Ten Apples Up on Top! is children's poetry written in book form. It's author is Dr. Seuss and illustrator is Roy McKie.
- Suggested Grade Level: PreK-1. It is a simple fun story that involves counting and rhyming.
- Summary: The story follows a lion and a dog as they compete to see who can balance more apples on their head. They go up trees, jump rope and do all kinds of crazy things while balancing apples on top of their heads. They then encounter another animal, the original two are now in competition with the new animal. They all have fun together with the apples and end up getting chased after by others, they run into a wagon with apples and all get "ten apples up on top!"
- Classroom Skills & Strategies:
- Introduce counting one through ten with one to one correspondence.
- Have students create their own page to make 11 apples up on top. The students will make illustrations and words to correspond with the page.
- ESOL Strategies/ Applications:
- Illustration are representative of the words.
- Create a matching game with cards with numbers and cards with apples. Have the students match the number cards with the picture with that number of apples.
- Read Aloud: All
- Personal Opinion: I think this is a good book to teach one to one correspondence and rhyming. The book is playful and fun. The characters and silly story will keep kids interested.
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