Apple Adapted Book with Real Photos | I Like Apples | SLP SPED Autism

Apple Adapted Book "I Like Apples" with Real Photos | Apple Parts, Apple Products & Early Reading

Bring apples to life for emerging readers with this engaging adapted book featuring REAL PHOTOS of apples, apple parts, and apple products! "I Like Apples" teaches basic reading skills, apple vocabulary, AND apple knowledge through repetitive predictable text with REAL PHOTO support — perfect for elementary science, special education, autism classrooms, and back-to-school/fall units.

With TWO built-in levels of matching (pictures+words for emerging readers, words-only for more advanced readers), this book grows with your students and meets a wide range of readers at their level.

★ Perfect for: Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Special Education Teachers, Autism Classrooms, Self-Contained Classrooms, Resource Rooms, Reading Intervention, Elementary Science Teachers, Life Skills Classes, ELL/ESL Teachers, Paraprofessionals, ABA Therapists, Early Childhood, PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade

Sample Text from the Book:

"I like apples.

I like to pick them from a tree.

I like to fill my basket, see?

I like yellows. I like reds…"

What's Included:

• 1 interactive apple adapted book ("I Like Apples")
• REAL PHOTOS throughout — authentic apple imagery (apples, apple parts, apple products!)
• TWO levels of matching pieces:
  • Level 1: Picture + word matching (for emerging readers)
  • Level 2: Word-only matching (for advanced readers)
• Repeating predictable "I like…" text pattern

Skills Targeted in This Apple Adapted Book:

• Apple vocabulary
• Apple parts (with real photos!)
• Apple products (with real photos!)
• Early reading skills — predictable text, sentence structures
• Sight word recognition (I, like, the, to)
• "I like" sentence pattern — a foundational early reading structure
• Matching skills at two levels
• Reading comprehension
• Receptive and expressive language
• Print awareness
• One-to-one word correspondence
• Independent reading practice

How to Use This Apple Adapted Book:

A teacher, SLP, or paraprofessional reads the book aloud while students follow along, matching the correct photo and word to each page. Use the leveled matching pieces to differentiate:

• Level 1 (Pictures + Words): Ideal for emerging readers, AAC users, and students building letter-word correspondence
• Level 2 (Words Only): Ideal for students ready for sight-word practice and more independent reading

After the book has been introduced, students can revisit it at a literacy center, science center, or independent workstation.

Ways to Use:

• Back-to-school read-alouds (apples are a back-to-school classic!)
• Fall apple unit lessons (perfect for September apple picking!)
• Whole group apple/fall science lessons
• Small group reading instruction at leveled ability
• Speech therapy (vocabulary, attributes, language goals!)
• 1:1 instruction for targeted early reading practice
• Literacy centers and independent workstations
• Reading intervention with engaging real-world content
• Johnny Appleseed lessons (great for September!)
• AAC modeling ("I like ___" sentence frames!)
• ELL/ESL apple/food vocabulary instruction

If your students enjoy adapted books, with real photos, you can find the complete collection below:

Adapted Books w/ Real Photos

For more great hands-on activities apple themed activities, please see the following link:

Hands-On Apple Themed Activities