Parts of a Pumpkin Lesson Plan

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children will identify the parts of a pumpkin.

 

Science Focus:

plant parts

 

Page 4 Skill:

visual discrimination, vocabulary

 

Vocabulary:

flesh, jack-o’-lantern, pulp, seeds, shell, stem

 

CCSS:

RI.K.1, RI.K.1.7, RF.K.1.D, SL.K.2

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  • Watch our video Investigate Pumpkins.
  • Afterward, ask kids if they’ve ever opened up a real pumpkin and looked inside. Did they recognize parts of the pumpkin in the video?
  • Read the magazine together.
  • Then play our Dance Break video and do a pumpkin dance!
  • Use the Show What You Know skill sheet as a follow-up activity. You can project it and discuss the questions together, or send it home for kids to work on with families.
  • Practice letter recognition with a virtual trip to a pumpkin patch by playing our online game Pick a Pumpkin!
  • Reinforce what kids learned from the magazine with our Pumpkin Diagram skill sheet.
Examples of drawings

Materials: paper, crayons, any variety of art materials

  • Let kids design their own pumpkins! Here are some ideas depending on what art materials you have.
  1. Draw a pumpkin on paper with crayons, giving it any shape and features they like.

  2.  Tear orange and black tissue or construction paper into pieces. Glue it on paper to create a pumpkin.

  3.  Make the pumpkin on a paper plate. Add stickers or glitter.
  • No matter how kids design their pumpkin, they can give it a name when they’re done!