We've got a pumpkin patch growing in the classroom ... and I'm loving it! We took a few minutes this morning and made our pumpkins. You can find instructions on how to make them HERE at First Palette. The only difference was that we used 6 sections instead of the 10 shown on the website. We turned our pumpkins into a seasonal language activity by incorporating the story elements we've been studying in class. Using our read aloud, Wonder, we wrote about the story elements on each of the pumpkin sections: plot, character, setting, conflict, resolution, point of view, and theme. This was a perfect activity for the day before Halloween, and it makes a perfect formative assessment activity (handy for collecting marks in the last few days before report cards are due). Happy Halloween!!! Here's hoping we all make it through the next few days! :) Note: I have updated this idea and made it into a resource that's easy for you to reproduce in the classroom with your students. Click HERE or on the picture to the right to take a peek. :) Other Autumn-Themed Resources:
