First Grade Celebrates
John Chapman's Birthday with "Schoolmade"
Apple
Pie
Can you see the pie's
face?
Sunday, September 26 is Johnny
Appleseed's birthday.
He tied canoes together, and he
rescued a wolf.
He was ill and he stayed with a
doctor.
He planted apple
seeds.
Johnny Appleseed's real name
was John Chapman.
He was called Johnny Appleseed
because he planted apple seeds.
He got apple seeds from the
mill where they cut the apples up to make apple cider.
He gave sick people
medicine.
The Indians were his
friends.
The animals were his
friends.
He was born in
Massachusetts.
Teacher and parent note:
This month we read stories about Johnny
Appleseed. The students decided that they'd like to celebrate his
birthday by baking an apple pie. Actually, we baked two pies. We
peeled and cut up apples and, like Grandma, we didn't measure! We
just made sure the apples were piled high and had plenty of sugar and
spices! They were REALLY delicious!
The students selected the pie photo that
they liked the best to put on the page. Then they selected the font
color and size. In a whole group they told things that they had
learned about John Chapman, and I wrote them down as they were
dictated.
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