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The Magic Apple Lesson PlanThe Magic Apple Lesson Plan
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The Magic Apple

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A fun and delicious lesson can help your kids learn about plural nouns and story sequencing. After reading The Magic Apple by Rob Cleveland, kids match pictures to story segments and add s to nouns to make them plural. They then cook some applesauce to share as a class.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

apples, phonics, reading comprehension, story sequencing, folktales, cooking, plural nouns, following directions

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in a unit about apples, or when learning about plural nouns
  • Include the worksheets in a phonics packet for extra practice
  • Rotate your class through three different groups to complete the different activities, including the cooking

Classroom Considerations

  • Cooking section doesn't provide a strong connection or context; build it into your lesson more thoroughly

Pros

  • Provides a good way to divide up skills between groups
  • Variety of activities will appeal to many learners
  • Includes a first and third grade version of the lesson plan

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.7 RL.1.1 RL.1.7 RL.2.1 RL.2.7 RF.K.2.a RF.1.2.a

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