Which Apple Would You Munch for Lunch? Lesson Plan

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What We Are Learning
 

Science Focus:

apples

 

Theme Vocabulary Words:

munch, sink, float, rotten, core, stem, skin, seeds, flesh

 

Skills We’re Practicing:

group discussion, critical thinking, vocabulary, visual discrimination

  • Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins combines delightful farm animals with important math knowledge. In the story, a farmer has a tree with 10 apples, but his hungry animals take the apples one at a time. As you read this story, ask children to identify the animals they see. You can also ask them to predict how many apples are left and who they think will eat the last one!

Make Model Apples!

Materials: apple seeds, small paper plates, red tempera paint, paintbrushes, torn white paper or small coffee filters, sticks or brown pipe cleaners, glue sticks, leaves or green construction paper, scissors

  • Use leftover apple seeds to make scrumptious model apples!
  • In advance, set aside apple seeds to dry. If you’re not using real leaves and sticks, precut leaf shapes from green construction paper, and cut brown pipe cleaners in half.
  • Give each child a paper plate, a paintbrush, and a small container of red paint. Guide children as they paint one side of their paper plate red to make the skin. Then have them make the flesh by putting torn white paper or a coffee filter in the middle of the plate.
  • Once the paint has dried, have children put seeds in the center of the apple. If they’d like, they can try to make a star, like they learned about in the issue!
  • Last, have each child glue a stem (a stick or pipe cleaner) and leaf (real or paper) to the top of their apple. Then ask about the apple. What are the different parts? fine-motor skills/science knowledge

Materials: apple (toy or real), music-playing device

  • Share apple facts with this fun, hot-potato-style game!
  • Have children sit in a circle. Begin to play some music, making sure that you can randomly pause and restart the music.
  • Give a child the apple, and tell them to pass it to the person next to them and so on. Whoever is holding the apple when the music stops must say something about apples. It could be food made with apples (like applesauce or apple pie), where apples come from (a tree or a farm), or a description of the fruit (using descriptors like red or crunchy).
  • Continue the game until each student has had a chance to get “caught” with the apple. science knowledge/cooperation