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FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the rhythm instruments as part of a rhythm band to accompany the well-known poem, "Five Little Pumpkins." They study instrument names, playing techniques, and playing at the appropriate time. They study how to perform a...
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Five Little Pumpkins Rolled Out of Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate proper overhand throwing form, tossing their ball towards a cone and trying to knock a mini plastic pumpkin off of the cone.
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What's Inside a Pumpkin?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars explore the properties of a pumpkin. In this What's Inside a Pumpkin lesson plan, students use a real pumpkin to investigate pumpkin facts, sing a song "Five Little Pumpkins", paint pumpkin patch artwork, participate in a...
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Observing the Pumpkin Cycle

For Teachers K
Students observe and listen to nonfiction books about the life cycle of pumpkins. They practice early reading skills in a shared reading related to pumpkins. They observe the life cycle of a pumpkin including growth and decay.
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Halloween Activities

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this online/interactive Halloween worksheet, students view and listen to the "Five Little Pumpkins" video to fill in the blanks to complete sentences, use picture clues to unscramble words about Halloween, match sentences and...
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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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K12 Reader

Simplify with Pronouns Worksheet Two

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Use nursery rhymes to help teach pronouns. Learners read the familiar sentences and replace the repeated words with the proper pronouns. Prior knowledge of these phrases helps to scaffold the exercise.
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Thanksgiving Activity

For Students 5th - 8th
Thanksgiving food doesn't have to be unhealthy! Learners read five situations about specific foods, ingredient substitutions, and ways to maintain healthy blood levels with a handy holiday activity. 
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Biodiversity and Evolution – Darwin’s Finches

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teens experience natural selection firsthand (or first beak) in an activity that has them act as finches foraging for food. Using different household items  to act as different beak styles, your little finches will collect as much food...
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Reflexive Pronouns

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
I, myself, like a straightforward grammar exercise, and here is one about reflexive pronouns! Learners identify the reflexive pronoun in each of 20 sentences and indicate the subject that the pronoun refers to.
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They create words using the cluster ump.
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PBS Kids Go Buster Buster and Beatrice/ The Giant Pumpkins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders visit San Antonio, Texas and Mt. Hood, Oregon in these two episodes of PBS Buster Go Kids. They examine the music and food that is local to San Antonio by looking at images and pretend to play instruments. They use...
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P is for P-P-Pumpkin

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'p'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /p/ sound in them. They...
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P is for P-P-P-Pumpkins

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the letter 'p' and the /p/ sound. They say 'p' tongue twisters, listen to /p/ poems, and sing /p/ songs. They identify and color /p/ words on a worksheet. They listen to a story and identify the words with the /p/ sound.
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Measurement

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a read aloud of Linda Williams, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" before discussing Halloween. They measure pumpkins using chains of paper clips to find their length and width. Once they open the...
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Eric Carle Author Study

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learn all about Eric Carle, find out about his famous caterpillar, and try out related art, science, writing, math, and social studies activities. The resource comes with plenty of materials to support your instruction.
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Worksheet
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Halloween Poems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween poetry worksheet, students read a collection of 9 short poems. Students illustrate each poem to show its meaning.
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Calendar Skills

For Teachers 1st
First graders use an October calendar to trace numbers, trace letters, and identify dates as being in the past, present, and future. For this Social Studies lesson plan, 1st graders label events on the calendar in order to gain deeper...
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Halloween

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve Halloween word problems to work on their math skills. In this Halloween lesson plans, students solve problems involving candy, costumes, money, kids, and more.
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Activity
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Fun With Scissors

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice cutting with scissors. In this fine motor skills lesson, students cut out various shapes from colored paper. Students place their cut-outs into a bag to bring home.
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Colored Glue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice creating colors. In this visual arts lesson, students use glue and food coloring to create new color combinations. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Spring Potted Plants

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify and interpret plant growth as well as gain graphing skills and other important knowledge related to potting plants. They take a regular milk jug and cut off the top, leaving the handle and the rest intact. Then,...
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Halloween Problems

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this Halloween problems worksheet, students problem solve and calculate the answers to four mathematical word problems. Students share their answers with their classmates.