110 Plants: Supplemental Guide 4A | Johnny Appleseed
Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
What Have We Learned?
- Choose one of the Response Cards to review, or have small groups
review different Response Cards. Allow one minute for students to
talk. Call on volunteers to share. - You may also wish to review domain content with the Songs and
Chants for Plants from Lessons 1 through 3.
Introducing “Johnny Appleseed”
- Tell students that they are about to hear a tall tale, or story, about a
famous man named Johnny Appleseed. - Define a tall tale as a funny story that exaggerates the truth, so some
parts of the story are unbelievable. For example, an exaggeration
would be Johnny Appleseed is very tall man; he is as tall as a tree! - Remind students that they learned about different kinds of stories like
folktales, fairy tales, and trickster tales in the Stories domain. - Tell students that the main character in this story is Johnny
Appleseed. - Ask students: “Today’s tall tale is about a man named Johnny
Appleseed. Can you guess what Johnny’s favorite food is?” Call on
two students to answer.
Vocabular y Preview
Orchard- Johnny Appleseed hoped that one day orchards would grow from the
seeds he planted. - Say the word orchard with me three times.
- An orchard is a place where fruit trees are grown.
- In the fall, Isaac and Nyla’s family go to the orchard to pick apples.
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