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Apple mobiles
By Emily

I make apple mobiles with my first graders during our apple unit.
Here's what we do:
Have cut out ahead of time:
-die-cut apple shapes in green, red and yellow
-2.5 inch lengths of yarn for each student

Each
student picks out 5 die cut apples. They need to create a pattern (for example: yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, red..... or green, red, red, green, red red....you get the point!). They need to be able to verbally tell you their pattern and tell you what would come next if they were able to select 7 apples, or 8 apples.....
The students will write a sentence on their 5 apples. As

a class, brainstorm words to describe an apple. I always bring in apples for the kids to eat (red, green and yellow) and find that they are able to come up with some wonderful descriptive words. Write all of the words on the board (or sentence strips). Now the students need to write a sentence...A ____,____,____ apple. For example: A big, red, juicy apple or A crunchy, sour, yellow apple. The students just select words from the word bank to fit in their sentence. After you have checked their sentences, they write each word on an apple cut-out.
When they are finished, you string their apple cut-outs through the yarn to make a hanging moblile (vertical). I hang them from the ceiling-great compliment to the room's decor during the apple unit.
Hope this helps!