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Pumpkin Science
Here is a nice instructional activity, which includes some good worksheets, on pumpkins and how they grow. It is an ESL instructional activity designed for beginning and early intermediate students. After listening to some books about...
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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students
Students carve pumpkins, draw pictures and label layers of a seed, and write steps needed to carve pumpkin.
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Decaying Pumpkins
First graders discover life and death even in vegetables as they examine a dead pumpkin. In this plant life lesson, 1st graders collect pumpkins after Halloween and examine the differences between a fresh pumpkin and a very old,...
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Pumpkin Pumpkin
Students study the very basics of pumpkins. By looking at where pumpkins grow, what they grow on, and what can be done with a pumpkin. They create a graphic organizer and then carve a pumpkin for Halloween.
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Pumpkin Carving Sequencer
Learners arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization lesson plan, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Learners then click and drag...
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Halloween
In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions regarding Halloween. Students check their answers immediately.
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Halloween Activities
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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Creative Writing: Halloween Theme
Second graders are read a book about different authors. They identify the parts of a story such as plot and setting. They brainstorm topics for their own paper and begin the writing process. They create a final copy of their story about...
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The Carving of Old Jack
In this comprehension worksheet, 3rd graders read directions on how to carve a pumpkin. Students answer questions related to sequencing, definitions, and understanding of the story to demonstrate comprehension.
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Squigly's Halloween Crossword
In this Halloween crossword puzzle worksheet, 4th graders will solve more than 40 clues to complete the puzzle. Words include "trick" and "mask".
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What's Inside a Pumpkin?
Students 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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Pumpkin Carving Time
In this Halloween coloring page worksheet, 1st graders discuss the activity of carving a Halloween pumpkin. Students then color the picture.
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Jack-O-Latern Lesson
Have a Happy Halloween and build strong oral language skills. Special needs Pupils functioning at a moderate level can practice sequencing, writing lists, and using oral language by explaining how they carve a pumpkin.
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Halloween Creative Writing Project
Students write a creative essay from a pumpkin's point of view. They role play that they are pumpkin in a patch and need to convince a visitor to the patch that they are the best choice for a Halloween pumpkin. They focus on using...
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The Story of Jack O'lantern
In this Halloween reading worksheet, students learn the origin of the Jack O'Lantern by reading the Irish tale. Note: There are references in this story to selling souls to the Devil, purgatory, the fires of Hell and Jack who gets drunk...
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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students
Students engage in a variety of pumpkin activities. This lesson is especially rich for ESL students, who probably have little experience with this holiday and custom.
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Halloween Sentences
In this sentence worksheet, students read 10 sentences and circle either "telling" or "question." Students then write a telling and question sentence using given words.
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?Que ser de nosotros? (What Will Become of Us?)
Students discuss uses of a pumpkin. They fill out graphic organizers. Students listen as the teacher reads a story, and participate by repeating sounds the objects make as the story progresses. One student narrates the story while others...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Halloween
This one-stanza poem gives a haunting message about the carving of a pumpkin during the season of Halloween.
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Class Flow: Steps in a Process Using Halloween
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to understand steps in a process by using Halloween examples (carving pumpkins).
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Pumpkin Carving for K 2 Students
Introduce your ESL students to the American celebration of Halloween with these activities for Kindergarten through grade 2. PDF pumpkin patterns are prominently provided!