3 pages.

Help reinforce number word recognition, with this quick and easy apple matching game.  Print, laminate and trim.  Students pinch a clothespin to the number that matches the number word on the apple.  This is a great fine motor skill.  So that students can self-check their work, mark an X on the correct answer on the back of the card.

3 pages.

Help reinforce number word recognition, with this quick and easy pumpkin matching game.  Print, laminate and trim.  Students pinch a clothespin to the number that matches the number word on the pumpkin.  This is a great fine motor skill.  So that students can self-check their work, mark an X on the correct answer on the back of the card.

25 pages.

Use these versatile pumpkin-themed number cards, in a variety of ways: pocket cards, a number line, games: "I Have; Who Has?" and Memory Match. Make up equations, show greater and less than etc.

23 pages.

The Counting Pumpkins packet, will help reinforce number recognition, counting from 1-120, counting from any number to whatever, and skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's. It includes pumpkin anchor charts + "What's Missing?" worksheets.

16 pages.

Reinforce number recognition, counting, ordinal numbers, sequencing, subitizing, listening and following directions, as well as a variety of life skills, while children enjoy playing these 7 quick and easy pumpkin math games.

1-2-3 Come Learn About Pumpkins With Me!

Our pumpkin unit was one of my Y5's favorites.  We culminated our apple studies and launched into pumpkins, with a field trip to an apple orchard, that also had a huge pumpkin patch.  My little ones really enjoyed the tractor ride, and picking out a class pumpkin.

To empower my students, I designed activities that incorporated the same directions from the previous unit.  I had already spent quite a bit of time explaining how various things were done, when we studied apples, so to save time, I repeated some of those activities only with a pumpkin theme. 

My students were now familiar with the format and could get right down to business.  This was a great self-esteem builder.  Because the theme had changed, students' interest was high, and children whose "light bulb" had not come on with apples, had another chance to practice and reinforce those lessons with pumpkins.

Keeping that in mind, I wanted to turn some of the most popular apple downloads, into pumpkins, so that this time-saving concept would work for you too.

It usually took through November, before all of my Y5's could identify the flat shapes, so I made a Pumpkin Shape Matching Game like the apple one.

Likewise, the apple counting anchor charts with matching "What's Missing?" worksheets, were extremely popular, so I made a pumpkin set. 

Click on the link to view/download the Pumpkin Counting Packet.

I also made pumpkin number cards.
This packet includes pumpkins numbered from 1-120; pumpkin number words 0-10, pumpkin tiles for counting, and a set of math symbols on pumpkins, so that you can show and make equations, plus a blank set of pumpkins to program with whatever. Click on the link to view/download the Pumpkin Number Packet.

Finally, there's also a Pumpkin Number Word Matching Game. Print, laminate and trim the cards.  Students pinch a clothespin on to the number that matches the number word on the pumpkin. 

If you mark an X on the back of the cards to show the correct answer, students can self-check their work.  I made a set for apples too.  All of these activities make wonderful independent centers, or something students can go do, if they finish their work early.

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5 pages.

Reinforce your 2D-flat shapes, with this 1- to -1 correspondence game.  Students place their shape tile on the matching  pumpkin.  Make extra sets to play a Memory Match game, or "I Have; Who Has?"   Also includes a blank set of pumpkins for you to program with whatever.

1 page.

Children love hearing and telling jokes even if they are a little corny.  Using a yellow marker, highlight your favorite apple jokes and share 1 or 2, with your students each day, during your apple studies.  Challenge them to retell it to their families.  This is quick, easy and fun practice, as a predecessor for later being able to retell a story.

2 pages.

Help reinforce number recognition, counting, colors, color words and patterning, with this quick and easy "Stack 'Em Up" apple game.

15 pages.

Here's a list of 125 interesting apple facts.  I gathered this information by reading a lot of different apple Internet sites and learned a few new things!  Hope you do too.  Using a yellow marker, highlight whatever facts you want to share with your students. After reading your list, test comprehension by asking children to choose 1,3,or 5 facts that they found most interesting and write them on their apple journaling page.