Let's Go Pumpkin Picking / Pumpkins in the Fall

Fiction and nonfiction pairs provide opportunities for students to analyze and compare different perspectives. This pairing supports thinking across texts by illustrating how different authors treat a similar topic. Excitingly, this pairing contrasts craft and structure of fiction with craft and structure of informational texts. This narrative book, Let’s Go Pumpkin Picking, combines seasons, life cycles, and math concepts. There are plenty of reasons to be excited about Fall including that harvest of big plump vegetables. This fiction book is paired with the book, Pumpkins in the Fall, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This nonfiction book provides emerging readers with opportunities to learn about seasons and the associated vegetable. Engage your readers with this exciting paring about pumpkins.