titles!)
My second graders made a different
version of the craft.
After reading lots of books about
Johnny Appleseed we wrote mini-biographies inside
our Who Was Johnny Appleseed? knapsack booklets.
and added them to the class chart.
Then added a smaller sticky with the reasons why.
(She reported that making the chart was a snap,
with all the included chart parts and titles!)
My second graders made a different
version of the craft.
Johnny Appleseed we wrote mini-biographies inside
our Who Was Johnny Appleseed? knapsack booklets.
It's a great little set of minilessons, printables
and this fun knapsack craft. I recently added
the class chart, all the chart parts and
a few more printables so be sure to check it out!
If you've previously purchased this resource
be sure to redownload to get the add-ons!
Stay tuned for some fun ideas for incorporating
apples into your grammar and word study!
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Favorite Apple Activities for Every Subject!
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and this fun knapsack craft. I recently added
the class chart, all the chart parts and
a few more printables so be sure to check it out!
If you've previously purchased this resource
be sure to redownload to get the add-ons!
Stay tuned for some fun ideas for incorporating
apples into your grammar and word study!
Follow by email so you don't miss
the next post in this series,
Favorite Apple Activities for Every Subject!
Collective Nouns Apple Activities,
Grammar Craft & Interactive Notebook
Grammar Craft & Interactive Notebook
What’s In Johnny’s Appleseed’s Knapsack?
Apple Books & Videos for Kids
Publish Student's Writing in An Apple Tree!
Publish Student's Writing in An Apple Tree!
Free Happy Kids Apple Basket Behavior Craft
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Happy teaching!
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