Sunshine State Standard

MA.E.2.1.1

Materials

Red, green, and yellow apples-a different number of each color allows variance on the graph. You can also ask the students to bring an apple from home. Posterboard and marking pens for graph. A prepared student graph per child. Red, gree, and yellow crayons-one of each color per child.

What to do

Collect apples and place them in a bag. Students count the apples as the teacher removes them from the bag. The teacher asks the students how the apples could be sorted into different groups based on the types of describing words they brainstormed (size, shape, color). The apples are then sorted by selected students into three color groups. Have the entire class count the number of apples in each color group. Color in one box in the corresponding colored column of the class graph. Have the children duplicate this procedure on their individual graphs until all the apples in the red color group have been graphed. Repeat this procedure for each remaining color group. Discuss the graph.

Additional Information

Extension: Have a taste test and graph each child's preference. This activity goes well with Johnny Appleseed unit.

Submitted by

Robin Gretz

Lee County
Ft. Myers, Florida
RobinG2@lee.k12.fl.us