Pumpkin Themed Writing Activity
This pumpkin themed writing activity has 1st and 2nd grade children order pumpkin life cycle cards, write the steps, sort facts and write a poem and story. Answer key included.
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Writing About Pumpkins
This pumpkin themed writing activity gives young writers a fall pack full of real reasons to write. Children learn how a pumpkin grows from a tiny seed to a big orange pumpkin, and then they write about it. Along the way they practice putting events in order, using order words, comparing two fruits, writing a poem and telling a story.
How to Use This Writing Pack
Start with the six life cycle picture cards: seeds, sprout, vine, flower, green pumpkin and pumpkin. Children cut them out and put them in order, then write the steps on the First, Next, Then and Last page. Next they sort six facts on a pumpkin and apple Venn diagram, write a PUMPKIN acrostic poem, and finish with a pumpkin story on themed writing paper with a box for a picture. The pumpkin themed writing activity fits a writing center, a small group or a whole class, and it makes a fun fall 1st grade seasons activity that also works well in 2nd grade. A 1st Grade practice worksheet asks children to number six sentences to show how a pumpkin grows and to write one sentence of their own.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with simple steps
- 6 pumpkin life cycle picture cards
- How a Pumpkin Grows writing frame (first, next, then, last)
- Pumpkin and Apple Venn diagram sort
- PUMPKIN acrostic poem page
- Pumpkin writing paper
- 1st Grade practice worksheet
- Answer keys for the cards, the Venn sort and the practice page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
- Ordering picture cards before writing helps children plan their sentences.
- Order words like first, next, then and last make writing clear.
- A fun fall theme gives children something real to write about.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Bring in a real pumpkin and count its seeds, plant a pumpkin seed in a cup and watch it sprout, or bind the finished pages into a pumpkin book for each child to share at home.
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