The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree: A Gifted Multidisciplinary Unit
Natural and Manmade Order – Exploring Patterns with "The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree"
This dynamic interdisciplinary unit for first graders invites students to explore how order exists in both nature and human creations. Using the charming narrative of “The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree”, children will discover how natural cycles, and manmade systems bring structure to our lives.
Through a rich, cross-curricular approach, students will:
Determine importance in text and learn to write summaries
Engage in open-ended discussions to explore what order means, from the natural progression of day and night to the organization of calendars.
Analyze how characters in books experience and create order, encouraging them to consider diverse viewpoints and personal experiences.
Learn about calendars as a tool for organizing days, weeks, and seasons, linking these concepts to the Earth’s rotation.
By integrating literature with creative thinking, math, and science, this unit offers a well-rounded exploration of order—demonstrating how it is both a natural phenomenon and a human-made construct. Students will leave with a deeper understanding of the rhythms that govern their world and the skills to appreciate and create order in everyday life.
Natural and Manmade Order – Exploring Patterns with "The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree"
This dynamic interdisciplinary unit for first graders invites students to explore how order exists in both nature and human creations. Using the charming narrative of “The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree”, children will discover how natural cycles, and manmade systems bring structure to our lives.
Through a rich, cross-curricular approach, students will:
Determine importance in text and learn to write summaries
Engage in open-ended discussions to explore what order means, from the natural progression of day and night to the organization of calendars.
Analyze how characters in books experience and create order, encouraging them to consider diverse viewpoints and personal experiences.
Learn about calendars as a tool for organizing days, weeks, and seasons, linking these concepts to the Earth’s rotation.
By integrating literature with creative thinking, math, and science, this unit offers a well-rounded exploration of order—demonstrating how it is both a natural phenomenon and a human-made construct. Students will leave with a deeper understanding of the rhythms that govern their world and the skills to appreciate and create order in everyday life.
Natural and Manmade Order – Exploring Patterns with "The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree"
This dynamic interdisciplinary unit for first graders invites students to explore how order exists in both nature and human creations. Using the charming narrative of “The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree”, children will discover how natural cycles, and manmade systems bring structure to our lives.
Through a rich, cross-curricular approach, students will:
Determine importance in text and learn to write summaries
Engage in open-ended discussions to explore what order means, from the natural progression of day and night to the organization of calendars.
Analyze how characters in books experience and create order, encouraging them to consider diverse viewpoints and personal experiences.
Learn about calendars as a tool for organizing days, weeks, and seasons, linking these concepts to the Earth’s rotation.
By integrating literature with creative thinking, math, and science, this unit offers a well-rounded exploration of order—demonstrating how it is both a natural phenomenon and a human-made construct. Students will leave with a deeper understanding of the rhythms that govern their world and the skills to appreciate and create order in everyday life.
