Glow, Pumpkin, Glow
A big, fat pumpkin!
Cat sits on it. Plop!
Mom and I pull. Pull, pull, pull!
Up the steps it goes.
Mom cuts a big lid.
In goes an eye. In goes an eye!
In goes a nose and a silly mouth.
Cat looks at it. Hiss!
A light goes in. Click!
Glow, pumpkin, glow!
Whoosh! The wind blows.
Oh no! No glow!
Cat taps it. Click!
Glow, glow, glow!
Good night, pumpkin. Good night, Cat.
Questions
- Sits on it
- Eats it
- Cuts it
- A hat
- A silly mouth
- A cat
- Mom
- The rain
- The wind
- Mom
- Cat
- A duck
- Its new face looks funny to Cat
- Cat is hungry
- Cat is cold
- Soft light
- Loud noise
- Cold wind
Words to know
- pumpkin: big orange squash
- eye: part that sees
- glow: a soft light
- silly: funny and goofy
- wind: air that moves
Answer key: Glow, Pumpkin, Glow
- A. Sits on it
- B. A silly mouth
- C. The wind
- B. Cat
- A. Its new face looks funny to Cat
- A. Soft light
The story in pictures
- Part One · Pull, Pull, Pull
- Part Two · Click!
For the teacher: how this passage is levelled
“Glow, Pumpkin, Glow” is a reading level 4 story. Every Peabody story at this level is written and checked to keep sentences to 8 words or fewer, to aim at an average of 5 words a sentence, and to show 1 to 8 words on a screen. At most 6% of its words may be off the familiar-word list. Readers reach this level by climbing, not by grade.
| This passage | 76 words, 15 screens, 6 multiple-choice questions with an answer key, and 5 vocabulary words with kid-sized meanings |
|---|---|
| Longest sentence at this level | 8 words |
| Words on a screen | 1 to 8 |
| Skills practised at this level | phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words |
Reading level 4: the limits, a real sample and the free games. Peabody is a learning app, not an assessment: use the questions to talk about the story, not to grade a child.