Text Summary
Halloween is coming soon, and the Hoppers are eager to carve jack-o'-lanterns. But the pumpkin patch is across a stream that Mother Hopper has told the little Hoppers to stay away from. When the Hoppers decide to turn their old blow-up pool into a boat, they quickly realize why Mother Hopper warned them. Luckily, Grandpa Grizzly arrives in the nick of time.

About the Lesson

Objectives

• Identify problem and solution
• Identify spellings for long /o/
• Identify and use describing words (adjectives)
• Recognize synonyms

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make text-to-text connections

Materials

• Book - To the Pumpkin Patch (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry-erase board
• Problem and Solution, Long /o/, Describing Words, Synonyms worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

     Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (all activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: they, then
• Vocabulary: pumpkins, patch, jack-o'-lantern