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My Pumpkin Story

For Teachers K - 5th
Have young pumpkin carvers use technology to create a unique pumpkin face and write a short story about the special characteristics of their pumpkin.
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Pumpkin Potpourri

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore pumpkins through numerous hands-on activities. They read the book, "Pumpkin, Pumpkin." Students create a story wheel. They illustrate sections of the book. Students design a mural, create a paper pumpkin patch, and write...
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Autumn Internet Hunt

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Which is better for a harvest party, apple juice or apple cider? Are there many black bears in your state? How soon in advance do you need to plant pumpkins in order for them to be ready by October? Find the answers to these questions...
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Pumpkin Predictions

For Teachers 4th - 7th
It's time for Halloween and math! Perfect for Fall, this simple worksheet provides a grid for young mathematicians to record their predictions about a pumpkin's height, stem length, diameter, circumference, and weight. After learners...
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Pumpkin Time

For Teachers K
Students visit a pumpkin farm and discuss the characteristics of a pumpkin and how they grow. They create a class story about the trip to the farm with each student supplying a sequence for the story.
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Measuring Pumpkins and Our World

For Teachers K
Students estimate the circumference of a pumpkin. They measure the pumpkin and other school objects, and record the measurements on worksheets.
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Silly Halloween Match-Up

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
October is a wonderful time for fall colors, pumpkins, and best of all making silly faces. Challenge your class to match up these silly faces with their pair. There are a total of five pairs to be made. The answer sheet is included.
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Pumpkin Picture Graph

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this pumpkin picture graph worksheet, students read and analyze each picture graph and then answer the eight questions that follow.
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In the Pumpkin (Dans la Citrouille)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover French language vocabulary. In this French language instructional activity, students create a harvest soup and sing a French song.
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Hang a Jack-O'-Lantern Mobile

For Teachers K - 5th
Student take two sheets (8-1/2- x 1-inches in size) of orange construction paper and hold then together as they cut out the shape of the body (not the stem) of a pumpkin. They should end up with two identical pumpkin shapes. They then...
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Pumpkin Problems

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a lesson that has the intention of working on estimation skills. They use pumpkins to estimate the number of seeds are inside. They collect data for each pumpkin and compare it to the estimation. Students question...
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Thanksgiving Addition: Worksheet 10

For Students 1st - 4th
Find the sum of the nineteen addition problems on this Thanksgiving-themed worksheet. Your class will practice adding two 2-digit numbers with regrouping. There is also one word problem to be solved.
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Pumpkin Dot-to-Dot

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this harvest worksheet, students connect the dots from one to ten to create a pumpkin. Students can then color in their completed project.
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Halloween Center Activity

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this Halloween pumpkin activity worksheet, students follow the directions to make a jack o'lantern with a face of their choosing.
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In a Giants Garden

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore the effect of the earths rotation and its relationship to the suns position and the effect that the longer and shorter amount of daylight has on a pumpkin plant which they have planted.
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Do Bigger Pumpkins Always Have More Seeds Than Smaller Pumpkins?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, predict the weight of a pumpkin and the number of seeds it might have. Then they find and record the actual weight and actual number of seeds. They compare and contrast the size of the pumpkin to the number of...
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Pumpkin Patch Pie

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss the harvesting and production of pumpkins. Ingredients for creating a pumpkin pie are divided into 4 or 5 groups. Students follow the directions to make a pumpkin pie. Additional ideas for making a Pumpkin Ag Bag...
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October Name Cards

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this name cards instructional activity, students write their name on the blanks next to the October pumpkins. Students write their name 5 times.
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Ever Changing Pumpkin Faces

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create different faces and facial expressions on a real pumpkin using laminated black face items. In this facial expressions lesson plan, students can use the pumpkin to show feelings.
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Pumpkin picture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this pumpkin worksheet, students color a picture of a pumpkin and trace and write the word pumpkin. Students color, trace, and write the word one time each.
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Trace and Color: Pumpkin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this fall-themed coloring worksheet, students color the picture of a pumpkin and then practice printing the word pumpkin by tracing the dotted lines.
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Jack O Lantern Dot to Dot Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this Halloween worksheet, students complete a dot to dot Jack O Lantern puzzle by starting at the number 1 and following through to the number 24. They count the numbers as they complete the picture.
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My Pumpkin Patch

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students practice writing about the subject of harvest and pumpkins. They also color in the picture.
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Little Pumpkin Wants To See the World

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween reading worksheet, students experience a 10 paragraph story about a pumpkin who longs to see the world. Older students could read this independently or it would be a read-aloud story for younger children.