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Pumpkin Carving Sequencer
Students arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization instructional activity, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Students then click and...
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My Pumpkin Story
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 Science
Here is a nice lesson, which includes some good worksheets, on pumpkins and how they grow. It is an ESL lesson designed for beginning and early intermediate young scholars. After listening to some books about pumpkins, learners label...
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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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Pumpkin Puzzler
Light the Halloween festivities with an exercise that connects math, physical science, and language arts. After watching a demonstration of a burning candle, learners use division, multiplication, or algebra to determine how many boxes...
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Halloween Worksheets: Emotions Jack-O-Lanterns
Scholars give life to a pumpkin as they design a Jack O'Lantern that exudes a certain emotion. Participants choose one of nine feeling words, or add up to three that aren't listed, locate and cut out face pieces, then glue them to the...
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Pumpkin Carving Time
In this Halloween coloring page activity, 1st graders discuss the activity of carving a Halloween pumpkin. Students then color the picture.
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Silly Pumpkins: Just for Fun
Students create works of art from pumpkins. For this art lesson, students decorate pumpkins in fun and goofy ways. Students use their imaginations while decorating.
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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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The Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Pumpkin
Students explore using descriptive words to describe physical appearance. In this appearance instructional activity, students look at pumpkins and discuss how there is not a perfect pumpkin. Students also hypothesize about what the...
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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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Glue-On Pumpkin Faces
Students make Jack-O-Lanterns --- without the carving ---in this Halloween lesson ideal for the early-elementary classroom (including pre-Kindergarten). If computers are available the lesson can be adapted so that the students create...
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Halloween
For 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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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 Activities
For 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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Pumpkin Fallacies
Students complete circumference activities using a pumpkin and explore treating people fairly in regards to their physical characteristics. In this math and character lesson, students view images of pumpkins and describe them. Students...
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Halloween Online Interactive Quiz
For this online interactive Halloween worksheet, students respond to 6 fill in the blank questions. Students may check their answers with the click of the mouse.
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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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How to Carve a Pumpkin Expository Writing
Students write a paragraph to inform someone how to carve a pumpkin. In this expository lesson, students follow directions on how to write a proper expository lesson that includes an image, questions to ask yourself, and a paragraph...
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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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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 Talk
A pumpkin and a candle are all you need to help teach your young scholars about what keep a flame going, and what factors lead to its going out. A lot of rich discussion should result from this fun activity. A great addition to a science...