Next Comes Pumpkin Pie, AUTHOR(S): Sondra J. Mansur, Mary Ann Buck, Donna Hartman, Candice Hyndowitcz, Betty Bilodeau, GRADE LEVEL: 3, SUBJECT AREA: Integrated, - Display three pumpkins of different shapes and sizes. Do a KWL (What you Know, What you Want to learn and What you have Learned) on what do you know about pumpkins? Each student gets to eat a piece of pumpkin pie. Read the story, "In a Pumpkin Shell" by Jennifer Storey Gillis, or a book related to pumpkin pie.

LU TITLE: Next Comes Pumpkin Pie	AUTHOR(S): Sondra J. Mansur, Mary Ann Buck, Donna Hartman, Candice Hyndowitcz, Betty Bilodeau
GRADE LEVEL: 3	SCHOOL ADDRESS: 1214 Lincoln Ave., Utica, NY 13502
SUBJECT AREA: Integrated	SCHOOL PHONE/FAX: (315) 724-0540

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

DECLARATIVE

How to write cinquain poetry
How to write sequential paragraphs
Understand weights and measurements
Listening skills
Research skills and types of resources
Database and purpose

PROCEDURAL

Students compose a cinquain poem
Students write a creative story with sequential paragraphs
Students will weigh and measure different aspects of a pumpkin
Students will listen for information
Students will use resources to gather information
Students will construct a database on certain aspects of pumpkins

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

What part does prediction play in our everyday life?
How do we use Math in our everyday life?
What methods can we use to compare and contrast?
Why is sequencing important?
What literary sources can we utilize to find information?
How do we present information for understanding?

INITIATING ACTIVITY

Display three pumpkins of different shapes and sizes. Do a KWL (What you Know, What you Want to learn and What you have Learned) on what do you know about pumpkins? Each student gets to eat a piece of pumpkin pie. Read the story, "In a Pumpkin Shell" by Jennifer Storey Gillis, or a book related to pumpkin pie.

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Learning Experience Activity - "Sequential Paragraphs"

The Steps in the Growth of a Pumpkin

Illustrate

Phrase

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Learning Experience Activity "Sequential Paragraph"

Paragraph Rubric

	4	3	2	1
Format	Your format is excellent: You had a beginning, middle, and end to your story. It was well organized.	Your format is very good: Your beginning, middle and end were somewhat unorganized.	Your format is good: Your beginning, middle and end were hard to recognize. It was unorganized.	Your format needs work: Your beginning, middle and end were very unorganized.
Story Preparation	Your story preparation was excellent: You used all items in your graphic organizer to write your story.	Story preparation is very good: You used almost all items in your graphic organizer to write your story.	Story preparation is good: You somewhat used your graphic organizer to write your story.	Your preparation needs work: Your graphic organizer was not related to your story.
Paragraph Preparation	Your paragraph preparation was excellent: You indented your paragraph. Your handwriting was very readable. Your story made sense. It was in paragraph form.	Paragraph preparation is very good: You may not have indented your paragraph. Your handwriting was somewhat readable. Your story made sense.	Paragraph preparation is very good: You may not have indented your paragraph. Your handwriting made it difficult to read parts of your story and making your story hard to understand.	Paragraph preparation needs work: You did not indent your paragraph. Your handwriting was unreadable. Your story did not make sense.
Sentence Preparation	Your sentence preparation was excellent: You use correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Your sentences were interesting.	Sentence preparation is very good: You almost always used correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Your sentences were somewhat interesting.	Sentence preparation is good: You had some problems using the correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Your sentences needed to be more interesting.	Sentence preparation needs work: You had many errors on capital, punctuation and spelling. Your sentences were very basic.

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Learning Experience Activity "Weight and Measurement" Activity 1 and 2

Activity One - Weights

	Pumpkin 1	Pumpkin 2	Pumpkin 3	Pumpkin 4	Pumpkin 5
Estimated Weight
Actual Weight

Least to greatest weight____________________________________________________

Write 3 statements based on estimated and actual results.

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Activity Two - Circumference

	Pumpkin 1	Pumpkin 2	Pumpkin 3	Pumpkin 4	Pumpkin 5
Estimated circumference
Actual circumference

Write 3 statements based on estimated and actual results.

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

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Learning Experience Activity "Listening Skills"

Activity Sheet

Use your graphic organizer to answer the following questions about Pooh's Pumpkin.

Questions must be answered in complete sentences.

What two things do pumpkins need to grow?
- Who carved the pumpkin?
- When did Rabbit plant his pumpkin seeds?
- Where did Pooh plant his pumpkin seeds?
- Why did Pooh want to grow a pumpkin?
- How did Pooh feel when he thought the pumpkin was a cucumber?

Critical Thinking: Thinking about Pooh's Pumpkin, answer the following questions.

Was Pooh a patient or impatient bear? Why, why not?
- Would you care for a pumpkin seed the way Pooh did? Why, why not?

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Learning Experience Activity "Research Skills" and Types of Resources

Pumpkin Hunt

Using the World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 15, answer these questions:

Pumpkins are rich in what vitamin?
- How long does it take for a pumpkin to grow to its full weight?

Using the 1998 Information Please Almanac, under Weights and Measures, answer these questions:

How many tablespoons equal 1 cup?
When it is 30 degrees Celcius, how many degrees is it in Farenheit?

Using Webster's Intermediate Dictionary:

Look up pumpkin and divide the word into syllables.

What are the guide words for this page?

Using the card catalog:

Look up the subject pumpkins. List the title, author, and illustrator, of a book of your choice about pumpkins.

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Learning Experience Activity "Research Skills" and Types of Resources

Pumpkin Hunt - Answer Sheet

Vitamin A
- 4 months
- 16
- 86
- pump kin
- pull punctual
- Answers will vary.

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Learning Experience Activity - "Database"

Pumpkin Database List View

Pumpkin Name	Uses	Size	Days to Mature	Descriptions
Autumn Gold	Jack, Pies	10-15"	90	Early maturer and color for early frost areas. Good for pies, seeds.
Baby Pam	Jack, Pies, Decoration	5"	100	Smooth, dark, orange rind, good pie flesh, high yield, uniform fruit
Big Moon	Jack	Large	115	Very large, non-uniform shape, grows well in North
Big Tom	Jack	12-18"	120	Flat ends, better jack o'lantern shape
Bushkin	Jack	8"	95	Bush-type, hulless, seeds for snacks, stores well
Cheese	Pies	8"	110	Great pies; buff skin, flat round fruit
Cinderella	Jack	10"	95	Space saver, uniform. Not good keeper
Connecticut Field	Jack	10-18"	120	Traditional American pumpkin
Funny Face	Jack, Pies	12"	90	Semi-bush, high yield carving and pies, stores well
Half Moon	Jack	14"	110	Tall. Large stems, thick flesh
Halloween	Jack, Pies	9-12"	115	Good yield, for eating, carving and baking
Howden	Jack	13-16"	115	Good yield, less flat sides
Jack Pot	Jack, Pies	11"	100	Compact, high yield, for pies and carving
Jack-O'-Lantern	Jack	8-10"	105	Good shape, color for carving; orange flesh for pies
King-Of-The-Mammoth	Jasck	24"	120	Flat globe, shape, hard, pink, ribbed rind, coarse flesh
Lady Godiva	Seed snack	Hulless	110	Totally hulless snack seeds, stores well, non-uniform flesh, livestock
Little Boo	Jack, Decoration	7"	105	Smooth, hard, white rind; for painting
Mini-Jack	Jack	5"	115	Good snack seed. Good carver, high yield
Spirit	Jack, Pies	12"	90	Semi-bush, good shape, color for carving and pies, stores well
Spookie	Jack, Pies	6"	95	Uniform, small, sweet flesh, high yield
Sweetie Pie	Decoration	2" x 3"	110	True mini-pumpkin, very tiny, orange, ribbed, great decorator or carver
Thomas Halloween	Jack	10-15"	110	Thick flesh, resists bruises, retains stem
Trick or Treat	Jack	13"	105	Semi-bush, seed snacks, uniform shape, color, carving, pies
Winter Luxury	Pies	10"	100	Think orange pie flesh, good keeper
Young's Beauty	Jack	8-10"	105	Dark orange rind, uniform shape

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Learning Experience Activity - "Database"

Pumpkin Database Browse View

Pumpkin Name	Autumn Gold
What is pumpkin used for?	Jack, Pies
Pumpkin size(circumference)	10-15"
Days for pumpkins to reach maturity	90
Characteristics	Early maturer and color for early frost areas. Good for pies, seeds and carving

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Learning Experience Activity - "Database"

Pumpkin Database Question Sheet

How many varieties take longer than 110 days to mature? ______________________
What are the names of the varieties that take longer than 110 days to mature? _____________________________________________________________________
How many pumpkins have Jack in their name? _______________________________
What are the names of the pumpkins that have Jack in their name? ____________________________________________________________________
What are the names of the pumpkins that list 'hulless' as a characteristic? ____________________________________________________________________
What are the pumpkins that would be used for decoration mainly? ____________________________________________________________________
What is the name of the first pumpkin in the alphabetically sorted list? ____________________________________________________________________
What is the name of the last pumpkin in the alphabetically sorted list? ____________________________________________________________________
What is the name of the pumpkin that listed that it will 'grow well in the north' as a characteristic? ____________________________________________________________________
How many total pumpkins are listed in our database?__________________________

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Learning Experience Activity - "Database"

Pumpkin Database Answer Sheet

1. How many varieties take longer than 110 days to mature? 7 .

What are the names of the varieties that take longer than 110 days to mature? Big Moon, Big Tom, Connecticut Field, Halloween, Howden, King of the Mammoth, Mini Jack .

3. How many pumpkins have Jack in their name? 3 .

4. What are the names of the pumpkins that have Jack in their name? Jack Pot, Jack-O'-Lantern, Mini-Jack .

5. What are the names of the pumpkins that list 'hulless' as a characteristic? Lady Godiva, Bushkin .

6. What are the pumpkins that would be used for decoration mainly? Sweetie Pie .

7. What is the name of the first pumpkin in the alphabetically sorted list? Autumn Gold .

8. What is the name of the last pumpkin in the alphabetically sorted list? Young's Beauty .

9. What is the name of the pumpkin that listed that it will 'grow well in the north' as a characteristic? Big Moon .

10. How many total pumpkins are listed in our database? 25 .

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Learning Experience Activity - "Culminating Activity"

Sequencing By Rank

Choose 4 characteristics you feel are important for the pumpkin you want to choose.

THING BEING RANKED:

Name of final pumpkin chosen for your farm._________________________________

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Activity "Culminating"

Advertising Rubric

	4	3	2	1
Planning	Your plan is excellent. You are well organized. You have excellent creative ideas.	Your plan is very good. You are organized. You have good creative ideas.	You stayed on topic. You are somewhat organized. You have some creative ideas.	You attempted to stay on topic. You needed more organization. You had few creative ideas.
Organization Of Ideas	You used all of your pumpkin information in your advertisement	You used most of your pumpkin information in your advertisement.	You used some of your pumpkin information in your advertisement.	You used very little information in your advertisement.
Artistic Variety	You made an excellent presentation: Size Shape Coloring Appearance (Eye catching)	You made a very good presentation: Size Shape Color Appearance (Eye catching)	You made a good presentation: Size Shape Color Appearance (Eye catching)	It was hard to read your advertisement because of too many errors.
Mechanics	You made very few or no errors in your advertisement.	You made few errors in your advertisement.	You made several errors, but I still understood the advertisement.	It was hard to read your advertisement because of many errors.

To paper

No advertisement

Totally unrelated to the topic

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Activity "Culminating"

Constructing Support

Graphic Organizer

Statement on your choice of pumpkin

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Activity "Culminating"

Paragraph Rubric

Task Component	4	3	2	1
Opening	You clearly and completely stated your point of view on which pumpkin variety you chose. You showed a deep insight into your choice.	You clearly stated your point of view on which pumpkin variety you chose.	You stated your point of view on which pumpkin variety you chose, but it was not stated as clearly as it should be.	You stated no point of view on which pumpkin variety you chose, or it was very unclear what your view was.
Organization (see pattern types)	You effectively and accurately organized your pumpkin material in the most appropriate pattern.	You accurately organized your pumpkin material in the most appropriate pattern.	You accurately organized your pumpkin material into a pattern, but the pattern is not the most appropriate .	Your pumpkin material is not organized into any type of pattern.
Support	You provided well-developed and logical support (examples, details, reasons) for your point of view.	You provided logical support (examples, details, reasons) for your point of view.	You provided some support (details, examples, reasons) for your point of view, but you also had some illogical support.	You provided little if any support (examples, details, reasons) for your point of view.
Conclusion	You constructed a clear specific conclusion based on your point of view.	You constructed a specific conclusion based on your point of view.	You constructed a conclusion that was unclear based on your point of view.	You constructed no concluding statement.

Patterns: Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Chronological Order, Classification, and Definition

REFERENCES

Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan, The Berenstain Bear Scouts & the Humongous Pumpkin, Scholastic, Inc., 64 p.

Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan, The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin, Random House Inc., 32 p.

Gaines, Isabel, Pooh's Pumpkin: (Winnie the Pooh: First Reader Series), Disney Press, 32 p.

Goldsack, Gaby and Church, Caroline Jayne, Pumpkin Ted (Halloween Fluffy Tales), Reader's Digest Association, 10p.

Hall, Zoe, It's Pumpkin Time, , p.

Howe, James, Pinky and Rex and the Perfect Pumpkin, Simon & Schuster, 40 p.

Hutchings, Amy and Hutchings, Richard, Picking Apples and Pumpkins, Scholastic Inc., 32 p.

Johnston, Tony, The Vanishing Pumpkin, Puntam Publishing Group, 32 p.

Kroll, Steven, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Scholastic, Inc., 32p.

Levine, Abby, This Is The Pumpkin, Albert Whitman, 24 p.

Ray, Mary Lyn, Pumpkins: A Story for a Field, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0-15-252252-2.

Rockwell, Anne F., Apples and Pumpkins, Simon & Schuster, 24 p.

Ross, Katharine, The Little Pumpkin Book, Random House Books for Young Readers, 22 p.

Siverman, Erica, Big Pumpkin, Simon & Schuster, 30 p.

St. Pierre, Stephanie, Schick, Joel, Pumpkin Patch Party, Random House, Inc., 35 p.

Storey Gillis, Jennifer, In a Pumpkin Shell, , p.

Tryon, Leslie, Albert's Halloween, Vol. 1, Simon & Schuster, 40 p.

Internet Sites Reference

www.thepumpkinfarm.com

www.pumpkincircle.com

www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/90000101.html

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Learning Experience Activity "Listening Skill"

Graphic Organizer