Description

Make your Pumpkin Jack read-aloud even more engaging with 160+ pages of literacy, math, science, and pumpkin life cycle activities! This book companion gives you days of learning from one favorite fall read-aloud without having to plan and prep something new for every part of your day.

Students can retell and respond to the story, explore the pumpkin life cycle, practice literacy and math skills, and even document the changes to a real Pumpkin Jack with the included Observation Journal.

What’s Included At A Glance:

• 160+ Pages: Tons of options to easily extend your read-aloud into days of learning.
• Observation Journal: Observe, draw, write, and document how your classroom Pumpkin Jack changes over time.
• Retell & Sequencing: Sequencing cards, story wheel, printables, and more.
• Pumpkin Life Cycle: Connect the story to science with vocabulary, sequencing, and life cycle activities.
• Crafts & Activities: Pumpkin-in-a-jar craft, sequencing hat, and directed drawing.
• No-Prep Printables: Print-and-go literacy, writing, phonics, math, and science practice.
• Centers & Stations: Hands-on CVC, counting, addition, puzzles, clip cards, and matching activities.

One Read-Aloud. Days of Learning.

Use Pumpkin Jack throughout your day for reading, writing, math, science, centers, and crafts. With 160+ pages to choose from, you can pick what works for your students while saving yourself time planning and prepping.

If you make your own Pumpkin Jack in a jar, the Observation Journal makes it even more fun! Students can check on Jack, record what they notice, and watch the pumpkin life cycle happen right in your classroom.

What’s Covered?

Pumpkin Jack Science Activities: At the core of the book is the life cycle of a pumpkin.

• Key vocabulary for the pumpkin life cycle
• Sequencing printables
• Pumpkin life cycle printable hat
• Connections to story sequencing
• Pumpkin Jack Observation Journal

Crafts & Activities: Extend the story with hands-on activities students will love!

• Pumpkin Jack craft that can be used alone or paired with a writing activity for a fun bulletin board
• Pumpkin Jack printable hat featuring story sequencing
• Directed drawing activity to draw a rotting Pumpkin Jack

Pumpkin Jack Literacy Activities: Use the story to practice important reading comprehension and literacy skills.

• Word wall/word bank vocabulary activities in color and black & white
• Story sequencing printables
• Story wheel for retelling
• Read and Respond printables for setting, problem, characters, and more
• Sequencing cards with and without text in multiple sizes
• Writing activities including graphic organizers and picture prompts
• Color by code activity
• Story-themed literacy centers
• Literacy printables for alphabet, CVC, CVCe, digraphs, and more

Pumpkin Jack Math Activities: Bring the pumpkin theme into math time with coordinating activities that give students extra practice with important early math skills.

• Counting with smaller and larger numbers
• Hundreds chart activities
• Addition worksheets
• Subtraction worksheets
• Color by code activity
• Pumpkin Jack-themed counting and addition centers

Perfect for Pumpkin and Halloween Learning!

These Pumpkin Jack activities make it easy to bring one favorite read-aloud into learning throughout your day. Read the story, practice comprehension and sequencing, explore the pumpkin life cycle, work on literacy and math skills, observe your real Pumpkin Jack, and add in a fun craft or activity.

These activities are great for:

• Pumpkin Jack book studies
• Pumpkin Jack read-aloud activities
• Halloween activities
• Pumpkin activities
• Pumpkin life cycle units
• October literacy and math
• Fall science activities
• Story sequencing and retelling
• Reading comprehension
• Preschool, kindergarten, and first grade

Bring Your Pumpkin Jack Read-Aloud to Life!

Students love watching their classroom Pumpkin Jack change over time. This resource takes that excitement and turns it into learning while giving you 160+ pages of ready-to-use activities to choose from.

Read, observe, sequence, learn, create, and have some pumpkin fun!

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