Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Apple Trouble! will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of problem solving and self-regulation, this Apple Trouble! picture book by Ragnhild Scamell is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Apple Trouble! Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Apple Trouble!. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Apple Trouble! reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
APPLE TROUBLE! SUMMARY
The story Apple Trouble! is about Hedgehog who is building her nest for her long winter sleep. Suddenly, a juicy red apple falls onto Hedgehog and gets stuck on her back! Hedgehog can’t fit in her nest anymore with the apple on her back so she visits many friends to try to get the apple off her back. Every time she tries to get the apple off, more and more things get stuck on her back! Hedgehog worries that she will never fit in her nest.
Pig suggests that Hedgehog squeezes under the hedge so that it will knock everything off her back. The hedge doesn’t work but when she gets to the other side she sees Goat! The items on Hedgehog’s back look like lunch to Goat! Goat gets everything off Hedgehog’s back and Hedgehog is finally able to rest in her nest.
APPLE TROUBLE! LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for Apple Trouble!, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Apple Trouble! reading comprehension questions focus on:
- sequencing
- analyzing setting
- analyzing character
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- problem solving
- self-regulation
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- adjectives
- prepositions
APPLE TROUBLE! ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Apple Trouble!?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Ragnhild Scamell. It was illustrated by Michael Terry.
What genre is Apple Trouble!?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 31 pages long.
