Introduction

After being read the book, "The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree" you will create your own apple tree in each season: spring, summer, autumn and winter.  Be careful to draw each tree differently and keep in mind the different characteristics of each tree throughout the seasons.

After coloring your apple tree in each season, mix the four different seasons up (each on a seperate card) and then sequence them according to their seasons. 

• The children will end up with four different cards that are pictures of an apple tree throughout each season (cards should be placed in sequential order).

1. First you will be read a book called, "The Season's of Arnold's Apple Tree."
2. Once you learn the season's of an apple tree, you will get a chance to make your own.
3. You will be given four different cards with a season name and a blank tree (just the trunk) on each one.
4. First you will be given the card labeled Spring.
5. Color the tree according to what you learned in the book about what the apple tree looks like in the spring.
6. Next you will be given the card labeled Summer. 
7. Color the tree according to what you learned in the book about what the apple tree looks like in the summer.
8. Next you will be given the card labeled Autumn.
9. Color the tree according to what you learned in the book about what the apple tree looks like in autumn.
10. Next you will be given the card labeled Winter.
11. Color the tree (hint: or just the tree trunk) according to what you learned in the book about what the apple tree looks like in winter.
12. After you have completed each season card, mix them up and put them in sequential order. Look at the differences on the trees themselves to give yourself clues about their order of seasons.

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
To successfully sequence the seasons of an apple tree.	Color the pictures of the four different trees just like you read about in the book.	Color each one a different way so that they look like they should during that season.	Sequence the four cards so that they are in order of spring, summer, autumn and winter.	Mix them up and try to put them back in order.

Thank you to Gail Gibbons for the book, "The Season's of Arnold's Apple Tree."  You helped us to learn about the apple tree throughout different seasons, Thank You!