The Rotten Pumpkin's Gross Adventure

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Pumpkins are gross

• How to carve a pumpkin

• Jack-o'-lanterns

• How pumpkins break down (decompose)

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Another name the author uses for Halloween is, the __________ season

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CCSS.W.4.2D

What are 'organisms'?

• fungus

• living things

• bacteria

• pumpkins

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Another word for breaking down is _________

• nutrients

• tentacles

• rot

• buffet

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

According to the article, what are the first organisms to arrive on the pumpkin?

• wombats

• fungus

• bacteria

• otters

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CCSS.RI.4.1

What does the word buffet mean in this reading?

• restaurant

• shelter

• food

• party place

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What happens as the pumpkin rots?

• It turns into a carriage

• Nutrients are returned to the soil

• It goes on a carnival ride

• nothing

Bacteria and fungus belong to an important group of organisms called __________

• decomposers

• mold

• icky stuff

• gross

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

According to the reading, what turns the pumpkin to mush?

• worms

• mold

• fungus

• bacteria

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

What is the wild ride the pumpkin went on?

• Ferris wheel

• tilt o' whirl

• decomposing

• being a jack o' lantern

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.3