All Things Johnny Appleseed

Do you learn about Johnny Appleseed in your classroom?  Johnny Appleseed Day is September 26 so it's time to start preparing!  The first thing you need to do is find a good read-aloud that tells about the life of this folktale hero.  There are so many to choose from but I like to use my EPIC app to find books about specific subjects we are learning in class.  (EPIC is like Netflix but it contains children's books and educational videos.  It's free if you sign up using your school email address.)

I have several different resources available to use after you have read about Johnny Appleseed to your students.  The first resource includes a printable book for each child that they can color and take home to read to their families or have their parents read to them.  It also includes several other activities like a color by number, word search, color by sight word, write the room activity and a comic book page for retelling the story.  (My kids LOVE making the comic book page!)

Johnny Appleseed Booklet and Activities

The next activity is a Johnny Appleseed Book Report Project.  This is great for teaching basic story elements like title, author, setting, characters, author's purpose, beginning, middle and ending. This project fully assembled is two feet tall so it would make a great bulletin board or wall display for open house!

Johnny Appleseed Book Report

Next is a Math Solve and Color with a Twist Activity.  It has two project pages with several worksheet options for differentiation.  Students work the math problems on the first page, then use their answers to find the code to color the picture.  These are always a favorite!

Johnny Appleseed Solve and Color with a Twist

If you want to get ALL three of these resources at a great price I have a BUNDLE available!

Johnny Appleseed Bundle

Enjoy your Johnny Appleseed Week!  Happy Reading!