PUMPKIN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

These pumpkin teaching ideas, printable book lists, hands-on crafts, differentiated reading comprehension passages with questions, lessons, integrated projects, and worksheet activities for kids at the elementary level in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grade (and homeschool) are a fun and engaging way to teach and learn about pumpkins, which are a popular October topic. Check out all of the helpful teaching suggestions and resource recommendations from Clutter-Free Classroom here!
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PUMPKINS ACTIVITIES, LESSON IDEAS AND PICTURE BOOKS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
Are you teaching about pumpkins in your elementary school classroom? Explore our collection of interactive activities, crafts, engaging lesson plans, and the best read-alouds about pumpkins for kids. From teaching about the lifecycle of a pumpkin to pumpkin seed math activities and creative writing prompts, teachers will find inspiration, worksheets, anchor charts and more to bring a pumpkin-themed unit to life for their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade students.
The Ugly Pumpkin Activities
This Clutter Free Classroom digital and printable book companion uses the mentor text The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz. It includes spelling and grammar activities and ideas that will inspire you to continue teaching literacy concepts and skills through picture books. Use the author’s craft in a mini-lesson on how to improve sentence writing. This Halloween read aloud and standards-based activity packet is perfect for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade or homeschool students.
Pumpkin Soup Writing Prompts
Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper is a popular mentor text for for Halloween or Thanksgiving. Your elementary students in first grade second grade third grade fourth grade and fifth grade, as well as homeschool will love listening to this picture book read aloud to them. Check out this standards-based book companion resource created by Clutter Free Classroom that’s offered in digital and printable formats. The 30 prompts make it easy to lesson plan for narrative and opinion writing.
The Runaway Pumpkin Writing Prompts
The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis is a rhyming picture book featuring autumn traditions and stem concepts. Use the Clutter-Free Classroom standards-based digital
The Runaway Pumpkin Writing Prompts
The Halloween and rhyming read aloud The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis lends itself to reading and writing lessons for first grade second grade third grade fourth grade fifth grade and homeschool kids. This Clutter Free Classroom digital and printable activity packet makes it easy to teach writing with picture books. Grab this book companion resource and start planning fun, engaging, standards-based and differentiated lessons for your students!
Pumpkin Town Activities
The picture book Pumpkin Town is an autumn or October read aloud 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade or homeschool students will love! Clutter Free Classroom’s literacy unit / literature companion is based on the mentor text by Katie McKy. It includes digital
Big Pumpkin Writing Prompts
Read aloud Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman to teach teamwork, sharing and taking turns followed by a mini-lesson using an anchor chart or digital tool to model ideas to improve student writing. Pair the Halloween mentor text with Clutter Free Classroom’s 30 prompts based on the story and a craft / craftivity for a quick and easy (yet standards-based) bulletin board display. Teaching writing with picture book activities will help kids in first, second
The Runaway Pumpkin Activities
Read aloud the mentor text The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis to students in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade (homeschool too). It is a rhyming children's book about autumn and Halloween. Clutter Free Classroom’s literacy companion for this picture book offers digital or printable activities. They’re editable, standards-based and can be differentiated to meet all kids’ needs. Use this grammar and punctuation resource to improve student writing, sentence structure using an author’s craft as a model.
Pumpkin Jack Writing Prompts
After you read aloud the picture book Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell to your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd graders, use these Clutter Free Classroom printable
Too Many Pumpkins Writing Prompts
Follow up a Halloween read aloud of Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White with a Making Words lesson to improve phonics, vocabulary
Pumpkin Jack Writing Prompts
Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell is a picture book about the life cycle of a pumpkin. At Clutter Free Classroom we love the book can be integrated into October science units. Use this mentor text for comprehension activities
Too Many Pumpkins Writing Prompts
Clutter Free Classroom’s book companion for the Halloween picture book read aloud Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White includes tons of printable and digital activities for 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th grade and homeschool kids including 30 writing prompts, standards-based teaching points and ideas to help you write your thematic lesson plans and more elementary resources based on the mentor text. Learn about how to use everything included to teach important reading
The Runaway Pumpkin Activities
Read aloud the mentor text The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis to students in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade (homeschool too). It is a rhyming children's book about autumn and Halloween. Clutter Free Classroom’s literacy companion for this picture book offers digital or printable activities. They’re editable, standards-based and can be differentiated to meet all kids’ needs. Use this grammar and punctuation resource to improve student writing, sentence structure using an author’s craft as a model.
The Ugly Pumpkin Writing Prompts
The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz is a rhyming picture book featuring bullying, acceptance, character traits, setting analysis and identifying theme.. Use the Clutter-Free Classroom standards-based digital
The Ugly Pumpkin Writing Prompts
This digital and printable Clutter Free Classroom book companion resource is based on the Halloween read aloud The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz