We used apples as our theme this week to inspire some fun learning! We made a KWL chart about apples. We first made a list of things we know about apples and then made a list of what we want to know and learn about apples. The students learned about the difference between fiction and nonfiction. We started talking about nonfiction text features and looked for them as we read nonfiction books about apples. One of these features that we noticed a lot in our nonfiction books is pictures with labels. So the students each made their own apple and labeled the parts of the apple. I brought in three different kinds of freshly picked apples for the students to taste. We made a list of adjectives to describes the apples. The students made a tally chart to show their favorite kind. Finally, the students did such a great job writing an opinion piece about their favorite kind of apple. They had to have an opening sentence, two to three reasons using adjectives, and a closing sentence. Doing all of this in the first week of October in first grade is pretty impressive! We are so proud of how hard they worked!
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