Welcome to the Second month of Books Bloggers Love, a monthly link-up between 12 teacher bloggers! We will be sharing our favorite book to read for the month of September, share with you how we use it, and you might find a freebie or two. The best part?! Each month, you will have a chance to win 4 of the 12 books we blogged about!
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall Click the link or picture to check it out on Amazon. I chose a book that is perfect for the month of September and the traditional primary September theme of apples!
I love using themes in my classroom. In first grade, we are already so focused on rigor that it can be hard to find a balance in the classroom. Using a theme for read alouds, a book display, my poem, a few work stations, and a writing project REALLY helps keep my kiddos excited but also challenged at their independent level.
I love using The Apple Pie tree as a read aloud to introduce the apple theme in the beginning of September. It is such an easy and quick read aloud.
By the time September rolls around, my class is already focusing on learning specific comprehension skills during mini-lessons and read alouds.In order to keep up the rigor of my lessons while incorporating a theme, I make sure I am focusing on an important comprehension skill during each lesson.
First, I tell my students about sequence and we discuss why it is important for a story to be in order! Next, we take a picture walk, and the students make observations about what they see in the pictures.Then, I read aloud the story, without stopping.
Last, we discuss the beginning, middle, & end. We then complete the sequencing activity in a pocket chart as whole group. Once I'm sure most of my students had a working knowledge of sequencing, they completed the same activity independently.
I love to extend the apple theme across any subjects as possible. Here is a freebie apple adjective lesson I like to use towards the end of my apple unit.
Click the picture to download the FREEBIE!
By the time September rolls around, my class is already focusing on learning specific comprehension skills during mini-lessons and read alouds.In order to keep up the rigor of my lessons while incorporating a theme, I make sure I am focusing on an important comprehension skill during each lesson.
First, I tell my students about sequence and we discuss why it is important for a story to be in order! Next, we take a picture walk, and the students make observations about what they see in the pictures.Then, I read aloud the story, without stopping.
Last, we discuss the beginning, middle, & end. We then complete the sequencing activity in a pocket chart as whole group. Once I'm sure most of my students had a working knowledge of sequencing, they completed the same activity independently.
I love to extend the apple theme across any subjects as possible. Here is a freebie apple adjective lesson I like to use towards the end of my apple unit.
Click the picture to download the FREEBIE!
To read more about how I use the apple theme in my classroom, click the pictures below!
Be sure to enter the giveaway and check out the other bloggers below and see what books they are using for September!
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