Literature Ideas

Title: How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?

Author: Wendell Minor
Fiction or Nonfiction Fiction with Nonfiction in the back
Theme: pumpkins, fall, United States geography
Reading
Phonics/Phonemic Awareness:

ig in big
ow in grow
syllables in large words
Word Identification:
contractions
compound words - match picture
and word on pumpkins with a
partner to make a compound word
Comprehension/Vocabulary:

Writing

Brainstorm synonyms for

little and write a story
using a new little word
on each page similar to
the story in this book
What would you do with a giant
pumpkin?
similes and metaphors with big
Math

Pair with a nonfiction text or

website about giant pumpkins
visualize and draw
vocabulary - big words

Use the attached websites to

learn
how they estimate the weight of
the giant pumpkins using other
measurements

Reading text in bold with a BIG

voice

Reading a chart (see website)

Fluency

Reading with ? or !
Social Sciences

Places around the United States

Growing giant pumpkins for
seeds

Measurement
Other

Read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

by Steven Kroll