Not a Halloween jack-o-lantern, but a Thanksgiving pumpkin! Young mathematicians graph and connect points on a coordinate system to unveil the mystery picture.

Concepts

pumpkins, thanksgiving, coordinate pair, ordered pairs, graphing points

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use colored pencils to connect each point and color the final picture
• Give as a homework assignment, or use in the classroom during the week of Thanksgiving

Classroom Considerations

• Presumes learners are familiar with graphing points on a Cartesian graph
• Great for beginning graphers

Pros

• Comes with an answer key and directions for graphing the points
• Reinforces graphing skills in a fun way

Cons

• Graphing lines and numbers are somewhat small

Common Core

5.G.A.1 6.G.A.3