We
read Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington.
We
talk about what we will do at the Pumpkin Patch!
PUMPKIN FACTS
- Pumpkin seeds
can be roasted as a snack.
- Pumpkins
contain potassium and Vitamin A.
- Pumpkins are
used for feed for animals.
- Pumpkin
flowers are edible.
- Pumpkins are
used to make soups, pies and breads.
- Pumpkins
were once recommended for removing freckles
and curing snake bites.
- Pumpkins
range in size from less than a pound to over
1,000 pounds.
- The
largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140
pounds.
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Pumpkins are 90 percent water.
-
Pumpkins are fruit.
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Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in
the United States is available in
October.
- In
colonial times, Native Americans roasted
long strips of pumpkin in an open fire.
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Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops;
removed seeds and filled the insides
with milk, spices and honey. This was
baked in hot ashes and is the origin of
pumpkin pie.
-
Native Americans flattened strips of
pumpkins, dried them and made mats.
-
Native Americans called pumpkins "isqoutm
squash."
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Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for
food and medicine.
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How a
Pumpkin Grows
Use these sequence cards and have your
students put them in order to illustrate how
a pumpkin grows!
http://www.kizclub.com/Topics/food/pumpkin.pdf
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Pumpkins
1
Little, 2 Little, 3 Little, Pumpkins,
4 Little, 5 Little, 6 Little, Pumpkins,
7 Little, 8 Little, 9 Little, Pumpkins,
10 Pumpkins growing on a vine! |
We
sequence the stages of a pumpkin growing!
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Who Took
the Pumpkin From the Pumpkin Patch?
By: _____________________
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I created a fun little
Halloween easy reader to go along
with my Pumpkin Theme. First, I put this book on a
pocket chart.
After reading our chart several times, each student
gets
to create their very own book to read and take home!
Download book
Each child
gets to estimate how wide they think our class
pumpkin is. Once I collect all the students
"estimates" we measure the
circumference. The students always get a chuckle
when we measure
the circumference of the pumpkin as a whole group.
Students get to
create their own pumpkin! Students use a variety of
different shapes to build their pumpkins. (Everyday
Math) I make a
Pumpkin Patch on our classroom bulletin board. I use
green butcher
paper as the vine.
Students measure how
many pumpkins tall they are! We make a class book
for our Reading Center. ________ is ________
pumpkins tall.
Here are our fabulous
pumpkins hanging in our Reading area!
Who Took the Pumpkin
from the Pumpkin Patch?
_______ took the pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch?
Who me?
Yes you!
Couldn't be!
Then who?
Students get to play
with different Halloween characters and
substitute their names in as they read this pocket chart! We
read this chart several times together and then on
Friday,
students get to make a take home book of the poem!
Download book
Students get to play Pumpkin Memory! Students get a match if they find a
pair
of Halloween characters!
Students get to copy one October word and illustrate
a picture
of that word in their journals. Students that
complete the above
are encouraged and expected to add detail!
Students
get
to put pumpkins and ghosts in order from Aa-Zz.
We cut open a real
pumpkin! Students get to use magnifying glasses
to "observe" the pumpkin seeds and pulp.
Students
get to make pumpkins! The students
use a cookie, orange frosting, candy corns,
M&M's, and a green sour stick to decorate their
pumpkin! What a YUMMY pumpkin treat!
Take
a trip to the Pumpkin Patch!
We
write about jack-o-lanterns!
