Apple
Tune of "Bingo"
I know a fruit that grows on trees
And apple is its name-o!
Chorus:
A-P-P-L-E
A-P-P-L-E
A-P-P-L-E
And apple is its name-o!
In summer and in early fall
It's time to pick an apple.
(Chorus)
It may be sweet or may be tart
It's red or green or yellow.
(Chorus)
A McIntosh or Granny Smith
Or a Golden Delicious!
(Chorus)
Make apple juice or applesauce
Or apple pie with apples!
(Chorus)
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Apples
Apples, apples what a treat,
Sweet and tart and good to eat,
Apples green, and apples red,
Hang from branches overhead.
And when they ripen,
Down they drop,
So we can taste our apple crop.
~ Helen Moore
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Apple pie
I simply do not know why I
should be so fond of apple pie.
And when I'm offered it with cheese
or cream, I always say, "Yes, please."
And no one has to ask me twice
I'll ALWAYS take a second slice.
by Ivy O. Eastwick
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Worm
The worm in the apple
rests in his chair.
He's nibbled his rooftop,
and eaten his stairs.
He's gnawed off his kitchen,
the chimney's not there.
When his front porch is swallowed
he'll go on to pears.
by Sara Perkins
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Ten Red Apples
Ten red apples grow on a tree
Five for you and five for me.
Let us shake the tree just so ~
And ten red apples will fall below.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10!
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Apple, Apple
Apple, apple on the tree
I know you are good for me.
You are fun to munch and crunch
For a snack and for my lunch.
Apple, apple on the tree,
I know you are good for me.
(Tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")
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An Apple Chant
Apples in the attic,
Apples in the hall,
Apples in the summer,
Apples in the fall.
Apples make you healthy,
Apples make you tall.
I will eat some apples,
I will eat them all!
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Applesauce
Tune: " Yankee Doodle"
Peel an apple,
Cut it up,
Cook it in a pot.
When you taste it
You will find
It's applesauce you've got!
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Way up high in the apple tree
Five little apples were smiling at me!
I shook that tree as hard as I could,
Down came those apples
M-m-m! They were GOOD!
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The Johnny Appleseed Song
Tune: The Muffin Man
Do you know the apple man, the apple man,
the apple man, the apple man?
Do you know the apple man?
He planted apple seeds.
He wore a pot upon his head,
upon his head, upon his head.
He wore a pot upon his head.
His name was Johnny Appleseed.
John Chapman was his real name,
his real name, his real name.
John Chapman was his real name.
But, we call him Johnny Appleseed!
Author Unknown
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~ Books ~
The Seasons of an Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
Apples by Gail Gibbons
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Picking Apples and Pumpkins
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~ Apple Ideas ~
These are things I have done in my first grade:
~ I have students taste red, yellow, and green apples.
~ We graph our favorite:
This activity is called "Apples A Peel _____" and is in the AIMS: Fall Into Math & Science book.
You can get an updated version of this lesson at the AIMS website for $2.00. Click on the apple and click on preview to see the pages.
Each student colors an apple cutout of their favorite apple.
We make a large class graph and then students make their own graph.
~ We make applesauce in a crockpot. I usually have these apples peeled and sliced. (I have also used an apple peeler and had the kids turn the wheel. You will need parent volunteer help for this. This takes a lot more time!) The students add sugar and cinnamon. Very little water is needed! We do this in the morning and it needs to cook all day. Stir frequently to chop up the apples. Cool, and enjoy in the afternoon!! The other students have an apple book about apple facts to do while the teacher or a parent volunteer calls each student up to add sugar and cinnamon and stir.
~ We write in our special events books: I liked the applesauce. I didn't like the applesauce.
~ We also taste other products made from apples.
~ Red Hot Baked Apples:
1. Wash whole apple and ream out core with apple corer or knife.
2. Slice off bottom so apple will sit flat in electric frying pan.
3. Fill core with cinnamon red hots.
4. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.
5. Bake in covered electric fry pan at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
6. Cool 10 minutes
7. Eat and enjoy!
~ Do a seasonal study of the apple tree.
Here is a small apples book that I made from the poem above.
Click on the apple to download the book.
Click on this second apple for a book with all
the graphics added. Enjoy!
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Student Work