Syllable Sort

I am slowly learning about the Teachers Pay Teachers store and finally loaded my first activity.  I had hoped to upload a whole unit...but learned the hard way that I should have done all the activities in one document, so for now I am going to be uploading a few activities separate from each other.  Go to the link to check out my first syllable activity.  Each card has an apple word that has one or two syllables on it.  First graders will look at the word and decide if it has one or two syllables.  They will then place it on the correct mat and record the word on the recording sheet. 

                                                 Click here to check out my first activity

Apple Day

I have been taking advange of the yucky weather that we have been having and have been continuing to add things to my apple file!  Here is a sheet that I am going to use to teach concepts about print.  I am almost done with some fun games to upload to my TPT store and am really excited about it!

Click here for CAP sheet

                             

Apple Activities

During the month of September, we celebrate Johnny Appleseed's Birthday.  We do lots of different activities leading up to "Apple Day".  On Apple Day, we make applesauce and we do lots of other fun things. 

click here --> Apple Graph

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                                   Apple Graph Data Recording Sheet

                                    click here -->   ABC Order Apple Baskets


One of the activities I do at the beginning of our apple unit (and many units that I do)  is have kids get together in groups of 3 or 4.  I tell them to think of the topic that we are studying and think of as many words as they can that they associate with that topic.  I then give them the ABC chart and have them fill in words that deal with that topic for each letter of the alphabet.  After working for awhile, we make a big chart with all the words that we thought of and hang it in our writing center area.  Whenever they are writing books, or sentences about the topic they can refer to the chart.  So...when writing about apples, they might write A=apple, B=blossoms, F=flower, G=Golden Delicious, M=McIntosh, etc. 

                                            Click Here for ABC Chart

I introduce adjectives when talking about Apples.  We think of all the different ways that we can describe an apple using our 5 senses.

                                            click here -->   5 Senses Web