Somethin' Pumpkin Halloween READ ALOUD Activity for 1st and 2nd Grade
Halloween Reading Activity brings fun Somethin' Pumpkin book and makerspace/STEM extension to life! Students start off with close reading activity around the story. The focus is on asking and answering questions, vocabulary, story structure and, story elements (setting), and ryhming. Next, a Makerspace extension takes students through the engineering design process to solve the problem in the story. So much fun!
MakerSpace Activity: STEAM takes the E for engineering and the A for arts from STEAM and you get Maker Space Moments in Literature. Makerspace Moments In Literature allow you to do a focused Close Reading with text as well as extend on a piece of literature with the same function and creativity of a Makerspace using engineering tools to problem solve and create. A Makerspace is a collaborative area where students can think, create, share, and grow using an assortment of materials and technologies.
This Makerspace Moment in Literature uses Somethin' Pumpkin written by Scott Allen BOOK NOT INCLUDED.This Is Somethin' Pumpkin is an adorable book that uses repetitive text and rhyming to tell a story about how all types of Halloween characters use pumpkins to solve their problems.
Included In This Product
Comprehension Questions
Comprehension Bookmarks
Vocabulary Cards- Can be used as a fun game of Headbanz or Charades or to display
Story Elements with a Focus on Setting (2 choices)
Story Structure with 2 choices
Illustrations Make Meaning with 2 choices
Rhyming Activity
Engineering Maker Activity
Examples of Pumpkin Solutions
Planning Sheet for Pumpkin Solutions Activity
All About My Pumpkin (for writing extension)
Words About My Pumpkin Solutions
My Pumpkin Solution Presentation Points
Compare and Contrast Pumpkin Solutions Think Sheet
Standards Covered
Asking and Answering Questions
Vocabulary
Story Elements
Story Structure- with a focus on fiction and how the beginning and end of the story impacts the story
Engineering K-2 standards (From Next Gen. Science Standards)
Adjectives
Reading Foundational Skills- Rhyming
Listening and Speaking
Writing