It Is A Big Job, But We Can Do It! A lesson we can learn from the positive attitude of the Pilgrims, They persevered throughout the challenges and they succeeded.

1. 2. 3. 4. First we tried to cut open the We put the pumpkin in the After some time baking in the We think first what will be pumpkin to get to the vegetable hot oven to cook and maybe oven it already feels much softer. inside the pumpkin before we under the peel. get softer so we can scoop We touch it and can see our open it up. No luck, the pumpkin is too hard. out the vegetable. finger marks on the orange skin. The Pilgrims and the Native Americans enjoyed pumpkins at the first Thanksgiving feast. We too use pumpkins at our Thanksgiving meal and make yummy food using pumpkins as an important 5. We were right, there are ingredient. Pumpkin is a vegetable that is harvested seeds inside. Not just one or two, but lots and in the fall and therefore a vegetable that is eaten on lots of seeds. Thanksgiving. In class we viewed pictures of a pumpkin patch at a farm to see how they grow, how many grow together and the large, heavy sizes that pumpkins can grow 6. to be. Seeds are not an ingredient we need to Then we used a fresh pumpkin to make a pumpkin put into the pumpkin pie. We began to separate pie for the Thanksgiving feast. the seeds from the vegetable. It was a long process. But, we can do it, and we have something beautiful and yummy to show for it.

7. “The seeds are wet,” “The seeds are slippery.” “The seeds are big.” “The seeds are hard.” 8. Goal: The pumpkin was still to hard to mash. We cut it into 10. 1. Work together as a little pieces and placed it 9. We read the recipe and began group to make delicious back into the oven. adding the rest of the ingredients pumpkin pies for many Now it was soft enough needed to make a pumpkin pie. people to enjoy at the for to mash. We used a machine to help us. Thanksgiving feast. 2. Using fresh Hope you vegetables is delicious. enjoy the We can turn a big pumpkin pies orange pumpkin into a at the pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving 3. Tackle a big project celebration. that requires many 13. stages and stick with it 12. Pies are in the oven and until we achieve. We 11. We made 6 pumpkin pies ready to bake.“It looks like should feel proud of our After mixing it all together we Mickey Mouse!” accomplishments. scooped it into the pie crust. for everyone to enjoy.