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The Pumpkin That Would Not Glow

Teachers · Updated 2026-10-28

Painted illustration of costumed children and a custodian gathered around a glowing school-festival pumpkin.

A three-page grades 3–5 Halloween reading activity with a friendly teamwork story, vocabulary, questions, and a writing prompt.

A school-festival pumpkin will not light up, and three classmates work together to solve the problem. This friendly story offers a seasonal reading activity without a scary theme.

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The three-page student resource includes the story, four vocabulary words with examples, five comprehension questions, a six-to-ten-sentence writing prompt, and an exit ticket.

Read together or independently, then invite students to support answers with story details. This is a reading activity, not an electrical-repair project. The teacher answer key from the larger packet is not included.

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