Ask them to contribute a list of words to describe the pumpkin. Students can write similes and metaphors using words that describe pumpkins. Invite students to make their own word search puzzles out of the descriptive adjectives they came up with in the previous activity. When finished, they can exchange assignments and draw the face as described in the paragraph they are handed. Pumpkin math .
Pumpkins are a natural for math.
They come in various sizes and contain many seeds. Compare pumpkins by weight and circumference. Invite them to record their pumpkin weight predictions. Then weigh the pumpkins. Encourage students to create a chart to organize their information.