Pumpkin week first grade

Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable? What kind of pumpkin is used to make pumpkin pie? Students learn the answer to these questions and others as they watch these pumpkin videos for kindergarten and first grade. They’re the perfect complement to a pumpkin unit for young learners! Pumpkin Life Cycle Students learn how a pumpkin grows

These pumpkin CVC puzzles make the perfect fall literacy center for kindergarten and first grade students. Students will love putting pumpkin puzzle pieces together to build words that match each picture! Teachers will love the easy set up and engaging game for their students! #CVCwords #literacycenters #fallcenters

This past week my second graders learned how to sequence the steps of how to carve a pumpkin. This skill is one we are practicing all year long. The students loved having a craft activity that went along with their writing. We started by thinking about the steps it would take to carve a pumpkin....

This adorable CVC pumpkin patch activity is the perfect way for students to learn and practice short vowel sounds. Add it to your fall or literacy center!

It is funny how sometimes in life things come full circle. My twelve year old triplets loved Spookley the Square Pumpkin when they were little. I remember reading it over and over again and watching the video numerous times. This year while planning, one of my team mates suggested we read this story. We are currently teaching shapes and she enjoyed this book. I was so excited to put something together for us and share this story with my class. However, after not reading it in a few years…

Editable sight word pumpkins! Such a fun fall or Halloween sight word activity for kindergarten or first grade.

Explore 5 senses with the inside and outside of a pumpkin!

Looking for some ideas and resources that will help you put together the perfect pumpkin unit? In this post, I share some ideas for pumpkin read alouds, plus activities for learning about parts of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle.

Hello everyone! I know it's been SO long since I've posted. It's been so hard to find the time to blog this year. Hopefully I'll get better...

Do your kiddos ever get tired of the same ole’ literacy centers? But you want to keep them similar so you don’t have to explain things over and over again? In my 2nd year of teaching, I started doing the same 5 basic literacy centers with the same focus every week, just different theme/content. For ... Read More about Pumpkin Sight Word Game FREEBIE