Literacy Resources
Read an Awesome Pumpkin Book
(NCSCOS Competency Goal 2-
Here are a few suggestions:
Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy and Richard
Hutchings
The Pumpkin Patch by Elizabeth King
Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
Pumpkins
by Rynn Williams
The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven
Kroll
Mousekin’s Golden House by Edna Miller
From Seed to Jack-
The All Around Pumpkin Book by Margery Culyer
The Pumpkin Circle by George
Levenson
Fiction or Nonfiction
(NCSCOS Competency Goal 3 The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.)
Examine the characteristics of the books to determine their genre. Students can sort
the books as fiction or nonfiction.
It is also fun to sort a collection of various
pumpkins (plastic, stuffed, ceramic, along with a variety of real pumpkins). Students
can identify the features of the fake pumpkins similarly to fiction texts.
Story Sequencing
Use a flow map to help students retell the stories you read.
(First, Next, Then,
Last… In the beginning, Meanwhile, Finally…etc.)
To add a “pumpkin twist,” write students’
ideas on a leaf or pumpkin. Use ribbon to create a “vine” to hang the leaves in order.
Poetry
(NCSCOS Competency Goal 1 The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills
to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed-
Read a variety of “pumpkin poems.”
Visit http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/202.html
for great ideas.
Students create their own autumn poem. See the attached template
for a fun rhythm that encourages children to think about “word families” when writing
a poem.
Little Jack Pumpkin
(NCSCOS Competency Goal 4 The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.)
Use the pattern and template to create this cute book that demonstrates the lifecycle of a pumpkin.
Little Jack Pumpkin lived on a vine.
He was small and green, but that was fine.
He
started to grow BIG and yellow.
Then he turned into a fat orange fellow.
Story Writing
(NCSCOS Competency Goal 5 The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.)
Use “thinking maps” to plan and write pumpkin stories:
