

The Great Pumpkin Challenge: 7 Projects to Try This Fall.

3 Clever Uses for Pumpkin Seeds in the Classroom.But then he pulls into the lead, and folks are forced to sit up and take notice. People laugh when old Joshua shows up in his overalls and gumboots, calmly nibbling a slice of pumpkin for energy.

But Joshua Summerhayes liked to run…with Yellow Dog trailing behind him.” So it’s no surprise when Joshua decides to enter a race from Melbourne to Sydney. Nearly all the sheep ranchers in Blue Gum Valley rode horses or drove jeeps to check on their sheep. The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold This book is about competitive vegetable contests teaches readers about plant parts and plant reproduction. Plant Reproduction: How Do You Grow a Giant Pumpkin? by Cath Senker The story of decomposition is vividly told so that science comes to life (and death). SchwartzĬompost won’t mean the same thing after readers have seen the amazing transformation of Jack from grinning pumpkin to mold-mottled wreckage to hopeful green shoot. Rotten Pumpkin: A Rotten Tale in 15 Voices by David M. This book explores how pumpkins grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance. Pumpkin” shares both the historical and religious background of the holiday. Pumpkin Books for Upper Elementary School 11. Jamie plants a pumpkin seed in the spring and, after watching it grow all summer, carves a face in it for Halloween! But best of all, he saves some seeds that he will plant again next spring. But when they discover that their choice pumpkins are actually the same one, Desmond and Clayton decide to work together to grow the biggest pumpkin ever! 10. Clayton the house mouse wants to win the Biggest Pumpkin contest with his.

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Krollĭesmond the field mouse wants to carve the biggest jack-o’-lantern in the neighborhood with his pumpkin. Join Pete as he rocks out to this cool adaptation of the classic Halloween song! 9. Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean
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But when he finally does, Splat finds out the real challenge isn’t the pumpkin picking-it’s how to get the pumpkin home! 8.
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When Splat goes to the pumpkin patch with Seymour, he’s determined to find the biggest pumpkin ever. Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan by Catherine Hapka By the time Thanksgiving arrives, he discovers the truth about who he is–but it’s not what he expected! 7. So the lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he’ll fit in. The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one wants him. From pumpkin seeds to pumpkins to pumpkin seeds again! Amazing photographs show a backyard pumpkin patch move through its natural cycle––a bug’s eye and a bird’s high view of seeds sprouting, flowers blooming, bees buzzing, pumpkins growing. Charlie, the smallest boy in the class, doesn’t have a guess.Ĭounting pumpkin seeds is messy business, but once the slimy job is done, to everyone’s surprise, the smallest pumpkin has the most seeds! As Charlie happily exclaims, “Small things have a lot going on inside of them.” 5. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds Elinor, sounding like she knows what she’s talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the little one has 22. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin by Margaret McNamara This one shows the life cycle of a pumpkin. These Let’s Read and Find Out books are fantastic for helping kids learn the science in their daily lives. When Halloween was over and the pumpkin was beginning to rot, Tim set it out in the garden and throughout the weeks he watched it change. The first pumpkin Tim ever carved was fierce and funny, and he named it Jack.
