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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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Old Juana

Dulcita

Fernando

Toro

GordaBlush Bottom

Linda

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Vocabulary Words: Pumpkin Fiesta

1.boasted

2.crept3. crown4.village5.vines

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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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boasted

Kristy boastedboasted that she had the largest pumpkin in 2007.

-bragged

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– to move slowly

crept

The caterpillar crept along the pumpkin leaf eating as he went.

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crown

Crown- a pretty head covering

Who will win the crown for the best pumpkin?

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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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vines - plants with long stems that need to be held up

Pumpkins grow on vines.

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1.Say the words.

2.Read the sentence.

3.Fill in the blank.

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Did Old Juana live in a fishing _________?

creptvillageboasted

vinescrown

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boasted

crept

vines

crown

village

The _______ have died, and now the pumpkins are

ready!

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The spiders _____ toward the cat on the pumpkin.

crownvines

villageboastedcrept

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crept

vines

crown

boasted

village

Did the frog win the pumpkin ___________?

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crownvillage

boastedvinescrept

The mouse ________ that he had the most candy.

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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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Enjoy Your Story

!!

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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