Apples Math and

Literacy Unit
Plan

By Samantha Bee
www.mathandliteracy.com

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Table of Contents

Apples Math and Literacy Unit Plan ...............................................................................................4

Objectives .................................................................................................................................................4
Components .............................................................................................................................................4
Common Core State Standards .........................................................................................................7
English Language Arts...................................................................................................................................7
Reading Literature ........................................................................................................................................7
Key Ideas and Details................................................................................................................................7
Integration and Support ...........................................................................................................................7
Reading Informational Texts ........................................................................................................................7
Foundational Skills........................................................................................................................................8
Writing..........................................................................................................................................................8
Text Type and Purpose..............................................................................................................................8
Production and Distribution of Writing ....................................................................................................9
Research to Build and present Knowledge ...............................................................................................9
Mathematics.................................................................................................................................................9
Counting and Cardinality ..........................................................................................................................9
Operations and Algebraic Thinking ..........................................................................................................9
Number and Operations in Base Ten ......................................................................................................10
Measurement and Data..........................................................................................................................10
Geometry ................................................................................................................................................10
Operations and Algebraic Thinking ........................................................................................................10
Number and Operations in Base Ten ......................................................................................................10
Measurement and Data..........................................................................................................................10
Geometry ................................................................................................................................................10
Apple Resources................................................................................................................................. 11
Fiction .....................................................................................................................................................11
Nonfiction ...............................................................................................................................................12
KWL Chart Activity ............................................................................................................................ 14
KWL Tree Chart.........................................................................................................................................16
Sing Along with Guitar Chords....................................................................................................... 19
Lyrics and Guitar Chords .........................................................................................................................28
Group Listening Questions .........................................................................................................................30
Reading Comprehension Activity ................................................................................................. 31
Fact or Opinion? Activity ........................................................................................................................32
The Little House with No Doors and No Windows and a Star Inside..........................................................34
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Apple Wreath Craft............................................................................................................................ 36

Dried Apple Recipe..................................................................................................................................36
Create an Apple Wreath: ........................................................................................................................37
Literacy Activities .............................................................................................................................. 38
Apple Poems and Chants Activity ...............................................................................................................39
Apple Tree...............................................................................................................................................39
Ten Shiny Apples By Victoria Smith.........................................................................................................40
Have You Ever Seen An Apple (tune: Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?) .....................................................41
Apple.......................................................................................................................................................42
Apples, Apples (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle).................................................................................................43
Apple Seed (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle) ......................................................................................................44
A Little Red Apple....................................................................................................................................45
Apple Rhyming Match ................................................................................................................................49
Apple Phoneme Activity .............................................................................................................................51
Math Activities .................................................................................................................................... 55
Directional Words: Where is the Apple? ....................................................................................................56
Apple Graphing! .........................................................................................................................................60
Combinations of 10! ...................................................................................................................................61
Seasons Craft Activity ....................................................................................................................... 64
Science Activity: Apples ................................................................................................................... 67
Inside an Apple ...........................................................................................................................................68
The Life Cycle of An Apple ..........................................................................................................................69
My Big Book of Apples Activity .................................................................................................. 71
Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................73
Things That I learned ..................................................................................................................................74
Things That I learned ..................................................................................................................................75
Things That I learned ..................................................................................................................................76
Things That I learned ..................................................................................................................................77
My Apple Diagram ......................................................................................................................................78
Additional Resources........................................................................................................................ 79
Apple Games...........................................................................................................................................79
Apple Info Websites ................................................................................................................................79

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Fact or Opinion? Activity

Have each group cut out the strips and decide whether each sentence is a
fact or an opinion.

An apple is a type of fruit.

Sometimes they sell candied apples at the fair.
Bobbing apples is a fun activity to do at a party.
Apples grow in an orchard.
You can make applesauce from apples.
Apples can be red, yellow, or green.
Apple pie is the most delicious kind of pie.
Picking smaller apples is easier.
The biggest apples taste the best.
Apple picking is hard.
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Apple Rhyming Match

Cut out cards. Find the two apple slices that rhyme!

sun

fan

lick

kick

man

fun

pot

lit

bet

get

hot

quit

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Combinations of 10!
In the space provided record your combinations of 10!

1. _____ red + ____ green = 10 apples

2. _____ red + ____ green = 10 apples
3. _____ green + ____ red = 10 apples
4. _____ green + ____ red = 10 apples
5. ______ + ______ = _______
6. ______ + ______ = _______
7. ______ + ______ = _______
8. ______ + ______ = _______
9. ______ + ______ = _______
10. ______ + ______ = ______

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