This is a presentation on the life cycle of a pumpkin with additional interesting information.

1. Pumpkins
2nd Grade

2. Common Core State Standards
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which
they introduce a topic, use facts and
definitions to develop points, and provide a
concluding statement or section.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8
Recall information from experiences or gather
information from provided sources to answer
a question.

3. Learning
Objectives
• SWBAT write
informative/explanatory
paragraph to sequence events
using the temporal words (first,
next, after that, then, and finally)
to connect the order of events.

4. What time of year is best to plant a
pumpkin seed?
• The best time of year to plant your pumpkin
seed is mid summer. They need lots of time to
grow, and be ready for October!

5. Put your seed in soil. Make sure
it gets a lot of water and
sunlight!
• After 7 to 14 days the seed will sprout!

6. Once it Sprouts, The vine will begin to
grow along the ground.

7. The vine and roots will continue to
grow for the next 8 weeks. Growing up
to 6 inches a day!!!

8. 10 weeks, the first flowers appear!
• Bees take pollen from the male flowers and
plant the pollen in the female flowers! The
female will then develop a baby pumpkin!

9. A baby pumpkin starts off as green!

10. The baby pumpkin keeps growing,
and as it gets bigger. In late August
it begins to turn orange.

11. Once the pumpkin is orange and the
skin is thick and hard, you can cut it off
the vine!

12. Once you have a pumpkin, you can cut
it open, and see the insides. Roast the
seeds and eat them! They are very
yummy!

13. Some people use pumpkins to
decorate their house for the Fall
season!

14. Some people carve their
pumpkins for Halloween!
• They are called Jack-O-Lanterns!

15. After you are done using your
pumpkin for decoration, bake it
into a delicious pumpkin pie!