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Make a book describing the inside and outside of a pumpkin using the five senses and observation skills.
Objectives:
use words to describe inside and outside of the pumpkin
record descriptions on paper (in a pumpkin book)
Materials: - Pumpkin with a lid pre-cut
- Cover of book - orange construction paper cut in shape of pumpkin,
(or with pumpkin outline so that students may cut out.) - 1 for each
student
- Inside of book - 1 sheet of white paper in pumpkin shape for each
student
- orange yarn
- pumpkin seeds (helps to have some clean dry ones from another pumpkin)
- Chart that says "Inside of a Pumpkin" and "Outside of a Pumpkin" to
organize descriptions
|  | Plan: - Encourage children to talk about what they know about pumpkins: What do you think it would look like inside? Have you ever carved a pumpkin? etc.
- Encourage children to use their senses to describe the outside of the pumpkin & record their reponses on the chart. What does it feel like, smell like, look like, sound like, etc.?
- Then, remove the pumpkin's lid and have the children observe & describe the inside of the pumpkin.
- Give them the materials to make a pumpkin book. It only needs to have a cover and 1 page.
- Have the children record the descriptions of the outside of the pumpkin on the cover.
- Have them record descriptions for the inside of the pumpkin on the inside cover.
- On the white inside page, they may paste pumpkin seeds and yarn, and illustrate the inside of the pumpkin using crayons, construction paper, markers, etc.
 Comments:
Have the students share their books with friends or the class.
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