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Pumpkin Heads! Resource Set
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- Grade Level: K
- Guided Reading Level: D
- Genre: Informational, Nonfiction
Summary
Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor
Pumpkin Heads! celebrates the season with simple text and glowing illustrations. From pumpkins dressed like cowboys to those that greet trick-or-treaters, this autumn read aloud makes it easy to engage beginning readers in meaningful comprehension strategy work.
Teach with Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor
Get everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction using Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor
- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Letter “Pp”
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
- and More!

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Pumpkin Heads! Resource Set
Making Connections with Pumpkin Heads!
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.6 RF.K.3 RF.K.4 RI.K.1 RI.K.10 RI.K.5 RI.K.7 RI.K.9 SL.K.1b SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12A K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5E K.5I K.6A K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7B K.7C K.8C K.8D(i) K.8D(ii) K.8D(iii) K.9E
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Making Inferences with Pumpkin Heads!
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.6 RF.K.3 RF.K.4 RI.K.1 RI.K.10 RI.K.5 RI.K.7 RI.K.9 SL.K.1b SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5E K.5F K.5I K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7A K.7B K.7C K.8C K.8D(i) K.8D(ii) K.8D(iii) K.9E
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Retelling and Summarizing with Pumpkin Heads!
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.6 RF.K.3 RF.K.4 RI.K.10 RI.K.2 RI.K.3 RI.K.7 SL.K.1b SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5G K.5I K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7A K.7B K.7C K.7D K.8C K.8D(i) K.8D(ii) K.8D(iii) K.9E
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Visualizing with Pumpkin Heads!
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.6 RF.K.3 RF.K.4 RI.K.10 RI.K.6 RI.K.7 SL.K.1 SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5D K.5E K.5I K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7B K.7D K.8C K.8D(i) K.8D(ii) K.8D(iii) K.9C K.9D K.9E
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Pumpkin Heads! Extension Activity
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Pumpkin Heads! Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Pumpkin Heads! Word Work - Letter "Pp"
Common Core Alignment:
RF.K.3 RF.K.4
TEKS Alignment:
K.2A(ii) K.2B(i)
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Pumpkin Heads! Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.5.a L.K.6
TEKS Alignment:
K.3A K.3B K.3C K.6F
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