pumpkin life cycle

Pumpkins2nd Grade

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Learning

Objectives• SWBAT write

informative/explanatory paragraph to sequence events using the temporal words (first, next, after that, then, and finally) to connect the order of events.

What time of year is best to plant a pumpkin seed?

• The best time of year to plant your pumpkin seed is mid summer. They need lots of time to grow, and be ready for October!

Put your seed in soil. Make sure it gets a lot of water and

sunlight!

• After 7 to 14 days the seed will sprout!

Once it Sprouts, The vine will begin to grow along the ground.

The vine and roots will continue to grow for the next 8 weeks. Growing up

to 6 inches a day!!!

10 weeks, the first flowers appear!

• Bees take pollen from the male flowers and plant the pollen in the female flowers! The female will then develop a baby pumpkin!

A baby pumpkin starts off as green!

The baby pumpkin keeps growing,

and as it gets bigger. In late August

it begins to turn orange.

Once the pumpkin is orange and the skin is thick and hard, you can cut it off

the vine!

Once you have a pumpkin, you can cut it open, and see the insides. Roast the

seeds and eat them! They are very yummy!

Some people use pumpkins to decorate their house for the Fall

season!

Some people carve their

pumpkins for Halloween!

• They are called Jack-O-Lanterns!

After you are done using your

pumpkin for decoration, bake it

into a delicious pumpkin pie!