Apples

Grade: Pre-K

ISTE Standards

1. Creativity and Innovation

b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression

2. Communication and Collaboration

d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems

5. Digital Citizenship

b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports

collaboration, learning, and productivity

6. Technology Operations and Concepts

a. understand and use technology systems

Content Standards

Math: making and understanding simple graphs

continuing and creating simple patterns

Reading: color recognition(red, yellow, green)

letter and sound recognition-Aa

Science: identify parts of an apple(skin, stem, core, seed, flesh)

Lesson Description

During a week long study of apples, the children will be learning and labeling the parts of an apple. They will also have an apple tasting, and then make a class graph of their favorites. Each child will be making his/her own apple pattern using two of the three apple colors during centers. While all of this is taking place, the children will have access to digital cameras. They will be able to take pictures of themselves working and of their finished work. At the end of the study we will use movie maker to make an apple movie for the children to demonstrate what they learned.

Instructional Objectives

-colors

-graphing

-patterns

-parts of an apple

-digital camera operation

-assist with movie maker

Whole Group Introduction

I will bring in an apple for the group to investigate.

What do you know about apples?

What can you tell me about this apple?

What do we do with apples?

What are the parts of an apple?

We will make a circle map of all the things we know about apples.

Diverse Needs of Learners

Visual: looking at apples, seeing patterns, seeing class graph, watching movie

Auditory: listening to others directions, repeating patterns out loud

Kinesthetic: making patterns, investigating apple, taking pictures

ELL: labeling apple parts, watching movie, being immersed in the language

Student Products

-apple patterns

-apple graph

-labeled apples

-movie

Assessment

-student work

-movie

Materials

-apples

-books

-apple cut-outs

-smartboard

-cameras

-computer

-movie maker