Lesson Plan
What's Inside a Pumpkin: Creating a Book
Play with pumpkins! In this lesson, students will make representations of real objects. They will get a chance to be the authors and illustrators of their own stories about pumpkins.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify what is inside a pumpkin. Students will author and illustrate books with representations of real pumpkins.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Begin the lesson by showing your students a real pumpkin. Pass it around so that they can feel the outside.
- Discuss what might be inside. Potential discussion questions include: What does it look like inside? Is it soft? Is it hard? What do you do with the inside?
- Record their responses on the board to show that spoken words can also be written.
- Explain that you will be cutting the pumpkin open so that your students can see what's inside and make a book about it.