We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt Book Activities and Craft

 

WE'RE GOING ON A PUMPKIN HUNT

Take your students on a pumpkin hunt this fall season with We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox. Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will love following along with the characters in this read aloud as they pick out a pumpkin for Halloween!

WE'RE GOING ON A PUMPKIN HUNT BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt follows the same pattern as We're Going on a Bear Hunt, but with a fall twist! In this story, the animal friends are on a mission to find a pumpkin, the biggest one in town. 

The animals head through a squeaking gage, past blinking night bugs, up a high mountain, through tickling grass, up a tree, and across a river. They're not scared! That is, until they enter a spooky pumpkin patch with a scary pumpkin-headed scarecrow. Then they reverse course and head back home. They decide to make their pumpkin pie using canned pie filling :)

This book study contains companion activities that help to connect this engaging read aloud with important reading skills for Kindergarten and First Grade students. 

Students will learn many essential literacy skills as they engage in the fun reading activities in the unit.

This book study is packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, and making inferences. They also have activities that develop story vocabulary, define the author's purpose, think about the main idea or theme, offer opinions and advice, and check for understanding with reading comprehension questions.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt book companion unit will save you tons of time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

WE'RE GOING ON A PUMPKIN HUNT CRAFT

This pumpkin hunt craft has students writing a story about themselves going on a pumpkin hunt! The craftivity makes a fun fall or Halloween bulletin board display, to showcase student learning.

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