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Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials.Owá: Fay Robinsonwww.readinga-z.comFrom Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-LanternA Reading A–Z Shared Reading BookWord Count: 165Home Connection: Initial consonants p and sAs you read the book with your reader, have him or her look for words that start with either p or s.Help your reader write two words that start with p and two words that start with s. Then help your reader make up a sentence that uses two of these words. Have your reader bring his or her words and sentences to school to share with the class. From Pumpkin Seed toWagmúzi Sú Waŋ Ičháǧe Wagmúzi Sú Waŋ Ičháǧe
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From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading3 4The pumpkin seed needs a place in the sun, a hole in the soil,and a drink of water.Wagmúzi paǧópi kiŋ tóškhe iyéyapi he? Ótȟokaheya, sú čík’ala waŋ yaŋké.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading3 4Sú k’uŋ hé omášte waŋží él makȟá haákabyela okíčič’api na él égnakapi na akátȟapi na mni-ákaštaŋpi.Where does a jack-o’-lantern come from?It starts with a pumpkin seed!
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading5 6Waná sutȟúŋ yuŋkȟáŋ hútela kiŋ khútakiya ičháǧiŋ na hú kiŋ waŋkátakiya ičháǧe. Íyečhana čhamní waŋ hinápȟe.The sprout grows and changes. It becomes a tangled vine with very large leaves.Flower buds appear.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading5 6When the seed is ready,roots push down and a stem pushes up.Soon a little sprout appears.Čhamní kiŋ sáŋm ičháǧiŋ na tȟókča áye. Waná čhaŋíyuwi háŋska héčha, na aglágla čhaŋwápe tȟaŋktȟáŋka é na wanáȟča tóna aíčhaǧe.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading7 8The little pumpkins grow and change. They getbigger and bigger . . .and bigger!Watóhaŋl yuŋkȟáŋ wanáȟča zizí kiŋ nabláblaǧe. Húŋȟ tȟápa čikčík’ala aíkȟoyake. Éyaš hená wagmúzi héčha.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading7 8Wagmúzi k’uŋ sáŋm ičháǧiŋ na tȟókča áye. Sáŋm tȟáŋka na sáŋm tȟáŋka na haŋkéya líla gmigméya tȟaŋkíŋkiŋyaŋ! Did you know that pumpkinsare fruits? Fruits contain seeds.When they are ready,the flowers bloom.They are golden yellow.Some have little ballsunder them.The balls are tiny pumpkins.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading9 10You can get another pumpkin ready to carveinto a jack-o’-lantern.Aléčhala tȟotȟó k’uŋ waná zíša, čhaŋkhé waná yušpúšpu phičá, na yulphíča.You can decorate one pumpkin.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading9 10Wagmúzi kiŋháŋ oštéšteya oyáwa naíŋš yapáǧo oyákihi.When they are ready,the pumpkins changefrom green to orange. Now they can be picked.Every year, people grow biggerand bigger pumpkins. In 2012, the largest pumpkin weighed 2,009 pounds (911 kilograms).That’s just more than a ton.
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading1211Yačhíŋka háŋtaŋš,Save some of the seeds.Next spring they’ll be ready to plant.You can start all over!naíŋš líla ówaŋyaŋg waštéya yakáǧa oyákihi.wókȟokpȟeya yakáǧiŋ naíŋš wóiȟaya,
From Pumpkin Seed to Jack-o’-Lantern | Shared Reading1211A jack-o’-lantern can beorfunny,Na ečháš sú kiŋ húŋȟ patáŋ gnáka yo/ye. Iwétu kiŋháŋ oyážu na akhé wagmúzi etáŋ ičháȟyaya oyákihi kte!scary,fancylike this.
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