Fun Johnny Appleseed Activities for 1st-3rd Grade

Although I mainly focus on 1st-3rd grade math activities, I wanted to do something a little different and share some fun Johnny Appleseed activities I used to do with my students. This is such a fun topic for students and it seems like a seasonal theme makes everything more enjoyable! Plus, these Johnny Appleseed activities are perfect for cross-curricular learning with social studies and reading. In this blog post, I’m sharing some of my favorite print and digital comprehension activities for teaching Johnny Appleseed, plus a FREEBIE!

Johnny Appleseed Activities for Comprehension

If you are looking for something quick, easy, fun, and engaging to teach your students all about who Johnny Appleseed (aka John Chapman) is, this activity booklet is exactly what you need! There are several different types of graphic organizers included where students can practice their writing skills. They will also get the opportunity to practice their alphabetical order proficiency, using adjectives as describing words, as well as tap into their creative thinking!

My favorite part of this Johnny Appleseed Unit is a comprehension mini-reader and flipbook that kids can create to go with their work. In the 7 page booklet, students will complete a KWL chart as well as reading comprehension short stories all about Johnny’s life.

Each page contains comprehension check questions at the bottom, as well as 10 true or false questions at the end.

After completing the All About Johnny Appleseed booklet, have your students create this flipbook to demonstrate what they learned. Because there are so many different activities included, you can have kids complete them as morning work, whole group, or as word work in your reading stations.

Here is a breakdown of each activity included in the flipbook:

• Who Was Johnny?
• Describing Johnny
• What did Johnny do?
• Facts I Learned
• Writing Page

Digital Johnny Appleseed Activities

There is also a digital version of these Johnny Appleseed activities to use with Google Slides and Google Classroom. The digital version is exactly the same as the print version. You’ll get both the booklet & flipbook in print and digital!

Johnny Appleseed Freebie

If you’re looking for a few fun Johnny Appleseed activities to do with your students this September, fill out the form below to get my exclusive Johnny Appleseed Freebie!

Inside, you’ll get:

• A KWL chart
• A “was, had, did” graphic organizer
• Poem pages

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