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Apple Workmat
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Apple Patterns
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Filltheappleswithpatternblocks.
Trace. Color.
NameUsinggeometricshapestoformcompositeshapes
Pick the Shapes!
Note to the teacher:Usewith“PicktheShapes!”onpage2.
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Bonus:Use8
blocks.Makea
differentfigure.
Traceitandwriteitsname.
A. Use1block.
C.Use4blocks.
B. Use2blocks.
D.Use6blocks.
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Great Groups An assortment of apple cutouts lends itself to two skill-stretching activities!
Make a few different sizes and colors of apple cutouts so there are 20 apples
in all. (See the patterns on page 6.) Then try the options below.
Sorting and classifying: Before students arrive on each of several days,
display the apples grouped by a secretly chosen attribute. As students arrive,
encourage them to study the display. Invite them to guess your sorting rule
during your morning group time.
Graphing: Have the class sort the apples and use them to complete a graph.
Then pose questions to help youngsters analyze the graph.
Look Twice!Addition and subtraction
Are there more or fewer apples now?
That’s the question students answer with
this addition and subtraction idea. To
begin, display several red circles (apples)
on a paper tree. Have a student identify
the number of apples and write it on the
board. Then have each youngster cover
his eyes as you add apples to the tree or
move apples from it. Next, ask students
to open their eyes and determine whether
there are more or fewer apples on the tree.
Have a youngster name the corresponding
operation. Then complete the number
sentence with student input.
Seed SavvyAddition
For this independent activity, a student needs a die, paper, 12 small
uncooked beans, and a copy of the apple workmat on page 7. She rolls
the die and makes a column on her workmat with that many beans. She
rolls the die again and makes a separate column with that number of
beans. Then she writes and solves the corresponding addition problem.
She continues with different problems as time allows.
9
4 + 6 = 10
5 + 2 = 7
4 + 5 = 9
3 + 1 = 4
3 + 4 = 7
There are fewer apples on the
tree now. That’s subtraction.
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Pick the Shapes!Using geometric figures to form different figures
Visual-spatial reasoning is at the core of this pattern block idea. Place at a
center student copies of page 4; red, green, blue, and yellow crayons; and the
following pattern blocks: one hexagon, two trapezoids, two rhombuses, and eight
triangles. A child uses the indicated number of blocks to fill each apple on his
paper. He traces the blocks and colors the tracings the corresponding colors.
After each child completes the activity, invite students to share their work. Then
guide youngsters to describe and compare the pattern block shapes.
Scrambled ApplesNumber order
Use die-cut apples or the patterns on page
5 to prepare this activity in a jiffy. Number
30 apple cutouts from 1 to 30, writing one
number per apple. Put the apple labeled 15
in the second row of a pocket chart. Display
the remaining apples in random order on a
drawing of a tree. To begin, ask a student to
“pick” the apple with the number 14. Then
have her put it in the pocket chart in numerical
order and explain how she knew where it
belongs. Continue with the remaining apples,
varying whether students find and place
numbers that come just before or just after the
numbers in the pocket chart and prompting
them to explain their reasoning.
For a more advanced version, use greater
numbers.
Math With Kid “A-peel”
Seventeen comes
after sixteen.
Filltheappleswithpatternblocks.
Trace.
Color.
Name
Usinggeometricfigurestoformdifferentfigures
Pick the Shapes!
Bonus:Use8
blocks.Makea
differentfigure.
Traceitand
writeitsname.
A. Use1block.
C.Use4blocks.
B. Use2blocks.
D.Use6blocks.
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Name
Combinationsforsumsto8The Pick of the Crop!Cut.
Writethewaystomake8. Usethecounterstohelpyou.
Bonus Box:FarmerRexpicks5redapplesand3greenapples.Howmanyapplesdoeshepickinall?Solvethe
problemonthebackofthispaper.
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Name Apples
PicturegraphA Week of Work Lookatthegraph.
Write.Usethegraph.
1.Howmany onTuesday?______________________________ 2.Howmany onThursday?_____________________________ 3.Howmany inallonMondayandFriday?________________ 4.Howmanymore onThursdaythanonFriday? ___________ 5.Whichdaywerethemost picked? _____________________ 6.Whichdaywerethefewest picked?____________________
Apples Picked
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Bonus: Howmany werepickedinall?Writehowyouknow.11
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B.
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Name Apples
Countingbytens
See the Seeds!
Countby tens.
Write themissingnumbers.
Bonus: Countbytensasfarasyoucan.Writethenumbersasyoucount.
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20
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40
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Comparingnumbersto30
Catch! Lookateachpairofapples.
Colortheapplewiththegreaternumber.
Write<or>.
Bonus:Whichnumberisgreater:yourageorthenumberofpeopleinyourfamily?Explain.
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15 12
20 14
16 19
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27 30
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Apple-Picking Pals
Colorbythecode.
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Color Code
lessthan12—red
greaterthan12—yellow
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