Showing posts with label Preschool Lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preschool Lessons. Show all posts

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Lessons: Pumpkin Soup

"Deep in the woods in an old white cabin, three friends make
 their pumpkin soup..." ~Helen Cooper
       This sweet tradebook, Pumpkin Soup, tells the tale of how three friends, Duck, Cat, and Squirrel, learn to work together to make their favorite fall dinner. In the elementary grades, the book lends itself well to teaching process writing and verbs. Likewise, preschoolers can be introduced to the same topics of teamwork and friendship that are explored through the text through various play activities. Young children and adults will both love the illustrations and this simple story to celebrate the coming of autumn together.

Ages and Grades: Preschool--First Grade
The Big Picture: Autumn, Teamwork, Friendship 
Dictionary: Process, Sequence, Step(s), Pumpkin, Scoff, Trudge, Mutter, Wail
In The Classroom... 
  • Read aloud Helen Cooper's storybook Pumpkin Soup
  • Brainstorm a list using a graphic organizer of all the different foods we eat with pumpkins
  • Have students sort out the sequence of steps to making pumpkin soup based on what they heard in the read aloud
  • Process Writing Activity (1st Grade): Have students pick one of the pumpkin foods brainstormed, write the sequence (series of steps) of how that food is made, then add illustrations
  • Have students identify the verbs the author used throughout the book (e.g. scoff, mutter, trudge) through various vocabulary strategies and activities
  • For preschoolers discuss each character's job and how they needed to work as a team to make their pumpkin soup using this free job card printable from Learning Parade
In The Home...
Further Resources...

*CCSS: ELA-Literacy.W.1.5

Lessons by Natalie Grimm © 2014