 Kindergarten Audience  Science  Objective - Student will be able to:  Understand the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.  Performance Objective-  Estimate how many seeds the pumpkin has.  Count by 10 using a ten frame.  Compare weight, sizes and shapes of pumpkins.

 Students Participation  Teacher Observation of students.  Smart Board game.  Class Assignment.

 Story Time-  Read “From Seed to Pumpkin” by Wendy Pleffer and discuss the story.  “Hook”- Pretend to eat a pumpkin pie and say,  Guided Practice  Begin to count by ten.

 Modeling- Complete the assigned worksheet with their findings.  Checking for Understanding- Students will play a game on the Smart Board to demonstrate understanding of the life cycle of a pumpkin.

 Closure- The students will watch and listen to the video/song “ That's How A Pumpkin Grows” by Brian Vogan.

“Does this make sense?” “Does this have meaning?”

Prime-Time 1 Down-Time Prime-Time 2

Abstract Sequential  Concrete Random Abstract Random  Concrete Sequential

 Logical/Mathematic  Verbal/Linguistic  Musical  Bodily Kinesthetic  Naturalistic  Spatial/Visual  Interpersonal

 Smart Board game.  Video of a song by Brian Vogan.

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