Today in the REACH room we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's birthday. Check out how each grade level group explored the life of Johnny Chapman.
3rd Graders
These 3rd graders came dressed and ready to celebrate Johnny Appleseed. One student even won an apple pie for her Johnny Appleseed outfit!
We then read the story, Johnny Appleseed: An American Who Made a Difference.
The students used their check for understanding checkmarks and post-it pads to be sure they were understanding and comprehending the story.
They collected facts about Johnny Appleseed and shared their most interesting facts with their classmates. They celebrated their learning with a delicious candy caramel apple sucker.
4th Graders
The 4th graders explored Johnny Appleseed through a graphic text. Their exploration began by examining important vocabulary a bit closer.
These 4th graders love to leave their thinking tracks as they read. They used their check for understanding checkmarks and post-it pads to be sure they were understanding and comprehending the text. Their focus was to also collect important information about Johnny Appleseed.
They took their information and created a character map for Johnny Appleseed. Check these out...
These 4th graders celebrated their learning with a yummy, caramel apple sucker!
2nd Graders
These 2nd graders couldn't wait to learn all about Johnny Appleseed!
They started by watching a BrainPop Jr. movie on Johnny Appleseed.
They then read two mini books all about him...
Johnny Appleseed's Gift and Thank you! Johnny Appleseed
They brainstormed together words or phrases that described Johnny Appleseed. They worked so carefully to add this important information to their Johnny Appleseed Character Map.
All their hard work as rewarded by all the great things they learned about Johnny Appleseed...and a sweet caramel apple sucker, too!
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