<p> Library Instruction Lesson Database Template</p><p>Resource Title Comparing Apples and Pumpkins File Name Comparing Apples and Pumpkins.doc Resource Description This lesson correlates to kindergarten and first grade (This is information fall theme or science units. After reading Picking about the resource.) Apples and Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings or Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell, a Venn diagram is used to compare apples and pumpkins. Standard AASL FCPS Strand AASL FCPS Indicator AASL FCPS Benchmark AASL FCPS SOL Eng K.2, K.8, 1.1, 1.9 POS Materials LCD projector, SMART Board, Notebook file (or word (Books, files, links, cards and either sorting circles or magnetic white graphic organizers, board), Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy databases, etc.) Hutchings or Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell, a primary dictionary</p><p>Lesson Length 15-20 minutes</p><p>Keywords or key Apples, pumpkins, SMARTBoard, SMART Board, phrases Venn diagram, dictionary Year Created? 2005</p><p>Teacher Editable? XYes No</p><p>Audience X Librarian (Resources may have more than 1 audience.) Purpose X Lesson Plan (Resources may have more than 1 purpose.) Create By Donna Forester (written by or adapted from)</p><p>Grade Level Pre-K 7th Grade X K 8th Grade X 1st Grade 9th Grade 2nd Grade 10th Grade 3rd Grade 11th Grade 4th Grade 12th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Adult LEARN Lesson Plan Comparing Apples and Pumpkins</p><p>You have been learning about (either fall or apples and/or pumpkins. Link Assessment:</p><p> After reading a story about it, we will be talking about how apples and Engage pumpkins are the same and how they are different. and  Read either Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings or Apples and Educate Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell.  Before we compare the ideas we heard in the book, I want to show you a special book called a dictionary. (Use Scholastic First Dictionary or other primary dictionary) A dictionary helps us to find out what words mean. The words are in ABC order. I want to look up two words and read what they mean—apples and pumpkins. I know you think you know everything about these two things, but I think you might learn one thing that will surprise you.  Read both definitions. How many of you thought that a pumpkin was a vegetable? You might not have known that a pumpkin is a fruit.  Explain how the Venn Diagram works. </p><p>Assessment:</p><p> Read each word and call on a student to come up and move it into the correct Active segment of the Venn diagram, reminding which sections are which at first. Learning  Go back over all the words—These words are only about pumpkins, etc. These two circles that help us sort these words is called a Venn Diagram.</p><p>Assessment: Observation and completed graphic organizer</p><p>Did you learn something new today? Reflect</p><p>We will be using the Venn diagram again to compare other things. Next Steps Smart Board: http://fcpslibrary.wikispaces.com/Comparing+Apples+and+Pumpkins</p>