ALL ABOUT APPLES

APPLES, APPLES, APPLES

WE FOCUSED ON APPLES THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER. 

OUR OT DID AN APPLE STAMPING PROJECT. THE STUDENTS USED FORKS THAT WERE PUSHED INTO APPLES TO MANIPULATE PAINTING ON THE PAGE.

WHICH APPLE IS YOUR FAVORITE?

WE GRAPHED OUR FAVORITE APPLE BUY PICKING THE DESIRED COLOR PRESENTED. SOME STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM A FIELD OF THREE, WHILE OTHERS NEEDED TO MAKE TWO CHOICES TO DETERMINE THEIR ANSWER.

ALL ABOUT ME: JOHNNY APPLESEED

WE READ A FEW BOOKS ABOUT JOHNNY APPLESEED AND THEN PICKED CARDS WITH FACTS ABOUT JOHNNY FROM A BASKET. EACH TIME THE STUDENTS WOULD PICK A CHOICE; WE WOULD READ IT, TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT, AND WRITE IT ON THE CHART.

LABEL IT: APPLE

 

WE LABELLED THE PARTS OF AN APPLE. THE STUDENTS WERE 

GIVEN A SLIP WITH A NAME 

AND ASKED TO FIND THAT 

PART ON THE CHART.

SIMPLY SPECIAL ED HAS FANTASTIC ADAPTED BOOKS FOR SEPTEMBER. THE PICTURE CHOICES WERE DISPLAYED AND PRESENTED TO THE STUDENTS IN A FIELD OF TWO OR THREE. WE USED BOTH LEVELS 1 AND 2 OF JOHNNY APPLESEED.

THE SEPTEMBER BUNDLE CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adapted-Book-Bundle-Back-to-School-Interactive-Books-2015226

 CROCKPOT APPLESAUCE

 THE STUDENTS HELPED PUT THE INGREDIENTS IN THE CROCKPOT AND WE LET IT COOK FOR FOUR HOURS. (IT SAID SIX... BUT LETS BE REAL WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME.) THEN, THE STUDENTS USED AN ADAPTED SWITCH TO BLEND THE INGREDIENTS IN THE CROCKPOT (MINUS THE LEMON PEEL AND CINNAMON STICK) TO MAKE APPLESAUCE.

 IT WAS DELICIOUS!!! SOME OF THE STUDENTS EVEN REQUESTED MORE!

YOU CAN FIND THE RECIPE HERE:

http://mommymakesitbetter.blogspot.com/2012/04/crock-pot-applesauce.html#more

SCHOOL BUS ROCK

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND OUR THIRD YEAR AT RIVERVIEW. SMALL SECRET: I HAVE WORN THE SAME FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OUTFIT EVERY YEAR!!! 

A GLIMPSE OF OUR MORNING MEETING AREA.

THOSE CUTE STRING BALLS ABOVE THE BULLETIN BOARD ARE FROM TARGET IN THEIR DOLLAR AREA. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHTS BUT I CUT OFF THE BATTERY PACK AND MADE THEM WALL DECOR!

OUR FIRST WEEK AND A HALF OF SCHOOL WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUSES. WE MADE A BID CRAFT AND DID A WORKSHEET WITH COUNTING BUSES.

I WORK WITH SOME PRETTY FANTASTIC PEOPLE!! I’VE HEARD THAT WHEN YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME WITH PEOPLE… YOU START DOING THINGS THE SAME, WELL OURS IS DRESSING ALIKE!!!

WE TWIN EACH OTHER ABOUT ONCE A WEEK!

BACK TO SCHOOL

WE MOVED CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR. HERE IS A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND OUR FEELINGS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO OUR ROOMS ALL SUMMER!

THE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED I WENT ON A VACATION TO PUNTA CANA WITH MY SISTER. SHE IS FULL OF ADVENTURE SO WE DID MANY EXCURSIONS. PARASAILING WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. I ALSO ENJOYED A LITTLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- THIS IS A MUST READ!!!

MOMENTS BEFORE THIS PHOTO WE WERE SHOVING THINGS INTO CABINETS SAYING“WE SHOULDN’T BE OPEN FOR OPEN HOUSE”