Pumpkin Visualizing Fun!

With the fall season upon us, I thought it would be the perfect time to bring more PUMPKINS into my teaching! ‘Tis the season, right? 🙂

Last week, I reviewed visualizing with one of my 3rd grade RtI groups. We talked about the purpose of descriptive words and spent some time reviewing adjectives.

To reinforce descriptive language, we went on an adjective word hunt using various pumpkin poetry. I love using Virginia Kroll’s “Pumpkins” poem (you can find this poem in Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 2-3). It has a fun rhythm, and it really hooks my reluctant readers. Plus, it has over a dozen adjectives crammed into the poem! If you don’t have this resource, you can use any poem about pumpkins that includes adjectives.

MsJordanReads Poems About Pumpkins:

My Perfect Pumpkin Pick! (FREE)
Pumpkin Picking Fun! {Fall Poetry Packet} — 2 Differentiated Poems
Pumpkins for Sale! {A Seasonal Partner Poem}

Other Poems About Pumpkins:

CanTeach: “Pumpkins & Jack o’Lanterns“
DLTK: “Pumpkin Songs“
Primary Success: Freebies – “Halloween Poems“

The students highlighted the adjectives in the poem, and we recorded our adjectives on an anchor chart.

My students then helped me brainstorm additional adjectives for the different categories. We made our own roll-a-pumpkin chart and the students had fun rolling dice for adjectives and visualizing pumpkins using the adjectives they rolled.

They recorded their first round of Roll-a-Pumpkin adjectives in their writing notebooks and sketched using a pencil.

This was a great activity for students to practice visualizing because they had to incorporate ALL the adjectives they rolled and had to make their pumpkins come to life! We made final copies of our illustrated pumpkins with an adjective sentence to display in the hallway.

Interested in trying out this activity?

Create your own roll-a-pumpkin charts with your students, or grab the ready-to-use Roll-a-Pumpkin! activity packet I uploaded to TpT. All you have to do is print and provide a dice! There are two different chart & recording options (3 adjectives or 5 adjectives).