Literature

=Lesson Plan:=


 * Measurable Learner Objectives:**

The student will be able to recognize the plant life cycle. The student will be able to correctly sequence a story or everyday events. The students will be able to successfully paint their pumpkins and learn about the designs of Pablo Picasso. The student will be able to estimate, predict and count pumpkin seeds while weighing and taking the circumference of the pumpkin. The students will be able to successfully play a game with pumpkins from the colonial time period.
 * Science:**
 * Language Arts:**
 * Art**:
 * Math**:
 * History**:

Have the students answer the question "Why is the plant life cycle important?" in their science journals. Discuss with the class what the student's say about why the life cycle is important. Afterwards, read the book __Pumpkin, Pumpkin__ by Jeanne Titherington out loud to the class.
 * Engagement:**

Students create a model of the pumpkin cycle. Staple two paper plates together, leaving the top section unstapled. Decorate like a jack-o-lantern. Attach a piece of yarn to the pumpkin. Attach pictures to the yarn that represent each of the steps leading up to the jack-o-lantern. The “vine” can be stuffed inside the pumpkin and gradually pulled out as students retell the Pumpkin, Pumpkin story, or recite the steps of the pumpkin life cycle.
 * Exploration and Explanation:**

Challenge the students to relate their knowledge of the pumpkin life cycle to another plant's life cycle and then have them make a T-Chart comparing the two plants and seeing if they process is the same or different.
 * Elaboration:**

The student will correctly sequence pictures of the pumpkin life cycle and describe what is happening in each picture.
 * Evaluation:**

Big Book: Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington Sentence strips, word/picture cards Pumpkin life cycle sheet, paper plates Pumpkins
 * Resources:**

Take a field trip to a pumpkin patch. Recall events or use pictures from field trip to sequence.
 * Reteaching/Enrichment:**

Place in plastic bag with wet paper towel until they sprout, then place in soil. Keep track of and sequence steps. .
 * Plant pumpkin seeds:**