Literature Ideas

Title: Runaway Pumpkin

Author: Kevin Lewis
Fiction or Nonfiction Fiction
Theme: Pumpkins, Fall, Halloween, Farms
Reading
Phonics/Phonemic Awareness:
ou as in round, ground
ump as in bump, thump, pumpkin
in as in pumpkin
th as in thumpin
rhyming

Writing
What would you think of if you saw a
giant pumpkin? Draw a picture and
add a thought bubble like the
characters in the story.
Write a pumpkin poem or song

adjectives

What is your favorite pumpkin

flavored food?

sight word tic-tac-toe on pumpkin

cutout

Adjective lesson using several sizes

and shapes of pumpkins

Word Identification:

Comprehension/Vocabulary:

Math

Stop and predict what comes next

Cause/effect retelling
Visualizing

Pumpkin Math
1. Estimate and check the weight and
circumference of a pumpkin

Vocabulary - vine, cautious, foresaw

2. Use pumpkin seeds to count, add,

subtract, multiply, divide

Fluency
Read the chorus of the book with
students
Read the Runaway Pumpkin poem

Social Sciences
How do pumpkins grow - video and
photos with a possible trip to a
pumpkin patch and nonfiction
literature
Farms
Pumpkin science experiments

3. Use mini pumpkins and seeds to

practice counting tens/ones for place
value

Other
Pumpkin painting, art projects
Pumpkin bowling