Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Pumpkin Glory" by William D. Howells
Text of the short story "The Pumpkin-Glory" by William D. Howells. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pumpkin Predictions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This activity is ideal to use around Halloween to measure/explore your classroom pumpkin and finally to carve it into a Jack-o-Lantern.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pumpkins
[Free Registration/Login Required] Unit on pumpkins, growth and various experiments.
Read Works
Read Works: Trading Pumpkins
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Tammy who learned that working together to solve a problem is the best option. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Everything ESL
Pumpkin Carving for K 2 Students
Introduce your ESL students to the American celebration of Halloween with these activities for Kindergarten through grade 2. PDF pumpkin patterns are prominently provided!
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pumpkin Graph an Activity for Plotting Points
Students are given 3 - 4 points to plot in activity center. Students practice plotting points an can review the coordinate plane.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Pumpkin Facts
NPR's Skunk Bear teaches us some fun facts about America's favorite decorative gourd. [3:28]
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Halloween Pumpkin Treats for Animals
View many photographs of animals enjoying Halloween treats at a zoo in England.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pumpkin on Vine
Line drawing of a pumpkin on a vine.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Pumpkin Seeds
This close up photo shows a large number of pumpkin seeds.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Pumpkin Patch
Sharpen your problem solving and strategy skills playing this Somali game, Pumpkin Patch. The rules are simple but the game requires some thinking. There is a "Get Printable Page," link at the top to print out the materials you need.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Carve It: Pumpin Carving
Carve It combines our pumpkin carving activity and our make a pumpkin activity! Kids can pick a pumpkin, decorate it, carve it and then light it up!
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Main Idea
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify main ideas through headings and chapter titles, and then to write appropriate titles of their own. Lessons are based on the books...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Poems
In this lesson students listen to three modern songs that capture the symbolism in words--"Yesterday" by the Beatles, "Today" by the Smashing Pumpkins, and "Tomorrow" from the Annie Soundtrack. They will analyze their own experiences...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Halloween
This one-stanza poem gives a haunting message about the carving of a pumpkin during the season of Halloween.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Iraqw
The Iraqw are an agrico-pastoral people who live in north-central Tanzania. With the expansion of their territory, the Iraqw have come to interact and coexist with other ethnic groups. Maize is the staple crop of the Iraqw; it is...
Curated OER
Smart Exchange: Large Image Preview: Pumpkins by Fence
Cartoon illustration of two pumpkins by a fence.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Pumpkin
An image of "The Pumpkin", created by Bartolomeo Bimbiz (Oil on canvas).
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Hippos Love Pumpkins
Students use ratios to answer four questions about rates in situations involving unusual units in this performance task.
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