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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counting Cheerios

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate counting to 10 or 20. They read and discuss "The Cheerios Counting Book," match number cards to Cheerios, and create a Cheerios necklace.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Mittens with The Mitten Book

For Teachers K
Students read and discuss the different animals in The Mitten book and then try to make mittens that are alike.
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Activity
Curated OER

Valentine Handprint Poem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make a handprint underneath a Valentine poem to give to their parents. In this Valentine poem lesson plan, students also glue conversation hearts around the edge of the page for a border.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can You Stretch the Truth?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study folk tales. They write a class folk tale and then one of their own using a famous character or known celebrity as their main character. They put on a class play of one of the student's folk tales.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Johnny Appleseed Was Born

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A brief overview of the life of Johnny Appleseed and his contributions to America's landscapes. Includes several photos of orchards, as well as a "zoom" feature that allows the viewer to enlarge one of the photos.
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Activity
Other

Washington Apple Commission: The Story of Johnny Appleseed [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Separate fact from fiction about John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Read about his adventures and see what you've learned by doing the accompanying crossword puzzle.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Man Who Liked Apples

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short biographical piece shares the story of Johnny Appleseed. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Website
Other

The Virtual Vine: Apple Pickin' Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a fun cross-curricular unit on Johnny Appleseed! Provides lots of ideas for integrating apples into the classroom -- from math exercises to recipes. Lots of links to other resources too.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Johnny Appleseed and Apples

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Johnny Appleseed flipchart integrates history, math and science.
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Graphic
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Food Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site from EnchantedLearning.com provides food-related activities including nursery rhymes, printables, crafts, and quizzes. Includes pages on the food pyramid, food terms in other languages, famous paintings, and a feature on the...