Pumpkin Patch Introductions Activity

Description: A pumpkin-shaped worksheet where students draw and write to introduce themselves to classmates. This activity encourages artistic expression, writing practice, and community building.

Materials Needed:

• Pumpkin templates (one per student)
• Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
• Optional: Sentence frame cards or printed sentence starters

Worksheet Template:

My Pumpkin Introduction

Name: ____________________



Favorite Fall Activity: ____________________



Fun Fact About Me: ____________________

(Optional) Draw a picture inside your pumpkin that shows your favorite fall activity!

Directions for Teachers

1. Distribute one pumpkin template and art materials to each student.
2. Invite students to write their name, favorite fall activity, and a fun fact about themselves on their pumpkin.
3. Encourage students to color and decorate their pumpkins, and optionally draw a small illustration.
4. Once completed (about 5–7 minutes), have students form pairs. Each student shares their pumpkin details using a sentence frame such as:
   • “My name is ___. My favorite fall activity is ___ because ___. A fun fact about me is ___.”
5. After 2–3 minutes of sharing, prompt students to rotate to a new partner and repeat until time is up (about 3–4 rotations).
6. Gather students and invite a few volunteers to show their pumpkins and share one unique thing they learned about a classmate.
7. Collect the completed pumpkins to create a “Pumpkin Patch Introductions” bulletin board display.

Differentiation & Supports:

• Provide sentence frame handouts or display frames on chart paper for students who need language support.
• Allow drawing-only responses for students with writing challenges; partner can scribe for them if needed.
• Offer extra time or simplified prompts for students who need additional processing time.

Link back to the sequence in the overall lesson: After completing the Leaf Color Poll Warm-Up and discussing prompts in the Falling into Friendship Slide Deck, students will use this activity to deepen connections through creative introductions.

Leaf Color Poll Warm-Up

Description: A quick interactive poll where students choose their favorite autumn leaf color, hold up colored cards, and discuss their choices. This activity energizes students and builds speaking confidence.

Materials Needed:

• Colored leaf cards in red, orange, yellow, and brown (one per student)
• Chart paper titled “Leaf Color Poll Results”
• Markers

Steps:

1. Distribute one colored leaf card to each student.
2. Ask students to select the card matching their favorite autumn leaf color.
3. On your signal, students hold up their cards at the same time.
4. Tally the number of cards in each color on the chart paper under the corresponding column.
5. Ask: “Why did you choose this color?” Invite 2–3 volunteers to share.

Differentiation & Supports:

• Provide picture-supported leaf cards for students who need visual cues.
• Allow students to point to the chart instead of speaking if preferred.
• Offer the sentence starter “I chose ___ because ___.” on a sentence frame card.

Transition: Once the poll is complete and discussed, introduce the Falling into Friendship Slide Deck to explore more autumn prompts as a class.