Pumpkins

Tomorrow we are going on our first field trip of the year to a pumpkin patch with First Grade! 

For the past few weeks we have been studying plant life cycles and what living things need to grow. Today, we took what we learned from that unit and applied it to our new unit on pumpkins.

We started out by reading this short and sweet informational text, Pumpkins, that came in my Scholastic Welcome Fall book packet (which I highly recommend purchasing by the way).

Then we put these Pumpkin Life Cycle picture cards in order and discussed how a pumpkin grows just like other plants that we have studied. 

Finally, the students completed their own pumpkin life cycle worksheet by coloring, cutting, and gluing the pictures in the correct order. 

Here's the finished product :)

The life cycle picture cards and worksheets came from the fantastic, free Pumpkins Unit by Nicole Ricca that you can pick up here.