Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Ten Red Apples


Title: Ten Red Apples

Author: Pat Hutchins is an English illustrator and writer. She was born on June 18, 1942 the sixth of seven children. Her first book called Rosie's Walk won the ALA Notable in 1968. She has written five novels and twenty-five picture books.

Publisher: Greenwillow Books (2000)

Genre: Fiction

Grade Level: 1-2

Brief Synopsis: This is a story about ten apples that start off on a tree. Every time an animal comes by one disappears. This continues to happen until all the apples are gone. This because a problem for the farmers wife because their are no apples for her to make an apple pie, until they see another apple tree in the distance.

Theme/Skill: Counting/ Math and Language Arts/ Long Vowel Sounds

Pre-activity: As a class we will create a concept map describing an apple.

Post-activity: Have the students create a number book using their favorite type of fruit. When each child is finished they will read their book aloud to the class. I will then hang the books up around the room.

My Refection of the book persuading people to read it:
Overall, I feel the children will really enjoy this story in the fall. The illustrations consist of bright colors. Since fall is about apples and making apple pie. There are a lot of pre and post activities that teachers can use to go along with this story. This story can provides a self-confidence booster for beginner readers.

2 comments:

  1. I have never heard of this book before, but it seems like a cute one. I love the idea that the animals are the ones taking the apples away from the tree. I also like your idea of having the students create their own books. That sounds like a fun activity that the students would enjoy. It would be interesting to see what kind of ideas they come up with to make their fruit disappear on each page. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Thank you for the comment! I can't wait to do this activity in my own classroom someday.

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