Pumpkin Life Cycle Mega Unit
Mary Beth White
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Grade Levels
1st - 3rd
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS1.NBT.B.2
CCSS1.NBT.C.4
CCSS2.NBT.A.1
CCSS2.NBT.A.3
CCSS1.OA.A.1
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
64 pages
Mary Beth White
196 Followers
Description
This 64 page unit is everything you need to teach about the life cycle of a pumpkin. The entire unit is common core aligned. It includes a three day close reading activity using the The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons, 8 informational text activities with comprehension questions, and 4 making words printables.It also includes writing prompts and organizers for narrative, opinion, and informational writing. The math activities address place value, computation, and problem solving. Lastly an adorable craftivity is included to display student learning.
Contents:
Mini-Posters
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Seed
Sprout
Vine
Flower
Green Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Inside a Pumpkin
Pumpkin Life Cycle Mini-Book (8 pages)
Reading
3 day close reading lesson plans using the The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons including vocabulary, text dependent questions, a close reading symbol toolbox, an informational reading organizer, and an author's purpose follow up activity.
What is a Pumpkin? (informational text and questions)
In the Spring (informational text and questions)
The Seedlings (informational text and questions)
Vine Time (informational text and questions)
Pumpkin Flowers (informational text and questions)
Pollinators (informational text and questions)
Time to Grow (informational text and questions)
Harvest (informational text and questions)
Making Words
Pumpkin
Sprout
Planting
Flowers
Writing Activities
2 narrative writing prompts for pumpkins
2 opinion pumpkin writing prompts, organizers, and paragraph sheets
2 informational pumpkin writing prompts, organizers, and paragraph sheets
Math
Pumpkin Place Value Math Activity
2 Two Step Addition Word Problems
2 Two Step Subtraction Word Problems
2 Math Pumpkin Pattern Puzzles
Craftivities
Pumpkin Geometry Craftivity,-
(printables, directions, and tracers)
Thanks for looking and Happy Teaching!
Mary Beth
Contents:
Mini-Posters
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Seed
Sprout
Vine
Flower
Green Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Inside a Pumpkin
Pumpkin Life Cycle Mini-Book (8 pages)
Reading
3 day close reading lesson plans using the The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons including vocabulary, text dependent questions, a close reading symbol toolbox, an informational reading organizer, and an author's purpose follow up activity.
What is a Pumpkin? (informational text and questions)
In the Spring (informational text and questions)
The Seedlings (informational text and questions)
Vine Time (informational text and questions)
Pumpkin Flowers (informational text and questions)
Pollinators (informational text and questions)
Time to Grow (informational text and questions)
Harvest (informational text and questions)
Making Words
Pumpkin
Sprout
Planting
Flowers
Writing Activities
2 narrative writing prompts for pumpkins
2 opinion pumpkin writing prompts, organizers, and paragraph sheets
2 informational pumpkin writing prompts, organizers, and paragraph sheets
Math
Pumpkin Place Value Math Activity
2 Two Step Addition Word Problems
2 Two Step Subtraction Word Problems
2 Math Pumpkin Pattern Puzzles
Craftivities
Pumpkin Geometry Craftivity,-
(printables, directions, and tracers)
Thanks for looking and Happy Teaching!
Mary Beth
Total Pages
64 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS1.NBT.B.2
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
CCSS1.NBT.C.4
Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
CCSS2.NBT.A.1
Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
CCSS2.NBT.A.3
Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
CCSS1.OA.A.1
Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
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