This engaging write-the-room center makes practicing CVC words interactive and exciting. Instead of sitting at their desks, students get to move around the classroom while staying focused on reading and writing practice.

How it works:

• Print and cut the apple-themed CVC cards.
• Tape them around the classroom.
• Students search for each card and write the matching word on their recording sheet.

It’s that simple! Just print, post, and play.

What’s Included:

• 40 apple CVC word cards (8 for each vowel: a, e, i, o, u)
• 2 student recording sheets (one with standard lines, one with handwriting lines)
• Color and black-and-white printing options

Why teachers love it:

• Quick-prep and low-stress – great for busy weeks
• Encourages movement while learning
• Reinforces phonics and handwriting skills
• Flexible use (play multiple times by switching out vowel sets)
• Perfect for fall centers, small groups, morning tubs, or independent practice, apple-themed week

For best durability, laminate the apple cards if using in a center rotation.

With this Apple CVC Words Write the Room Activity, your students will have so much fun practicing phonics that they won’t even realize how much they’re learning!

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Students will practice short vowel sounds while coloring mystery apple-themed pictures – keeping them engaged, focused, and learning at the same time.

Perfect for:

• Morning work
• Literacy centers
• Small group practice
• Early finisher activities
• Sub plans
• Word work
• Homework

Just print, grab some crayons, and watch your students light up as the hidden pictures are revealed!

What’s Included:

• 5 different apple-themed mystery pictures
• 5 pages for each short vowel (a, e, i, o, u)
• 5 mixed-vowel review pages
• 30 total no-prep practice pages for easy differentiation

How It Works:

Students read the CVC word, match it to the correct color, and color the picture. As they go, a fun fall apple-themed mystery image is revealed!

Skills Covered

• CVC word reading fluency
• Identifying short vowel middle sounds
• Fine motor practice & following directions

Easy to Use

• Zero prep, just print & go
• Great for independent practice or guided groups
• Differentiation built in, pick the vowel sound your students need

Bring some fall fun into your literacy block with these Apple Color By Code CVC Word Activities. Your students will love the mystery pictures, and you’ll love the meaningful, low-prep practice!

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Students will love walking around the classroom to find each apple card, while teachers will love how easy it is to prep and how effectively it builds phonemic awareness in a hands-on way.

How It Works

1. Tape the apple beginning sound cards around the classroom.
2. Give each student a recording sheet.
3. Students move around, find the apple cards, and write the matching beginning letter on their sheet.

It’s simple, interactive, and keeps students focused while having fun!

What’s Included

• 26 apple beginning sound picture cards (A–Z) x is ending sound picture is box
• 2 recording sheets (lined + handwriting lines)
• Cards in both color and black & white (perfect for saving ink)

Why Teachers Love It

• Low prep → Just print, cut, and go!
• Versatile → Use for fall centers, small groups, morning work, early finishers, or during your apple unit.
• Durable → Laminate the cards to reuse year after year.
• Engaging → Combines movement + literacy in an active, meaningful way.

Perfect For:

• Preschool & Kindergarten
• Fall literacy centers
• Apple week activities
• Early finishers or small group ELA games

Make your fall alphabet practice fun, interactive, and seasonal with this Apple Beginning Sounds Write the Room Activity, a quick-prep center that gets kids excited about learning their letters and sounds!

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These activities are ideal for:

• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Literacy centers
• Small groups
• Independent work
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Word work practice
• Apple Day or Apple Week

What’s Included

• 5 different apple-themed mystery pictures
• 4 versions of each picture for easy differentiation
• 20 total color by code worksheets
• Students look at a picture, identify the beginning sound, and color the space to match the correct letter.

Why Teachers Love It

• No prep → Just print and go
• Engaging and interactive → Students practice phonics while having fun
• Versatile → Works for independent practice, centers, or group activities
• Differentiated options → Multiple versions make it easy to meet student needs

These Apple Color by Code Beginning Sounds pages are a fun, seasonal way to strengthen phonemic awareness and letter-sound recognition while keeping students excited about learning!

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What’s Included:

• 4 baskets labeled for words with 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables
• 30 picture apples for each syllable count (a total of 120 apples!)
• Clear, kid-friendly images that support vocabulary growth

Why Teachers & Students Love It:

• Builds phonological awareness and early literacy skills
• Encourages speaking, listening, and counting syllables
• Fits perfectly into an apple unit, fall centers, or small-group instruction
• Ideal for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary learners

This activity is easy to prepare, highly engaging, and versatile for use in literacy centers, morning tubs, small groups, or whole-group practice. It combines seasonal fun with essential reading skills!

This hands-on literacy center is perfect for teaching syllable counting, phonological awareness, and vocabulary in an engaging way.

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Looking for a fun fall literacy activity to add to your centers? This Apple Alphabet Write the Room game is the perfect way to get your students moving, learning, and engaged! Just print and play – no complicated prep required.

This quick-prep fall ELA center is a fantastic way to combine movement and literacy practice. Students love walking around the classroom to find each apple card, while teachers love how it reinforces uppercase and lowercase letter recognition in an active, hands-on way.

How it works:

1. Tape the apple-themed alphabet cards around your classroom.
2. Students grab a recording sheet.
3. They move around the room, find the cards, and write the matching letters on their sheet.

It’s an interactive activity that keeps kids on-task, engaged, and excited about learning the alphabet.

What’s Included:

• 52 alphabet cards – uppercase & lowercase letters
• 2 recording sheets – one lined + one with handwriting lines
• Apple cards in both color and black-and-white versions (perfect for saving ink)

Why teachers love it:

• Low prep → Just print, cut, and go!
• Versatile → Great for fall centers, small groups, morning work, early finishers, during apple week, or even a literacy game.
• Durable → Laminate the cards for long-lasting use year after year.
• Engaging → Students get to move around the room while reinforcing foundational alphabet skills.

This fall-themed alphabet activity is ideal for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary classrooms. Use it during your apple unit, fall literacy centers, or as a quick movement break with purpose.

Make alphabet practice fun, active, and seasonal with this Apple Alphabet Write the Room Activity!

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In this pack, the students learn writing, sequencing, retelling, life cycles and much more. It’s a great hands-on activity to get the students excited to learn.

What’s included:

• 2 retelling writing pages – one with lines one without
• 2 writing pages – How Does An Apple Tree Grow?– one with lines one without
• A sequencing page for the students to number the steps of how an apple tree grows.
• Cut and glue sequencing page.
• Sequencing center in color – print on cardstock and laminate
• Larger sequencing cards in color that can be used on an anchor chart.
• Supply pieces to be printed on card stock and laminated for the kids to pretend to grow an apple tree.
• One easy reader – How Does An Apple Tree Grow?t 2 option plus comes in both color and black and white.

These activities are sure to keep your students engaged and having fun all while learning!

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The students will enjoy practicing their CVCe words in this engaging activity. The student will choose an apple, say the word and then place it on top of the correct apple tree. This is great to add as a monthly literacy center rotation, early finishers, or as a small group guided reading activity, or as part of your word work station. The possibilities are endless. Be sure to check out my store for other themed options as well.

What’s included:

• 24 long a words
• 24 long i words
• 24 long o words
• 9 long u words

A total of 81 different cvce words.

The apples come in two ways, in word form and picture form so you can easily differentiate with your students.

Included is a color and black-and-white white printing option.

2 recording sheets are included, a lined page and a writing paper page

Laminating for durability is recommended.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print and cut and you’re ready for a fun fall CVCe word activity!

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The students will enjoy practicing their digraphs in this engaging activity. The student will choose an apple say the word and then place it on top of the correct basket. This is great to add as a monthly literacy center rotation, early finishers, or as a small group guided reading activity, or as part of your word work station. The possibilities are endless. Be sure to check out my store for other themed options as well.

What’s included:

Digraphs included are

• th 12 -th words 12 th- words
• ch 12 -ch words 12 ch- words
• sh 12 -sh words 12 sh- words
• wh 12 wh- words
• qu 12 qu- words
• ph 12 -ph- words
• kn 12-kn- words
• wr 12 wr- words
• ck 12 -ck words

A total of 144 different digraph words.

the apples come in two ways, in word form and picture form so you can easily differentiate with your students.

Included is a color and black-and-white white printing option.

2 recording sheets are included, a lined page and a writing paper page

Laminating for durability is recommended.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print and cut and you’re ready for a fun fall real and nonsense word activity!

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This apple count the room activity is also included in the Apple Week Center Bundle which you can find here.

This quick-prep apple count the room center is a perfect way to incorporate movement in your math center rotation. This is a great way to allow your students to get up and move about the classroom while being on task.

Simply tape the 20 apple-themed cards around the room. The student will then find each of the cards, count the number of apples on the basket/s, and write the number in the basket on the included recording sheets.

What’s included:

20 numbered cunt the room cards that are apple-themed.

2 recording sheets – one with numbers 1-10 and one with numbers 1-20 so the activity can be differentiated.

The apple cards come in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the apple cards and place them around the room and you’re set for a fun apple-themed center for the week or month!

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Prep is simple and quick for all of these apple week center rotations. To make it even more fun, use these centers with your buddy class!

What’s Included:

There are 7 center rotations included. Table tents for each activity are also included.

1. Count the Room – Tape the picture cards around the room. The students will find them all and count the number of apples.

2. Apple Color By Code– There are 3 different apple picture pages that the students will color by beginning sounds to find the mystery picture

3. Make A Snack – The students will have an applesauce snack. It can be as simple as having apple squeeze packs available for them during the center. Or you can have them sample homemade applesauce during this time.

4. Apple Seed Measurement – The students will use apple seeds to measure the different items using non-standard measurement.

5. Make A Craft – The students will make an apple craft.

6. Apple 2D Shape Dough Mats – The students will create 2D apple shapes using playdoh to help build fine motor skills.

7. Make An Apple Hat – The students will create a hat with the life cycle of an apple on it.

Extra supplies that you will need.

Playdoh and items for applesauce snack.

These apple week centers will be such a fun addition to your apple unit this year!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Vida says, “Fantastic resource to wrap up our learning about apples. Big buddies were able to run the centers independently for my littles! Thanks!”

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These addition mats are a fun hands-on way to practice addition facts. They are perfect for small groups, individual work, centers, or morning work.

There are 2 mat options, one that the student can place the printed number answer in the box to finish the problem and the second sheet allows them to write in the answer with an Expo marker. You would need to laminate the mat for this option so it could be erased.

We used apple mini erasers for counting. You could also use play dough balls or pom pom balls. There is a sheet of small printable apples you can use too.

There are

Addition problems 1-10 and

Addition problems 1-20

Recording Sheet

All come in both color and black and white.

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Get this as part of my Counting Mats Bundle and save big.

These counting mats are a fun way to practice numbers. The students will help gather the correct number of apples. They can then practice writing the number. Laminate the pages so they can be reused over and over with a dry erase marker.

We used red puff balls from the craft section and apples found in the Target Dollar Spot. I have also included a page of printable apple pieces both in color and black and white.

There are:
Number 1-20 in full page size mats
Numbers 1-20 half page mats
Numbers 1-20 quarter page mats
All come in both color and black and white.

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Get this as part of my Cooking Class Bundle and save big.

Cooking class is a fun way to incorporate many different learning standards. In this pack, the students are learning writing, sequencing, retelling, life skills and much more. It’s a great hands on activity to get the students excited to learn.

Items included:
Optional letter to send home for help on food donation. Editable version included. Must have power point to edit.
Recipe card for the students to fill out
2 retelling writing pages – one with lines one without
2 writing pages – I can make apple pie– one with lines one without
A sequencing page for the students to number the steps of making an apple pie.
Cut and paste sequencing page.
Sequencing center in color – print on cardstock and laminate
Larger sequencing cards in color that can be used on an anchor chart.
Ingredient pieces to be printed on card stock and laminated for the kids to make the apple pie
One easy reader – I Can Make An Apple Pie

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Get this as part of my Cooking Class Bundle and save big.

Cooking class is a fun way to incorporate many different learning standards. In this pack, the students are learning writing, sequencing, retelling, life skills and much more. It’s a great hands on activity to get the students excited to learn.

Items included:
Optional letter to send home for help on food donation. Editable version included. Must have power point to edit.
Recipe card for the students to fill out
2 retelling writing pages – one with lines one without
2 writing pages – I can make applesauce– one with lines one without
A sequencing page for the students to number the steps of making a applesauce.
Cut and paste sequencing page.
Sequencing center in color – print on cardstock and laminate
Larger sequencing cards in color that can be used on an anchor chart.
Ingredient pieces to be printed on card stock and laminated for the kids to make the applesauce
One easy reader – I Can Make Applesauce

I’ve included both ways of making applesauce, on the stove and in the crockpot throughout the entire set so you can use what best fits your class.

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Get this as part of my Life Cycle Hat Bundle and save big.

These no-prep hats are a fun way to review seed life cycles. The students will get to cut and glue 4 circles representing the seed on the front of the hat. They will then cut and glue the life cycle in the correct order on the back strip of the hat.

What’s included:

There are 4 different seeds included. Each seed comes with a front of the hat and a back strap that can be stapled together. You can add an additional strip to the back if the hat needs to be made larger to hit the child’s head.

Includes

Apples

Pumpkins

Flowers-

Sunflowers

No prep is required.. Just print the insect hat pages and you’re ready for a fun life cycle activity!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Mary R. says, “My kindergarteners LOVE crowns! This was the perfect activity to go along with our seed unit. Thank you!”

Jessie S. says, “My students love making and wearing their life cycle hats! These are a great, beyond the worksheet, activity!!”

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This Johnny Appleseed Craft With Writing Prompts/Pages is perfect for your apple unit. They look adorable hanging on the bulletin board or in the hallway!

What’s Included:

There are two different ways to make the Johnny Appleseed craftivity.

-Print a black and white page that has all of the pieces to make Johnny Appleseed on it for each student and have them color and assemble Johnny Appleseed.

-Print each of the parts pages on the corresponding color paper accounting for how many students you have, and hand out the parts to the students to cut and assemble.

After the craft is assembled, the students will need a long piece of construction paper to glue on their Johnny Appleseed and writing page of your choice. They look adorable displayed in the classroom!

There are 3 writing prompt pages included along with both a writing paper option along with regular a regular lined version.

I’ve also included an additional blank sheet in case the students need to staple an additional page for writing

-Johnny Appleseed

-Johnny Appleseed Facts

-I can be kind and helpful by

Prep is quick and easy…. and they look adorable displayed in the classroom or hallway!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Michelle C. says “My students had fun creating Johnny Appleseed and brainstorming all the ways we can be kind. I love when I can include writing with my art!!!”

Megan M. says “This is a cute craft that went along with our study over Johnny Appleseed. The kids had fun making them and they turned out super cute.”

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This Apple Craft With Writing Prompts/Pages is perfect for your apple unit. They look adorable hanging on the bulletin board or in the hallway!

What’s Included:

There are two different ways to make the apple craftivity.

-Print a black and white page that has all of the pieces to make the apple on it or each student and have them color and assemble the apple.

-Print each of the parts pages on the corresponding color paper accounting for how many students you have, and hand out the parts to the students to cut and assemble.

After the craft is assembled, the students will need a long piece of construction paper to glue on their apple and the writing page of your choice. They look adorable displayed in the classroom!

There are 3 writing prompt pages included along with both a writing paper option along with regular a regular lined version.

I’ve also included an additional blank sheet in case the students need to staple an additional page for writing

-Apples

-Apple Facts

-My favorite way to eat apples

Prep is quick and easy…. and they look adorable displayed in the classroom or hallway!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

My kids loved creating the apple and writing about it.

My students always love these writing craftivities. The crafts are super cute and it definitely promotes their writing.

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These task cards are easy for the students to use and will help them build their understanding of the part-part whole concept, number recognition, and basic addition. Using the number bond task cards will reinforce the students’ understanding of these concepts. They work great for early finishers and are a great addition to math centers. The included recording sheet will keep the students accountable for their center time.

Included are 20 task cards, color and black and white option, recording sheet, a label for storage and printable manipulative.These cards work wonderfully with the small seasonal mini erasers available in the Target dollar section as well.

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Save big and buy this as part of my Ten Frame Task Cards Making Ten With Friends Growing Bundle

These task cards are easy for the students to use and will help them with number recognition, basic addition and counting on. Using the ten frames will reinforce the students’ understanding of these concepts. They work great for early finishers and are a great addition to math centers. The included recording sheet will keep the students accountable for their center time.

Included are 15 task cards, recording sheet, a label for storage and printable manipulative.These cards work wonderfully with the small seasonal mini erasers available in the Target dollar section as well.

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Save big and buy this as part of my Ten Frame Task Cards Making Ten With Friends Growing Bundle

These task cards are easy for the students to use and will help them with number recognition, basic addition and counting on. Using the ten frames will reinforce the students’ understanding of these concepts. They work great for early finishers and are a great addition to math centers. The included recording sheet will keep the students accountable for their center time.

Included are 15 task cards, recording sheet, a label for storage and printable manipulative.These cards work wonderfully with the small seasonal mini erasers available in the Target dollar section as well.

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These task cards are easy for the students to use and will help them build their understanding of the part-part whole concept, number recognition, and basic addition. Using the number bond task cards will reinforce the students’ understanding of these concepts. They work great for early finishers and are a great addition to math centers. The included recording sheet will keep the students accountable for their center time.

Included are 20 task cards, color and black and white option, recording sheet, a label for storage and printable manipulative.These cards work wonderfully with the small seasonal mini erasers available in the Target dollar section as well.

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This is a fun activity that can be used as part of your apple unit, Johnny Appleseed unit, or even before or after a field trip to the apple farm or apple orchard!

What’s Included:

• A 6-page book that reviews how an apple grows. One sentence is reworded with a fill-in-the-blank for reading comprehension.

This is a no-prep 6-page book reviewing how an apple grows in a few easy sentences on each page. It’s an easy project for the kids to cut, color, and staple the book together when finished!

No-prep is required! Just print the 2 pages out for each student and you’re ready for a fun, engaging activity to go along with your apple unit!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Nancy F. says, “Great for our Johnny Appleseed unit and a wonderful activity when I had a sub.

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Here’s what’s included:

Included in this life cycle bundle are 3 variations of life cycle activities.

• Option 1: Color, cut, and put the life cycle wheel together.
• Option 2: Color, cut, and glue the word or sentences describing the life cycle steps in the correct spot, then put the wheel together.
• Option 3: Print in color, laminate and put together to be used at a center.

You will need one brass fastener per child to put the wheels together.

Life cycles that are included:

• Ladybug
• Bat
• Butterfly
• Pumpkin
• Plant
• Apple
• Penguin
• Bee
• Frog
• Sea Turtle

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID….

Melinda T. says, “My students loved this resource. We used this with our CKLA Cycles in Nature unit. It was so cute and easy to use.”

Jayne C. says, “I love this resource. It has so many different life cycles that can be used throughout the year!”

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