4's: An Apple a Day

We had a lot of fun celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday in the 4's classrooms.  We started the classes by creating some of our own AB patterns with some Unifix cubes, coloring the pattern on paper and checking our work.  With the apples we brought in, we created an apple graph.

The morning class had a special guest read several stories about apples to us.  Our favorite book was "Secrets of the Apple Tree".  Our leader would shine the light on each page to find the hidden surprises waiting for us to discover them!

All the talk about apples and we were definitely ready for snack time where we had all kinds of apple snacks -apple slices, apple straws, apple jacks, apple sauce, apple juice and an apple shape cut out of watermelon.  What a fun and creative snack!

Celebrating a birthday wouldn't be complete without some games.  The apple toss game tested our throwing skills and was a fun way to identify numbers.

Lots of laughter filled the classroom as we bobbed for apples and found out how hard it was to hold onto it!

Johnny Appleseed, we are told, wore a pot upon his head.  In his honor, we made our own pots and decorated the band with AB patterns.  Everyone thought it was fun to wear a pot on their head!

And the apple activities continue this week!