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Students will identify and use words to describe pumpkins.
Vocabulary: texture, wide, rot, hollow
Science Focus: plants
Watch a Video: Investigate Pumpkins
Read the Issue:
Pick a Pumpkin
Play a Game: Make a Jack-O'-Lantern
Skill: capitalization
Complete Skill Sheets
Reading Checkpoint
Skill: key details
Color by Word
Skill: irregularly spelled words
Label the Diagram
Skill: knowledge building, labeling
Lesson Boosters
Paired Text: How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? by Wendell Minor
Class Brainstorm: antonyms
Word Hunt: some, they, are
Hands-on Activity: Design a Pumpkin
CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.1.1 key details; RF.1.3 phonics and word analysis; SL.1.1 collaborative conversations; L.1.2 standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling; RL.1.1 key details; W.1.8 answer questions
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Skills: writing, drawing
Materials: Design a Pumpkin skills sheet or blank paper, crayons, and a variety of art materials