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Dec 14, 2015
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The _______ writes the stories.
Illustrator: Joe Cepeda
The ________ draws the pictures.
Author: Caryn Yacowitz
Foolish Fernando is jealous that Old Juana wins the special pumpkin crown at each year's big fiesta. So he spies on Old Juana to learn how she grows pumpkins. He tries to copy her, but ends up stealing her pumpkins.
author
illustrator
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Meet the Author:
• Caryn Yacowitz was born in New York City, New
York. • She and her family enjoy working in
their large garden. They once grew a pumpkin that weighed 53 pounds!
• Caryn Yacowitz lives in Palo Alto, California, with her daughter and son.
Caryn Yacowitz
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Meet the Illustrator:• Like Foolish Fernando, Joe Cepeda loves
pumpkins. His wife says that he can eat a whole pumpkin pie by himself at Thanksgiving!
• When he’s not illustrating picture books, he likes to make things out of wood.
Joe Cepeda
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Genre: Story
A story has characters, a setting, and a plot.
Look for: A plot with a beginning, a middle and end.
Pictures that help tell the story.
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1.Put your reading book on your desk.
2.Open your book to the glossary.
3.When you see the word, find it in your glossary.
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village
A village is a group of houses that is not as large as a town.
The Pumpkin Fiesta will be in a village.
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boasted
crept
vines
crown
village
The _______ have died, and now the pumpkins are
ready!
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1. boasted - bragged 2. crept - moved slowly 3. crown - a pretty head covering 4. village - a group of houses that is
not as large as a town 5. vines - plants with long stems that
need to be held up
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Match the Letters to the words.1. crept – ___
2. vines- ___
3. crown –___
4. village– ___
5. boasted–___
A. bragged
B. moved slowly
C. a pretty head covering
often with points
D. a group of houses that
is not as large as a town
E. plants with long stems
that need to be held up
B
E
C
D
A
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Hot Links for Pumpkin Fiesta• Pumpkin Fiesta Activities
• Ideas for Writers• Writing Detective• Grammar Glossary• Homework Helper• What’s your P.I.Q. (your Pumpkin Intelligence Quotient)• Pumpkin FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)• Life Cycle – Photos• Pumpkin Fiesta Kid’s Page• Pumpkins Aplenty, Pumpkins Galore (teacher information)
• Definitions fill in the blank• Matching fill in the blank• In Context fill in the blank• Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt• Pumpkin Life Cycle Activity
• Hotlist for Pumpkin Fiesta