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It’s the Great Pumpkin Exploration Children’s Literature 5E Science Lesson Plan for First Graders By Emily Fox Title and Author of Fiction Book: It’s Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall This is a fiction story about a brother and sister who are getting ready for Halloween. They go through the steps of how pumpkins start from seeds and grow. It finishes off with their carved Jack-o-lantern and their trick-or-treating festivities. This is an easy book that introduces the steps of the pumpkin life cycle through the use of fictional characters. List of Non-Fiction Support Books: Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy and Richard Hutchings This non-fiction children’s book depicts children gathering apples and pumpkins in the autumn. It offers real photographs of the activities and describes the process of picking apples and gathering pumpkins. This book is especially good when discussing comparisons between apples and pumpkins. Pumpkins by Melvin and Gilda Berger This non-fiction book also uses real photographs to briefly describe the life-cycle of the pumpkin and the multiple ways we use pumpkins. It has several “fun facts” about pumpkins, including facts about size and ways to eat a pumpkin. This book would be an easy read for first graders to read themselves. Pumpkins by Ken Robbins This is a more detailed children’s non-fiction that describes the life-cycle and uses for pumpkins. The photographs used in this book are incredibly artistic, vivid, and rich in color. The book includes instructions for carving a jack-o-lantern. This book is probably the most educational and visually pleasing of the listed recommended books. Science Specific Standards Addressed in Your Activity: GRADE 1 Competency Goal 3: The learner will make observations and conduct investigations to build an understanding of the properties and relationship of objects. Objective 3.02: Investigate several ways in which objects can be described, sorted, or classified. Objective 3.03 Classify