Description

What is this resource?
This is a focused APPLE-THEMED read-aloud companion pack for TEN favorite apple-themed Read-Alouds. The purpose of this resource is to provide teachers and students with a structured focus on vocabulary, text-based higher level questions, comprehension, and ELA-based skills through an authentic and engaging children’s literature. Selected texts include fiction and nonfiction texts pertaining to apples, apple trees, apple tree life cycle, and Johnny Appleseed tales.

Titles Include
The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki

The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons

Apple Picking Time by Michele Benoit Slawson

Apples by Gail Gibbons

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

Apples for Everyone by Jill Esbaum

Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman

Fall Apples Crisp and Juicy

Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish

What is included?
This is a BUNDLED resource. It includes all the linked resources and will eventually include those listed above. Click the titles to see the standards and skills addressed by each. Each resource includes a combination of ELA posters, Vocabulary Word Cards and definitions, Text-Based Questions, Writing Prompts, Collaborative Poster Templates and 3 Differentiated Comprehension Checks.

Where can I preview a sample of this resource?
Click PREVIEW to see the types of resources and activities included in this pack. PLEASE NOTE: the preview shows the format for ALL books in the Let’s Read series and shows the types of activities included. The specifics change according to the content and standards addressed by each book.

What ELA skills are addressed?
The skills addressed are specific to the read-aloud, so please preview each book linked.

Who created this resource?
Abby Mullins, also known as Babbling Abby, is a former kindergarten and first grade teacher who most recently was an interventionist in a Title I school. She holds a BA in both psychology and elementary education, along with an MA in teacher leadership. She loves creating engaging experiences for students, collaborating with passionate educators, and bringing her creativity and enthusiasm to classrooms across the globe through curriculum and resource development. Abby also blogs at The Inspired Apple where she shares here ideas, activities, and her love of education.