Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Why did the author write Life Cycle of a Pumpkin?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

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CCSS.RI.2.6

How are male and female pumpkin flowers different?

• Male flowers sit on fuzzy green balls.

• Female flower are on long stems.

• Male flowers have pollen.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

Which sentence is not a fact?

• Seeds need soil to grow and bear fruit.

• The biggest pumpkins make the best pies.

• The seed leaves grow first.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

Which could be another title for this story?

• A Pumpkin Farmer's Life

• How Pumpkins Grow

• Making Pumpkin Pie

• Pumpkins are Orange

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CCSS.RL.2.2

What happens to some of the pumpkin seeds?

• Some are eaten as a snack.

• Some are thrown away.

• Some are fed to farm animals.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.SL.2.3

A pumpkin is a ___________.

• vine

• fruit

• soil

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CCSS.RI.2.1

_________ move the pollen from male flowers to female flowers.

• dogs

• cats

• bees

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CCSS.RI.2.1

Pumpkins need just the right _______________ to grow.

• bee and dog

• water and sun

• wind and table

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Harvest time is when the farmer _____________.

• plants the seeds

• waters the plants

• cuts the pumpkin stem from the vine

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CCSS.RI.2.1

Leaves use sunlight and air to make _________ for the plant.

• food

• rain

• job

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4