Apple Pie that Papa Baked

Title: Apple Pie that Papa Baked

Status: MODERATED

Grade Level: PK, K

Keywords: Karma, Gratitude

Objective:

• The student will learn about the karmic chain of events that allow us to live

Materials:

• Obtain either book: "Apple Pie that Papa Baked" or "No Ordinary Apple"

  • There are YouTube Videos of  both books:

    • "Apple Pie that Papa Baked": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpjdIMLlOT4

    • "No Ordinary Apple": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6Hc-7k6_k

Preparation:

• If showing videos, prepare device(s) to show this on. 

• Bake or purchase an apple pie

• Prepare plates and forks

• Depending on size of class, prepare portions of pie onto plates

Method:

1. Opening Gassho

2. Ask what the students know about apples and where they come from. Or ask them to quietly think of where apples come from. (depending on the size of the class and if they are able to raise hands). Make sure that all students have an opportunity to say something.

3. Introduce the book. Show the front and back. Title sheet. Point out the name of the author and/or the artist. Tell them to ask themselves "what do you think the book is about?", "who might be in this story?" "Let's find out!" (We are modeling good reading-for-comprehension behavior. Reading while asking a question helps comprehansion).

4. Read the story. Every so often before turning the page ask some questions to your self. "What do you think is going to happen next?" "How does this make you feel? It makes me feel...." (Again, modeling good reading skills; predicting, extending, emoting all help anchor the story to the reader)

5. Lead a discussion:  Ask the students where the apple came from? 

   1. Keep asking for where the thing that allowed that to happen came from. For example, If the response was the "truck", then ask "where did the truck bring the apples from?" Again, make sure that everyone has an opportunity to answer. (If a student insists on shouting, say "let's make sure that everyone has an opportunity to answer" and direct a question at a person who has not spoken up).

   2. Keep the discussion centered on the apples. (If it strays that's not critical as long as it is on the chain of events that allows the apple pie to appear before us.)

   3. Ask "how did the apples came to be used in the pie?" 

6. Summary

   1. Discuss the chains

      1. How long the chain of events are

      2. How each link is equally important since w/o it the apple pie could not be made

   2. Ask the student what was memorable. 

7. Serve apple pies to students (Itadakimasu, Gochisousama, Cleanup)

8. Closing Gassho

Evaluation:

• During the Summary, the student will express what they remember from the lesson.

Note:

If desired, you can serve the apple pie a la mode. 

Author:

Stephanie Hagio Chin, stephaniehagio.at.gmail.com