Johnny Appleseed Keri, Jen, Jes & John ED 417-02

Johnny Appleseed 2nd Grade Let’s celebrate Johnny Chapman’s birthday by learning about his life

Objectives For students to have a better understanding of Johnny Appleseed’s journey across the United States Have students graph & compare numbers Distinguish & illustrate the stages of an apple tree Understand what makes plants grow Learn proper letter writing technique & develop reflective thinking

Materials Needed Books on Johnny Appleseed Websites on Johnny Appleseed Apples (green, yellow, red) Map of United States Paint & Paintbrushes Pots, soil, seeds Writing paper, pencils Cloth grid

Websites about Johnny Appleseed www.appleseed.net - Johnny Appleseed Home Page www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/9587/ - Appleseed Alley www.jappleseed.org/history.html - J Appleseed & Co www.geocities.com/tanseyjim/appleseed.htm - Johnny Appleseed www.alphabet-soup.net/dir2/johnny.html - Johnny Appleseed

Song about Johnny “Thank You Johnny Appleseed” We owe you quite a lot, For the apples that you planted With a Bible and a cooking pot. Your seeds were planted far and wide. You gave a helping hand. A friendly word you had for all, Across our frontier land. We owe you quite a lot. The lovely trees and apples, And the lessons that you taught.

Activity #1 - Math Each child chooses which color of apple is their favorite Place apple on graph Compare and contrast totals

More Math Activities Sort colors of apples Sort sizes of apples Create patterns of colors with the apples Use apples to do adding and subtracting

More Math Activities Have children cut apples to learn about fractions Sequencing the life of an apple tree Tallying apples

Activity #2 - Social Studies Teacher reads Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg Children draw apples on map of United States as Johnny ‘walks’ throughout each state

SS Activity Continued Locating and naming states Discuss the months that Johnny was able to plant seeds Use a calendar to mark out the months during his journey

More SS Activities Place events from Johnny Appleseed’s life on a time line Listen to and discuss songs, poetry, literature and drama Make a map of their neighborhood and where they could plant appleseeds

Activity #3 - Art From reading in book, children will paint the different stages of an apple tree They will use red, white, brown, green paint

Art Activites Continued Draw a picture of Johnny Appleseed Make a diorama of Johnny Appleseed’s cabin Coloring Johnny Appleseed pictures

Activity #4 - Science Children will learn about how plants grow through a science experiment Some seeds will be watered, some will have sun, some will have neither

Science Activities Continued Make applesauce and other apple foods Tasting different kinds of apples Discuss Johnny Appleseed’s health and nutrition due to living outdoors

Activity #5 - Language Arts Children will learn about proper letter writing techniques They will write Happy Birthday letters to Johnny They will also write to Johnny telling him about what they learned in class about his life

Language Arts Continued Write a poem about Johnny Appleseed Write & Direct a play about Johnny Appleseed Predict what might of happened if Johnny lived longer

Johnny Appleseed Poem In The Apple Tree Away up high in the apple tree Tune: This Old Man Away up high in the apple tree Two red apples smiled at me. I shook that tree as hard as I could Down came the apples Mmmmm were they good!

This Is Done How About Them Apples?