Name - ______Date - ______

Cross Curricular Think-Tac-Toe Grid

Johnny Appleseed adapted by Pleasant deSpain

1. Follow the directions for the ScienceCenter (A Year for an Apple Tree)
YOU CHOOSE
Red Instructions
OR
Green Instructions
FREE CHOICE / 2. Follow the instructions for the WritingCenter (Story Summary).
FREE CHOICE / 3. Follow the directions for Social Studies Center (Puppet Show).
PARTNER ______
4. Read aloud Anna’s Apple Doll with a partner.
Red – Record Think About It answers on paper.
Green - Discuss the Think About It questions with partner.
PARTNER ______/ 5. Listening Center
PARTNER ______/ 6. Follow the directions at the ComputerCenter for Reading Comprehension, Phonics, Grammar or EM Games and solve problems with a partner. Work at this center for ten minutes.
7. Follow directions for the GrammarCenter.
Red Instructions
Green Instructions
FREE CHOICE / 8. Follow the directions for the VocabularyCenter.
Red Instructions
Green Instructions
FREE CHOICE / 9. Follow instructions for the Follow Directions Center to create a word puzzle.
FREE CHOICE

Teacher chooses box numbers ______.

I choose box number(s) ______.

*Before you hand in your Think-Tac-Toe Grid, please check to make sure these items were completed.

  • Teacher boxes and free choice are colored in.
  • Every activity colored in is completed.
  • Self Assessment paper is completed.

Green

ScienceCenter

A Year for an Apple Tree

  1. Get a piece of scrap construction paper and fold it into fourths.
  1. In box 1 draw a picture of what an apple tree would look like in the spring.
  1. In box 2 draw a picture of what an apple tree would look like in the summer.
  1. In box 3 draw a picture of what an apple tree would look like in the fall.
  1. In box 4 draw a picture of what an apple tree would look like in the winter.

Red

ScienceCenter

A Year for an Apple Tree

  1. Get a piece of scrap construction paper and fold it into fourths.
  1. In box 1 describe what an apple tree would look like in the spring.
  1. In box 2 describe what an apple tree would look like in the summer.
  1. In box 3 describe what an apple tree would look like in the fall.
  1. In box 4 describe what an apple tree would look like in the winter.

WritingCenter

Story Summary

  1. Complete the following story map
  2. On the other side of the paper draw an illustration of Johnny Appleseed and add a title.

SocialStudiesCenter

Puppet Show

  1. Work with a partner to create puppets for the following characters; Johnny Appleseed, Frontier Father, Frontier Mother, Frontier Girl, Frontier Boy, Young Wolf (American Indian friend), Ten Horses (American Indian friend). Create the puppets the same way that you did for your October Book-It Report.
  2. Create an apple puppet to represent the narrator.
  3. Once puppets are completed do a Read Aloud with your partner using your puppets.

Vocabulary

Green

  1. Complete practice page 87 and 88.
  1. When finished rip the pages out of your practice book and add to your package.
  1. You do not do the bottom of page 88 (Try This).

Red

  1. Complete practice page 88 and the Try This Activity at the bottom of the page on lined paper from the bookcase.
  1. When finished rip the page out of your practice book and add to your package with the Try This Activity paper.

Red

GrammarCenter

  1. Use all of the words from the Proper Nouns List below to create 5 sentences.
  1. Write the five sentences on lined paper from the bookcase.
  1. Underline the Proper Nouns in each sentence.
  1. Attach lined paper to your package.

Proper Nouns List

Mrs. Miller

Ms. Campoli

CenterGroveSchool

Randolph

Rockaway Mall

Saturday

Smart Board

Bingo

Lassie

Green

GrammarCenter

Something is wrong with these sentences. Can you fix them?

  1. ann went to disney world over christmas break.

______

______

  1. My friends, amy and wanda, are meeting at 25 schoolhouse road.

______

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  1. i just bought a new dog and named her rover.

______

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  1. Today is wednesday and i am going to ironia school for a playdate.

______

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  1. i saw mrs. iosso at pizza hut.

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Activity Standards & Objectives

Activity 1 – A Year for an Apple Tree (Science, Visual, Logical)

Standards – 3.1, 5.8

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Describe what happens (visually) to an apple tree over the course of one year through illustration or written description.

Activity 2 – Story Summary (Logical)
Standards – 3.1, 3.2

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Generate answers and examples from the story to complete story map.
  • Design an illustration for Johnny Appleseed.

Activity 3 – Puppet Show (Visual)

Standards – 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Design and construct puppets for each character.
  • Perform play using constructed puppets.

Activity 4 – Anna's Apple Doll (Verbal, Interpersonal)

Standards – 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Work in cooperative learning pairs to read the story aloud.
  • Discuss and record comprehension questions at the end of the story.

Activity 5 – Listening Center (Visual, Verbal)

Standards – 3.4

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Work in cooperative learning pairs to listen to the story of the week. (Listening Center)

Activity 6 – Computers (Math, Visual, Verbal, Interpersonal)

Standards – 3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Work in cooperative learning pairs on the computer.
  • Solve various Language Arts & Math problems.

Activity 7 – Proper Nouns (Below Level, On Level, Visual, Logical)

Standards – 3.1, 3.2

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Revise and rewrite sentences capitalizing the correct proper nouns.
  • Compose sentences using proper nouns from list.

Activity 8 – Vocabulary Definitions (Below Level, On Level, Verbal)

Standards – 3.1, 3.2

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Communicate knowledge of vocabulary words through workbook pages.

Activity 9 – Create a Word Puzzle (Above Level, Verbal, Logical)

Standards – 3.2

Objectives –

SWBAT:

  • Produce a word puzzle using vocabulary words of the week.