In honor of Halloween we read the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin. This is one of my favorite stories with such an important theme: Everyone is unique and special. After reading the story we had a class discussion about the main character Spookley. We talked about what he was like on the outside as well as on the inside. The kids did a great job describing this adorable, square pumpkin. We talked about how Spookley's feeling changed throughout the story. Events in the text can cause characters to change. In this story Spookley felt sad because he was different. He was sad when all of the round pumpkins teased him because he was square. He was happy on the windy, rainy night when all the other pumpkins were rolling into the bay and he stood his ground. He felt proud and happy at the end when he saved the pumpkin farm. The students did an excellent job of providing evidence from the text that supported how Spookley was felt. At the end of the story Spookley the Square pumpkin the farmer plants more unique seeds. His pumpkin patch is full of special pumpkins. They are all different shapes, sizes and colors. The students created their own creative pumpkin out of construction paper. During writing we talked about adjectives. The class learned that adjectives are words that describe. Their task was to write a descriptive writing piece describing their special pumpkin. The next day I read their writing to the class and we had to see if we could identify their pumpkin in the group. This was a great activity for them to learn that the more descriptive words they use the easier it was for us to find their pumpkin. They learned a lot and had fun!! Below are a few other picture from this week!
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