Pumpkins: All About Pumpkins Reading and Word Search Activity
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Pumpkins: Are you learning about Pumpkins in your classroom? If so, your students will enjoy this fun 'fact find' word search! If your students are like mine, they love these puzzles.
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FREE Fact Find Extension Activity List
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I have marked this for grades 3-5, so third graders will find it more challenging to read and fifth graders will find it easier :-)
This is perfect for fall, especially for October as you near Halloween or November as you near Thanksgiving. Of course, it can be used any time you are reading or studying pumpkins.
This is not just any 'ole puzzle. It doesn't just include words. It includes facts about pumpkins that your students will enjoy reading. I call it a 'fact find'. Within each fact, a word (or words) is underlined. Those are the words the students will find in the puzzle. For example, one sentences says, "When you plant a pumpkin seed, its life cycle begins." The words 'life cycle' are underlined and those are the words they will find.
Because some of the facts I used tell about the life cycle of a pumpkin, I listed images of the cycle to the right of the puzzle.
In this pumpkins themed word search puzzle, words are found forward, backward, up, down, and diagonal. I would consider it on the challenging side since students are looking for words diagonally and backwards, and because they will practice reading skills.
I use word searches to introduce vocabulary, or even just give it as morning work. They are also great to use in writing. Perfect for a sub, too.
There are many options for using this word search 'fact find'.
One option is to have students partner up and practice fluency. They can take turns reading the sentences. This can be used for a writing activity. Have them take the facts from the puzzle and turn them into a paragraph, changing out some of the words to make it their own. Use it as a reading homework assignment,too. Parents can work with their child to find the words. Feel free to be creative and use it in your classroom however you would like.
The words underlined in the pumpkin themed fact find include:
life cycle
sprout
vine
yellow flowers
green
orange
jack-o-lanterns
pepon (the Greek word from which pumpkin originated)
grow
five hundred (seeds)
largest (used in a sentence about the world record)
water (used in a sentence about percent of pumpkin that is water)
harvested
Native Americans
Antarctica (telling where pumpkins don't grow)
vitamin (telling about them being rich in vitamin A)
Cucurbita (part of that family)
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FACT FINDS you will like:
Candy Canes and Christmas Cards
Pie in America (incorporate into Pi Day)
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For more creative lesson ideas, click on 'elementary lesson plans' by my picture above.
