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The Pumpkin Book Resource Set
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- Grade Level: 2
- Guided Reading Level: M
- Genre: Nonfiction
Summary
The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
From seed to vine to Halloween jack-o-lanterns, author, Gail Gibbons, covers all things pumpkin in this nonfiction book for beginning readers. Students will enjoy using comprehension strategies to learn how pumpkins grow, why they are an important part of history, and how they carve their own Halloween jack-o-lanterns.
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- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Digraph -th
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
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The Pumpkin Book Resource Set
Determining Importance with The Pumpkin Book
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.6 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Making Connections with The Pumpkin Book
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.2 RI.2.3 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Retelling and Summarizing with The Pumpkin Book
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.1 RI.2.10 RI.2.2 RI.2.4 RI.2.6 RI.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Understanding Text Structure with The Pumpkin Book
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.1 RI.2.10 RI.2.5 RI.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.10B 2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Visualizing with The Pumpkin Book
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.3 RI.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6D 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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The Pumpkin Book Extension Activity
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The Pumpkin Book Running Record
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The Pumpkin Book Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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The Pumpkin Book Word Work - Digraph -th
Common Core Alignment:
RF.2.3 RF.2.4
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The Pumpkin Book Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.4a L.2.5a L.2.6
TEKS Alignment:
2.3A 2.3B 2.3D 2.7E 2.7F
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