Instant lesson plans for any book perfect for substitutes. This book companion for big pumpkin by erica silverman makes them easy and fun. Pumpkin, pumpkin activities and sequencing activities for. This big pumpkin lesson plan is suitable for kindergarten 1st grade. It includes print and go lesson plans, sticky note printables, cut and go. The interactive read aloud lesson plan is a onepage formatted lesson plan. Appropriate grade levels for each lesson appear in parentheses. Theyve all been tried out and work well with the discussion questions and. We picked out some of our favorite kindergarten and preschool pumpkin activities that turn basic learning concepts into awesome playful. Preschool pumpkin theme activities and ideas for your. Head to the pumpkin patch with this week of fun pumpkinthemed farm activities for preschoolers in the fall with the featured book five little pumpkins. I love it soooo much, i spent an insane amount of money on the cassette. Learning about the way plants grow before reading weve been studying the growth and change of plants and animals in our classroom. Farm themed lesson plans and books for preschoolers.
Schindler magnet pages for big pumpkin coloring pages for big pumpkin trace and color pages for big pumpkin felt board story stick number dot to dot pages for big pumpkinmore available letter tiles for big pumpkin word wall for big pumpkin mini word wall for big pumpkin sequencing cards. It includes print and go lesson plans, sticky note printables, cut and go notes, easy to follow directions, worksheets, minicharts, vocabulary and more fo. Your own kids will delight in the theatrics of the. Big pumpkin is a fun halloween story about a witchs big pumpkin and the creatures that try to. Pumpkins lesson plan a lesson plan to go with the book or. We love the silly storyline, the flow of the text, and the lessons on cooperation. Joy cowley theme lesson plans, thematic units, printables.
For each lesson, choose one of the reading response sheets for students to use following reading time. Big pumpkin interactive read aloud and activities by miss ms. Pumpkins lesson plans, activities, printables, and teaching. Model the steps that students will need to follow independently. However, if you want to make your own, this is the easiest way of doing so. Schindler magnet pages for big pumpkin coloring pages for big pumpkin trace and color pages for big pumpkin felt board story stick number dot to dot pages for big pumpkin more available letter tiles for big pumpkin word wall for big pumpkin mini word wall for big pumpkin sequencing cards. Schindler is the popular and versatile illustrator of many books for children, including big pumpkin and the ala notable book dont fidget a feather, both by erica silverman, how santa got his job by stephen krensky, and johnny appleseed by rosemary and stephen vincent benet. First they will read their story, then decide what they will make with their pumpkin.
This printable has a full lesson plan for the book pumpkin, pumpkin and a printable sequencing page that can be used for learning about the pumpkin life cycle alone or along with the book. The characters are funny and nottoospooky for preschoolers to enjoy the antics of their attempts to take a pumpkin off a vine. Youll find more themes to help you with your planning on my preschool themes page. Big pumpkin lesson plan for kindergarten 1st grade. Get ready for a lot of messy fun this halloween with deliciously ey monster slime, play dough brain surgery, pumpkin goop, melting hands, candy experiments, spooky noise makers, fizzing eyeballs and so. If you have more k6 pumpkin science lesson plans that we can add to our page then please click this contact us link and send them to us. Let me show you whats in our set and give you the materials to make it happen in your classroom too. Sequencing cut and paste character drawing story plot setting favorite part of the story. Preschool pumpkin theme activities and ideas for your classroom. I had forgotten reading this, until the goodreads picture book club selected it and i reread it. This lesson can be made larger by including questions that require students to color the face different colors or the pumpkin yellow or orange and more.
In this fun fallthemed picture book pumpkin creations activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book of their choice. The folding fact is a pumpkin shaped book that opens in the middle. Just for fun or fundraising have fun and raise funds with pumpkins. Big pumpkin lesson plan for kindergarten 1st grade lesson. Students can work on sequencing activities, shared writing and science all from this book. After reading dan, the flying man, students make a class book describing what dan would fly over if he came to our town. Erica silverman is the author of several books including big pumpkin. Create your own big pumpkin retelling activity with this free download for kindergarten. Read the book pumpkin, pumpkin show students the magnetic pumpkins and the letters tell them that the letters u,m,p say ump and they are going to try to make some ump words let students come up one at a time and try to use a letter to make a word continue until you have completed all but the last pumpkin.
Oct 26, 2011 one of our most favorite halloween stories ever is big pumpkin by erica silverman. The wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, have you ever been on one of those. Halloween lesson plans for middle school and high school ela. It has a story synopsis to read as you introduce the book, interactive questions to read. Well soon be going to the farm to harvest the pumpkins that we planted last spring. Pumpkins lesson plans, activities, printables, and. Big pumpkin activities october 23, 2011 october 23, 2011 teaching heart over on the teaching heart facebook page i asked the fans to tell a name of a childrens book they would like activities to go along with. The biggest pumpkin ever extension activities scholastic. Reread story through a second time using your hand as a pointer to underline the words as you read them. We picked out some of our favorite kindergarten and preschool pumpkin activities that turn basic learning concepts into awesome playful activities. Pumpkin activities for kids pumpkin theme lesson plan stem.
If the students interpreted the glyphs individually assess their ability to accurately interpret them. Most recently, after reading this story, i talked with the children about what they love to do with pumpkins. First i will introduce the story big pumpkin by erica silverman after introducing the story, i will ask the students to look at the illustration on the cover of the book. Today, were going to read the pumpkin book by gail gibbons. Sep 26, 2017 the wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, have you ever been on one of those. Scroll down towards bottom of post to get the link to download. Some of my favorite books to grab and go some of my favorite books to use with these lesson plans are listed below. After introducing the story, i will ask the students to look at the illustration on the cover of the book. Pumpkin life cycle sequencing cards these printable pages have stages of the pumpkin life cycle pictured so you can cut them out and use them for. Interactive read alouds are an integral part of any classroom. Pumpkin read aloud activity for preschool prek pages. It has a fun, repetitious rhyme and a cute message about the importance of working together. Click each of the five lesson headlines below for a complete teaching resource.
These activities use pumpkins to practice observation, prediction, measurement, and problemsolving skills. Read this book as part of an october story hour or preschool circle time, then try some of the pumpkinthemed activities on your own. One of our most favorite halloween stories ever is big pumpkin by erica silverman. When the chickens went on strike, which was a sydney taylor honor book. The gist of the story is that a witch has grown a gigantic pumpkin, which she cannot get off the vine. Trace and color pages for big pumpkin learning printables for kids.
They will read big pumpkin, identify the main ideas and important characters, retell the story through dramatic play, and identify their favorite character. Based off of the picture and title of the book, i will ask the class to make predictions about what they think the story is about. Pumpkins in the primary classroom curricular unit scholastic. Lesson plans pumpkin, pumpkin elementary a lesson plan to use after reading the book, pumpkin, pumpkin, by jeanne titherington, that teaches phonemic awareness and making words. Her books have received the oppenheim toy portfolio gold award, the california young reader medal, aba pick of the list, and the first book in. Five pumpkin lesson plans this week, education world provides five lessons about pumpkins.
Making learning fun free early learning printables. After the pumpkin decorating and short story writing are complete, gather friends and family so your child can share their creation. Its one of my favorite literacy centers and we usually introduce. Spin art pumpkins free printable pumpkin keepsake magnet. Big pumpkin retell literacy center activity kindergartenworks. A little boy named jamie plants a pumpkin seed and then watches as his pumpkin grows from a seed to a sprout and finally to a great big pumpkin. Explain to the class that they will be growing their own pumpkin plant. Big pumpkin activities october 23, 2011 october 23, 2011 teaching heart over on the teaching heart facebook page i asked the fans to tell a name of a childrens book they would like. There is a story sequence page, a text to self connection page and ordinal number practice page.
The book and activities make a great addition to a unit about pumpkins or plants. Learners read a story and retell it through role playing. Teaching with jeanne titheringtons pumpkin, pumpkin. Give children a chance to respond to the story on a personal level. Create by folding the sides of a large piece of orange construction paper inward to meet in the middle. Young learners view pictures of some recordbreaking pumpkins, including some that weighed over 1,300 pounds, before answering five word problems about the weights of the pumpkins. If you download dont forget to leave some feedback please. Read this book as part of an october story hour or preschool circle time, then try some of the pumpkin themed activities on your own. After reading the childrens book big pumpkin, by erica silverman,your kiddos can do these fun worksheets to respond to the book.
The biggest pumpkin ever by jeni bassett learning objectives students will be able to identify the steps in a pumpkin s life cycle including identifying what plants need to live. Pumpkin activities for kids pumpkin theme lesson plan stem october is here, and we are enjoying the season change. Preschool activities to go with the book sequencing, plant parts, and shared writing ideas. Pumpkin pumpkin big book and pumpkin pumpkin small books, one for each students chart stand, paper and marker pumpkin pairs for card game sentence strips procedure. Pumpkin counting cards free printable fantastic fun and learning. First i will introduce the story big pumpkin by erica silverman. The big pumpkin by erica silverman is one of our kids favorite fall books. Try these fun activities after reading the book pumpkin pumpkin by jeanne titherington. The following recipes are from the allaround pumpkin book by margery culyer.
We have probably read this book at least 50 times this year if not more. The biggest pumpkin ever by steven kroll and jeni bassett. There are so many activities available to teach so many concepts with this theme. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. Like in the teach preschool post we started the lesson with reading the story pumpkin heads by wendell minor. Its a fun story about a witch who wants to make pumpkin. These resources are intended to be used with the lesson plans included in the super pack for this book. A pumpkin unit filled with lessons, printables, and more. Pumpkin counting activity on the light table where imagination grows. Pumpkin puzzler students put their math thinking in writing with this pumpkin puzzler. Aug 31, 1992 big pumpkin by erica silverman, illustrated by s.
I know we remember it fondly every time october rolls around. Pumpkin activities for kids pumpkin theme lesson plan. Go to the activity plan christmas at the farm little blue trucks christmas. Pumpkins are such a classic fall theme and early childhood is an amazing time for fun pumpkins activities. Big pumpkin is a fun halloween story about a witchs big pumpkin and the creatures that try to help her pick it. This set of spanish student facing resources includes comprehension strategy practice pages, readers notebook prompts complete with spanish common core i can statements, and extension activities for use with the pumpkin book by gail gibbons. Display your picture book pumpkin where people can see it.
Schindler is a fun halloween book about a witch who cant get pull her big pumpkin off the vine without some help. Thank you for visiting our k6 pumpkin science lesson plans. Oct 10, 2015 three free worksheets to go along with the book big pumpkin by erica silverman. Big pumpkin by erica silverman is my very favorite halloween book. Sep 10, 2019 in this fun fallthemed picture book pumpkin creations activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book of their choice. Oct 27, 2016 for each lesson, choose one of the reading response sheets for students to use following reading time. Pumpkin activities for preschoolers and kindergarten. Lesson plan from learn nc created by learn nc view on learn nc share.
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