The smell of pumpkin spice is everywhere and it's time to bring some of that yumminess into the classroom. Take a look at these fun pumpkin writing activities that your kids are sure to love!
Reading About Pumpkins
I like to start our pumpkin unit by reading The Pumpkin Book
by Gail Gibbons. This book is great for giving kids a little background about pumpkins and their many uses. After reading the book, we brainstormed all the different things we could make with pumpkins and made a list.
How To Make Pumpkin Pie
We decided the first thing we would make on our list was pumpkin pie! If your students are like mine, any time there's food involved, the kids are eager and ready to participate. The students helped me mix the ingredients and make the pie.
After this, the kids helped me write the steps on how to make pumpkin pie. We did this as a shared writing, where I acted as the scribe and the children told me what to write.
Then the students use the procedural writing prompt for how to make pumpkin pie. The students used a writing template to help them out, since this was their first attempt at writing using the words first, next, then and last.
Finally they made a cute pumpkin pie craft and we all enjoyed a slice of our delicious pie!
How To Carve A Jack O Lantern
The next day, we continued our pumpkin unit and procedural writing activities by learning about Jack O Lanterns! We read the book It's Pumpkin Time!
by Zoe Hall and decided to carve a jack o lantern.
by Zoe Hall and decided to carve a jack o lantern.The students helped draw the face and scoop out the inside of the pumpkin.
When our pumpkin was finished, we took a vote on naming him. We had three suggestions…..Mr. Smiley, Leon and Super Mario. I think the winning name was perfect, don't you?
Next it was time for shared writing. The students helped me write the steps for making a jack o lantern and then they wrote their own steps.
Finally, they finished off the lesson with this cute jack o lantern craft.
Are you writing about pumpkins in your room too? You can take a closer look at each of these writing activities and more here.
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