Pumpkins: A Literacy & Math Extravaganza
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This bundle includes my three favorite fall units! It's time for pumpkins, spiders, and bats!Spiders: A Creepy Crawly ExtravaganzaThis spider extravaganza is full of Creepy Crawly FUN! It was created using the common core ELA standards and includes everything you need to engage your students in a haPrice $19.20Original Price $24.00Save $4.80
These cross-curricular units take student learning and engagement to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL! It’s amazing what students can learn when they are having fun! All of these units focus on reading skills and strategies while integrating science, social studies and the common core standards. This is hands-on lPrice $109.20Original Price $136.50Save $27.30
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Fall is the perfect time of year to learn about pumpkins! Especially if you are going to the pumpkin patch!! This extravaganza includes EVERYTHING you need to engage your students in a hands on learning experience. It was created using the common core standards and includes comprehension guides (The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons, Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White, & Pumpkin Fiesta by Caryn Yacowitz), reading response activities, crafts, informative, narrative, & opinion writing, fiction and nonfiction reading response sheets, supplemental interactive notebook pages specific to informational texts about pumpkins, language arts activities & Stations, a life cycle craft/book, number grid activities, a true/false equation math station, an informational fun fact book, a pumpkin treat tasting activity/graph and SO MUCH MORE!!
Included in this unit:
-Book suggestions
Reading Response Activities/Worksheets
-Pumpkins Have/Are/Need
-KWL
-BME Pumpkin Hats – Examples, Patterns
-SQ3R Reading Response Sheet
-Life Cycle Craft & Book
-Making Connections
-Story Map
-Character Traits
-Character Comparison
-Setting
-Pumpkin Fun Facts Informational Book - Make sure you download {A Story About The Pumpkin} FOR FREE at my TpT store. The free PowerPoint will give you all the facts you need for this book.
Reading Comprehension Guides
-The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons {vocabulary, word work (-abc order, syllables, shades of meaning, rhyming words, vowel sounds, expanding sentences), comprehension questions, text-to-text connection, diagrams}
-Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White {setting a purpose, predictions, vocabulary, word work (vowel sounds, adjectives, compound words), comprehension questions, character change}
-Pumpkin Fiesta by Caryn Yacowitz {pre-reading web, vocabulary, word work (possessive nouns, homophones), comprehension questions, writing a letter, character comparison, story map}
Language Arts
-2 Centers/Stations & Recording Sheets (ABC order & Noun, Verb, Adjective Sort)
Interactive Notebook
-Pumpkin notebook pages aligned to the common core & specific to informational texts about pumpkins. Addresses standards (I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.7, L.1, L.5)
Writing
-Narrative (Craftivity {The Walking & Talking Pumpkin},Narrative Prompt & Writing Organizer, Writing Paper, Patterns)
-Informative/Explanatory (All About a Pumpkin…, Web, Four Square Organizer, Informative Organizer, Draw & Write Writing Paper)
-Opinion (Prompt, Organizer, Writing Paper, Draw & Write Writing Paper)
Math
-Pumpkin Tasting Activity/Graph/Email Example
-Pumpkin Math – For this activity you will need a class pumpkin and a knife to cut the pumpkin open!
-Pumpkin Math Word Problems
-Mystery Math Picture on the Number Grid {Adding 10 to a given number}
-Addition Coloring Page
-True & False Equations {A Math Station Activity & Recording Sheet}
Table Headers & Desk Name Plates {Editable}
I really enjoy science and I LOVE teaching reading!! I think it is especially fun to incorporate science content into my daily reading plans while still teaching reading skills, strategies, and the common core standards! My students get so excited when I introduce a new theme. It REALLY gets them excited about learning! Before introducing the theme, I always play 20 guesses or put a representation of the theme in a mystery bag.
