Pumpkins by Amy Fleming

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Pumpkinsby Amy Fleming
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PUMPKIN FACTS

• Pumpkins are a fruit and they are the color
  orange when full grown!
• When you cut a face into a pumpkin it becomes a
  Jack-O-Lantern.
• It is believed that pumpkins originated from
  Central America.
• Pumpkins are used in many food recipes. The
  seeds can be roasted and eaten. Many people like
  to bake pumpkin pie. Pumpkin muffins and bread
  are also very common.
• Pumpkin flowers are edible!!!

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Life cycle of Pumpkins

• Stage 1 A pumpkin begins as a seed
• Stage 2 The seed grows into a pumpkin sprout
• Stage 3 The sprout becomes a pumpkin plant
• Stage 4 The pumpkin plant grows pumpkin flowers
• Stage 5 Finally a pumpkin arrives
• Stage 6 When you cut a face into the pumpkin and
  it become a Jack-O-Lantern

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Jack-O-Lanterns

• Jack- O- Lanterns are created when a face is cut
  into a pumpkin.
• We light up our Jack- O Lantern faces with a
  lit candle inside, or a light.
• Jack-O-Lanterns are created for Halloween.
• Some people make designs on their pumpkins
  instead of faces.

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Pumpkin Books

• Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy and Richard
  Hutchings
• Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night by Anne Rockwell
• The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll
• Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
• Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
• The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
• I Like Pumpkins by Jerry Smith
• The Littlest Pumpkin by R.A. Herman
• Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington

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Websites

• www.pumpkinnook.com
• http//www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/
• http//www/pumpkin-patch.com/

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What is the fourth stage in the life cycle of a
pumpkin?

• A seed begins to grow
• The pumpkin plant grows pumpkin flowers
• A pumpkin finally arrives
• You cut a face into the pumpkin and it becomes a
  Jack-O-Lantern

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SorryTry Again!
Go back and read the pumpkin information and see
if you can figure out the answer to this
question!
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Congratulations!!!
You were right! The fourth stage in the growth
of a pumpkin is that the pumpkin grows pumpkin
flowers! Happy pumpkin picking and Jack O
Lantern carving!
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Biography

• I am 5th year senior at WMU. I will be
  graduating in this upcoming spring with a degree
  in elementary education. My minors are physical
  education and early childhood.
• I played softball for Western for four years! I
  was the first baseman and the only senior last
  year. I love athletics!
• I am from Grand Rapids and have an older brother
  and a dog!
• All information is from personal knowledge or the
  web pages listed!