Little Boo Halloween Book Activities and Pumpkin Life Cycle

LITTLE BOO

Well, October's here and it's time to break out the fall books and activities! One of those fall favorites is Little Boo by Stephen Wunderli. It's the story of a pumpkin seed that just can't wait to grow up and be jack o' lantern, so he can scare everyone!

Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will relate to Little Boo's impatience as he seems to be not big enough to do all the things he wants to do!

LITTLE BOO BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Little Boo is a pumpkin seed. He can't wait to grow up an be a jack o'lantern, so he can go around scaring everyone. But he's not big enough yet, and this makes him feel very frustrated. The book Little Boo is a sweet story your students will relate to in that sense. This read aloud is also great for a fall, Halloween, or pumpkin theme because it takes us through the life cycle of a pumpkin, making it cross-curricular. Colored sorting cards are included to sequence the cycle, as shown in the story.

This book study for Little Boo is packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, sequencing events, problem & solution, making text to self connections, and check for understanding with comprehension questions.

This book study unit can be used for whole class instruction, during small group reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

The activities in this literacy unit are aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and VA SOL learning standards. Checklists for these standards are included in the unit, to aid in your lesson planning.