Pumpkin Day: Writing and Math Activities

Pumpkin Graphic Organizers:

2 Descriptive writing organizers (Pumpkins feel like… Pumpkins look like… Etc.)

1 Adjective writing organizer (describe a pumpkin)

2 “How to carve a pumpkin” sequencing organizers (one with lines and one without)

2 “Life cycle of a pumpkin” organizers (one with lines and one without)

Pumpkin Math Activities:

2 Pages for estimation and prediction activities (using real pumpkins)

1 Bar graph activity (whole class activity)

1 Page of pumpkin addition problems (up to 3 digit/carrying)

1 Page of pumpkin subtraction problems (up to 3 digit/regrouping)

Descriptive Writing Activity:

Students design their own pumpkins and write a “description” for their designs. Other students try to match descriptions to finished pumpkins.

Pumpkin Craftivity & Bulletin Board Display:

2 Craftivity styles: 1 version prints on construction paper (cut/glue together); 1 version is black & white so you can copy and color

1 Set of small bulletin board words (best/cutest pumpkins in the patch)

Various sets of lined paper to put under the pumpkin craft (lined, sequencing, and some with space for drawings)