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Division 9 has been talking about apples.  We know that apples come in many colours and varieties.  There are green ones.  There are yellow ones.  And there are lots and lots of red ones!  We decided to conduct an experiment to find out which apple is our favourite – Granny Smith, Red Delicious or Yellow Delicious.  Here we are doing our research.

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Here are the results of our research:

Ask me which apple I liked the best.

We read a book about a school trip to an apple orchard called “The Apple Orchard Riddle”.  On the trip the students learn a lot about apples and apple orchards—including how apples are harvested, how cider is made, and what the different varieties of apples are—while trying to solve a riddle.

The riddle is:  Show me a little red house with no windows and no door, but with a star inside.

Did you guess? The answer is:  An Apple.

If you cut an apple in half, right across the middle, you can see the star of seeds inside.  The star has five parts, one for each  petal of the apple blossom.

Ask me about the parts of an apple – skin, flesh and core.

The most important word for any child is his/her own name.  For most children, it is the first word that they learn to read and write.

The children have been doing activities that draw their attention to the letters and sounds in their own names, including learning to print their names starting with a capital letter followed by lower-case ones. Practicing their names helps them to notice the differences among the letters of the alphabet; circles, straight lines, crossing lines.  It also helps them to learn the sounds in their names and the names of their friends.

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