Pumpkin Trouble | Book Study Activities and Craftivity

This is a book study literacy unit for Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The craftivity makes a wonderful bulletin board display to showcase learning.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Simply copy a pack for each student. You may wish to choose to implement pages that best fit your students’ learning abilities.

Your class will LOVE the silly duck as he gets into pumpkin trouble! A laugh-out-loud fall favorite!

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

• student unit cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character traits
• character analysis
• character cards
• story retell
• story events
• story sequence
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

• making mental images
• opinion pages
• giving my advice
• text-to-self connections
• If I were stuck in a pumpkin
• design a jack-o'-lantern

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• writing story prompt

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

• making words
• vocabulary word search
• syllable sorting
• vocabulary word sort
• alphabetical order

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

• cause and effect
• problems and solutions
• author's purpose
• main idea/theme
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• true or false comprehension questions
• reading notes
• personal response page

CRAFTIVITY

• How to Carve a Pumpkin craftivity

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

• learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

MORE FALL BOOK STUDIES

Turkey Trouble

The Ugly Pumpkin

Spookley the Square Pumpkin

We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt

When the Leaf Blew In

Little Boo

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