Bellmore Students Take Part in Apple-Fest

Second-grade students in Eileen Consiglio and Marissa DeMarzo’s classes at Bellmore’s Charles A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center combined their English language arts and mathematics units along with their art skills as they participated in an Apple Fest. Submitted by Bellmore School District

Second-grade students in Eileen Consiglio and Marissa DeMarzo’s classes at Bellmore’s Charles A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center combined their English language arts and mathematics units along with their art skills as they participated in an Apple Fest.

Gathered together in small groups, and working with their teachers and parent volunteers, the students traveled to various apple-centered stations during the afternoon activity. Employing their creativity, the students made stained-glass apples using construction paper and colored cellophane and undertake an apple-printing art project with paint and an apple cut in half.

Utilizing their math skills, the students had to make predictions on whether an apple would weigh more or less than various vegetables. After sampling various red, yellow and green varieties of apples, they also were tasked with graphing the results of a class-wide apple taste test.

To complete the activity, the second-graders read about Johnny Appleseed and created drawings to go along with the story.