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Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Since so many of you are teachers ... I was hoping to get some ideas for a school project. My first grader has a project on Johnny Appleseed that is due next Friday (9/24) it can be a collage, report, anything he wants to do. Any suggestions? I want something that he can do the majority of the work on his own (with supervision and a little help) not something that Brian and I do the work and he turns in.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can you give us a little more info on you child? What types of things does he enjoy...is he into artsy stuff, does he like play acting, does he like legos, etc....If you can find something he enjoys doing, you can incorporate that. For example, he might make a lego apple tree and Johnny Appleseed and put them in a shoebox setting.

My son has always loved to draw, so his favorite way to present something is the 4 square idea with a few words and lots of pictures about each step / section.

First graders often are GREAT at telling stories (especially if show and tell is a regular part of their schooling), and he could dress up as Johnny Appleseed and tell the story as if he were Johnny.

Good luck! :-) Just wait until the projects are on topics you know NOTHING about! LOL

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Go to the library and get a couple of books on Johnny, I think Disney has a video you may be able to check out as well... then have your son draw a poster and copy a fact or two - if he can read what he writes... (you have him dictate a sentence, that way he can copy the words and not have to keep asking how do you spell_____)

I love the idea of dressing up - bringing apples along with the report...

You can also do a diarama - get a shoebox, cover it in construction paper, and then have him make trees, etc... if you have legos, he can make a setting with legos, maybe use red tissue paper balls to stuff in those trees!!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Since Johnny Appleseed spent most of his life wandering the wilderness and planting apple trees why not have your first grader eat an apple every day and you save all the seeds from his apples. Then he can draw a picture on green construction paper of trees. Glue the apple seeds all over the construction paper.



Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Friday, September 17, 2004 - 5:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you all so much. We are thinking that we are going to have him dress up and tell a story about Johnny Appleseed. That is - if he is willing to do it. He is sometimes a little shy about getting up in front of the class! If he doesn't want to do that -- we'll go to either the legos or appleseeds.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Make sure you find a book or two to show him, legend has it that Johnny wore a pot on his head, and carried a sack full of appleseeds!! He used a rope for a belt...

Love that age btw!! Its hard to teach, so keep it simple, go with what he wants, and what he is comfortable, chances are he's listening to what friends are doing... and maybe some have turned in projects?

Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay -- he is too shy to stand in front of the group -- so here is what we are doing. A poster with JOHNNY APPLESEED across the top in block letters. Then going down from each letter he is going to put a fact starting with that letter (he & Brian are reading the book right now) The we are going to get some rope to do the border and leave some space above to decorate with appleseeds and apples. That way he still learns some facts - but still gets to do the fun arts and crafts stuff that he loves doing. I'll let ya know how it turns out.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That sounds great. Could you dress him like Johnny Appleseed, as well, or would he be too shy to do that? My kids didn't want to wear Halloween costumes at a certain age because they were sort of shy.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GREAT idea! You'll have to post a pic for us when he's all done. :-)

Bookworm
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12-18-2001

Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was going to suggest some sort of 'cooking' type of thing. It's easy to make applesauce or apple dip. Then he could share his treat with the class.

Your idea sounds great. Best of luck to him!