Using a chart to help compare several nonfiction pumpkin books. Close reading for the pumpkin book by gail gibbons. Her books often match exactly with standards i teach, and she includes pictures and interesting facts that keep my students enthralled. Great lesson plan for making wordsturns into literacy center. Ask the children what happens first, next, and so on. Even as a little child, i was always busy putting books together.
Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. Well soon be going to the farm to harvest the pumpkins that we planted last spring. It follows the life cycle of a pumpkin from seed to blossom to a pumpkin that is picked and carved into a jackolantern. Draw a picture to represent each each event in the story.
Create by folding the sides of a large piece of orange construction paper inward to meet in the middle. Carry the pumpkin around to let your students see whats inside. Pumpkin, pumpkin making words based on book by jeanne titherington. See more ideas about pumpkin books, gail gibbons and teaching. Splat the cat and the pumpkin picking plan childrens read aloud duration. See more ideas about gail gibbons, activities and glad strategies.
This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use with the pumpkin book by gail gibbons. First graders listen to the book, from seed to plant by gail gibbons and identify the process by which a seed becomes a plant. I you have some of your favorite books that you read to your students then please click this contact us link, send them over and we will add them to this page. It can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction which makes these resources a smart choice for literacy centers or readers workshop. Start studying lps2 from seed to plant comprehension. This book explains how halloween came about and the traditions and customs that accompany this holiday. This anticipation guide, based on the the pumpkin book by gail. This lapbook includes various foldables for an author study about gail gibbons. They discover the names of the parts of a plant as well as what is needed for it to grow. Apples, the pumpkin book, bats, halloween is, and reasons for the seasons. Students will enjoy practicing comprehension strategies like retelling and summarizing, determining importance and visualizing while they learn the science.
Pump up the curriculum with pumpkins ideas for every subject. This is a great place to start if youre wanting to pump up stem in the classroom through a great picture book. In this video i read a book to my nieces and nephews. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Free the vegetables we eat study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Gail gibbons childrens book author and illustrator, gail. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons overdrive rakuten. Winner of the 2010 regina award, she has written and illustrated more than fifty books for holiday house. From seed to pumpkin by wendy pfeffer book summary. Readers will also learn the most common uses for a pumpkin and its significance throughout history and culture. Aunt zz reads the pumpkin book by gail gibbons youtube. This book would be good to use when learning about pumpkins, or around halloween. Includes instructions for carving a pumpkin and drying the seeds.
This product has been proven successful in the classroom and ready. Pumpkin, pumpkin activities and sequencing activities. We actually cut up our pumpkin on the last day of the unit and watch the pumpkin. Nonfiction this book presents an introduction, in simple text and illustrations, to farming and the work done on a. Lps2 from seed to plant comprehension flashcards quizlet. In the second lesson of this series, the teacher reads aloud the childrens book apples by gail gibbons, pointing out the. Conduct a lesson that leads into a writing assessment. My students need 19 nonfiction books by gail gibbons. Materials include lesson plans and activity pages with both student version and teacher version with teaching scripts.
The text is limited mostly to the bottom of the page. Start with a seed, then a small sprout, then a vine and blossoms and continue your chart until the pumpkin is picked and carved into a jackolantern. This reproducible is part of explore the world of science. You can choose any of the pages to include in your pack. Features reproducible activities to use pre, during, and postreading, and a culminating activity that can be applied to all of her books.
Learning about the way plants grow before reading weve been studying the growth and change of plants and animals in our classroom. Materials include lesson plans and activity pages with both student version and teachers version with teaching scripts. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons close reading for the pumpkin book by gail gibbons. Sequencing after reading the story make a chart to show how the pumpkin grew. Sometimes i would bind them with yarn to hold the pages together. Materials include lesson plans and activity pages with both student version and. Im excited to share my pumpkin prekk pack with you today. I didnt really like the ebook version because i like the traditional way of reading a library book and flipping the pages physically. Find gail gibbons lesson plans and teaching resources.
Gail gibbons teaching resource classroom inspiration, classroom ideas, gail. Teaching plant science through close reading and fine arts using glad strategies. Students will enjoy using comprehension strategies to learn how pumpkins grow, why they are an important part of history, and how they carve their own halloween jacko. This is a great place to start if youre wanting to pump up stem in the classroom through a great picture book for young readers. Gail gibbons writes excellent nonfiction books in language that kindergarten students can understand. This book study can easily be paired with other books both fiction and nonfiction, articles, and videos about the moon. This from seed to plant lesson plan is suitable for 1st grade. The full scoop by gail gibbons and identify the different technologies used to create ice cream. Pumpkin math and science looking closely at pumpkins is a good way to incorporate math, specifically estimation and counting. After reading the story, the teacher will tell the students that they will complete centers today.
This cute book tells the story of a brother and sister preparing for halloween by planting pumpkins in the garden. Teach with the pumpkin book by gail gibbons comprehension strategy lesson plans. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Gibbons included labels, where appropriate on the illustration, of key. It can be used for whole group, small group, and in. From seed to pumpkin kids stories read aloud youtube. The pumpkin book paperback january 1, 1999 by gail gibbons author.
Today, were going to read the pumpkin book by gail gibbons. Simple and clear directions for drying seeds, planting and tending pumpkin patches, and carving funny or scary faces are included in the book, along with a fascinating section on pumpkin facts and lore. The biggest pumpkin ever steven knoll apples and pumpkins berenstain bears early chapter book the enormous pumpkin its pumpkin time the pumpkin book gail gibbons the little old lady who wasnt afraid of anything. Find guided reading books by gail gibbons lesson plans and teaching resources. Literature connectionthe pumpkin book by gail gibbons. Buy the pumpkin book by gail gibbons online at alibris. This product has been proven successful in the classroom and ready to use. She will read weather words and what they mean by gail gibbons. In this book it tells us what family pumpkins belong to, when to plant pumpkin seeds, what the seed needs to grow, what the plant will look like at each stage, and when to harvest the pumpkins. Read a toasted pumpkin seed recipe from a book to the class. Well if you and your students are anything like mine, you are loving on anything pumpkin right about now. The pumpkin book is a nonfiction story that explains how a pumpkin seed grows into a fullsize pumpkin. Collect pumpkin seeds many teachers carve pumpkins and do lots of math activities with these pumpkins.
Gail gibbons is the queen of nonfiction picture books, and no year is complete without my class digging deeper into her books. Find gail gibbons from seed to plant lesson plans and teaching resources. Pumpkins lesson plans, themes, printouts, crafts and clipart. Free the vegetables we eat worksheets and literature unit for. The folding fact is a pumpkin shaped book that opens in the middle. Using the pumpkin book by gail gibbons, students work on ela. This informative book by gail gibbons offers an intriguing look at some of the many different kinds of bats, their amazing abilities, and how these mammals fit into the natural world. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter.
After reading an excerpt from from seed to pumpkin, first graders demonstrate their interpretation of sections of the passage by sketching the details from each part. The students will then create their own ice cream t plan your 60minute lesson in science or physical science with helpful tips from chaunetta anderson. If you are studying pumpkins and using the pumpkin book by gail gibbons, this student mini book is the perfect companion. According to the washington post, gail gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other childrens writerillustrator. Nonfiction with gail gibbons donorschoose project by mrs. Word work lesson plan and activities for digraph th. Standing on the shoulders of gail gibbons using their field notes, students use what they have learned about gail gibbons to write their own book about their chosen topic. Gail gibbons also relates the special role pumpkins played in the first thanksgiving. Check out this little comprehension and abc order freebie to go along with gail gibbons book, the pumpkin book. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons describes how pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, how they grow, and their traditional uses and cultural significance. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons glad strategies, teaching plants, gail.
Comprehension strategy lesson plans and practice pages. Our 12 favorite pumpkin books are the perfect addition for your fall lesson plans. Oct 10, 2015 this video is about the pumpkin book by. The biggest pumpkin ever by steven kroll childrens story time duration. Pumpkins lesson plans, activities, printables, and teaching ideas. Identify the pulp, or the soft orange part, and the seeds, or the part of the pumpkin that can create new pumpkins. Students are given cards with pictures to fill in the blanks and are invited to come up and place them on the chart. Pumpkin carving collaboration class book in this classroom project, students and the teacher produce a class book through a groupwriting activity, focusing on a basic beforeduringafter sequence of events. Teaching plant science through close reading and fine arts. From seed to plant lesson plan for 1st grade lesson planet. After reading, the pumpkin book by gail gibbons, students will complete the notebook. Pumpkin integrated unit 9 complete lesson plans for a unit on pumpkins. This packet contains guides that students can use as they read any gail gibbons book.
From seed to pumpkin by wendy pfeffer lesson planet. Gail gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other childrens writerillustrator, according to the washington post. Hope college four blocks follow up, pumpkin, pumpkin the pumpkin book by gail gibbons growing pumpkins published newbridge. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons is a nonfiction book for children ages 48. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This book is most appropriate for kindergarten through third grade students. Meet gail gibbons her dog, wilbur, and her cats, miles and davis. It is particularly recommended to be paired with moon rooster, by david gershator. A post about setting up a classroom and home reading program in the. To read all of gail gibbonss books published by holiday house, visit your local library or bookstore. Lesson plan from live oak media created by live oak media view the pdf share. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons pumpkin books, gail. Guided reading lessons for books by gail gibbons lesson. From seed to vine to halloween jackolanterns, author, gail gibbons, covers all things pumpkin in this nonfiction book for beginning readers.
Pumpkins can be baked in a pie or carved into jackolanterns, and pumpkin seeds can be roasted for a. She will have the centers set up and the groups determined before the lesson begins. Others are large, such as the giant flying fox with its fivefoot wingspan. Unfortunately, not all books are intended as entertainment, many are written to educate and inform readers. Gibbons is the author of more than 100 books for young readers, including the more about gail gibbons. See more ideas about gail gibbons, author studies and book activities. Pumpkin, pumpkin ideas by judy christiansen ideas for place value counting, estimation, measurement, and enjoying the seeds. The pumpkin book by gail gibbons is an entertaining and informative book for elementary age children. This activity is perfect for the fall, especially if your school doesnt allow you to discuss halloween this is a fun alternative. This from seed to pumpkin by wendy pfeffer assessment is suitable for 1st grade. Each foldable is available in color or black and white to fit your copying needs. Explore the world of science with gail gibbons a brand new guide showcasing gail s newest science books.