Lesson Plan

Pumpkin Eye Lesson Plan

  • Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

About this book

Grade Level Equivalent:
Lexile Measure:
Guided Reading Level:
Age: Age 3, Age 6, Age 4, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Fiction
Subject: Cleverness, Creativity and Imagination, Halloween

Overview

I do a Denise Fleming author study with my students. They love her colorful illustrations in Pumpkin Eye and enjoy creating their own paper creations. Students love cooking projects and eating the end result.

Objective

Students will "apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements." --Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks

Materials

  • Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming

Ingredients for Pumpkin Squares from Debra F. Weber

  • 4 eggs
  • 1-2/3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 1 27-oz can pumpkin purée
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

For the Frosting:

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 mixing bowls
  • spoon for stirring
  • rimmed cookie sheet or jelly roll pan

Set Up and Prepare
These pumpkin squares taste especially good when they have had a day to flavor through. It is important to let them cool before spreading the frosting or it melts and oozes everywhere.

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the eggs,sugar, oil and pumpkin.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice and baking soda.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix well.
  5. Pour into a large, rimmed cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes.
  6. Remove from oven and allow to cool before frosting.
  7. For the frosting: Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar together. Blend in the vanilla. Spread over the pumpkin squares when cool.

Lesson Extensions

Make an extra batch to donate to a local community meal.

Related Resources
www.denisefleming.com/

  • Subjects:
    Cooking, Fractions and Decimals, Math through Literature, Real-World Math, Measurement, Early Math, Halloween
  • Duration:
    60 Mins
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