Pumpkins, Ghosts, and Witches, OH MY! October Books, Parties, and Crafts
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Halloween Web HuntGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Content Area Reading | Articles | Autumn What gets buried along with a mummy? What do vampire bats eat for dinner? And whose brain is behind Frankenstein? Search for these and... Save To Organizer |
Pumpkins: Everything You NeedPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Everything You Need | Autumn These cross-curricular activities help students develop key skills by studying one of this season's most celebrated crops. Save To Organizer |
Harry Potter Brings Magic into the ClassroomGrades 3–5 | Reading | Book Resources | Lesson Plans | Literary Response Utilize kids'enthusaism for J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter to motivate your students through these Harry Potter themed skill-building... Save To Organizer |
Quick Halloween and Fall IdeasReading | Language Arts | Writing | Teacher Tips and Strategies With Halloween coming around the corner, now is the time to use simple creative ideas to motivate students and keep them focused on... Save To Organizer |
Halloween Activity SetPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Halloween Here's a giant pumpkin full of fun ways to learn on this spooky holiday. Tour a history of monsters, get really up close with the... Save To Organizer |
Candy Experiments and Buybacks: Get Rid of Your Halloween CandyTeacher Tips and Strategies Halloween is one of the most exciting holidays for our students. They get to dress up in costumes and run around the neighborhood,... Save To Organizer |
Halloween Vocabulary ParadeReading | Language Arts | Teacher Tips and Strategies Have you ever had one of those weeks? Well, that was last week for me. I was out for an entire school week, sick. As you can imagine, I am... Save To Organizer |
Easy Halloween Tricks & Treats Across the CurriculumPreK–K | Reading | Language Arts | Writing | Math As if teaching weren't chaotic and stressful enough, there's holidays to deal with. The first major holiday of the school year is... Save To Organizer |
A Jack-o'-Lantern PoemPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Reading | Articles A poem with a fun and spooky pumpkin theme. Save To Organizer |
See a Story Created By You Come to LifeGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Writing Activities When author and illustrator David Costello was looking for ideas for a new monster story, he turned to the experts --kids! For several... Save To Organizer |
Not-So-Scary Storybook OctoberGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Independent Reading | Literary Elements Lesson in literature with a Halloween theme. Includes reading response journals and character treat bags. Save To Organizer |
Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost Text ExcerptGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Literature | Book Excerpts Look out for the ghost goo! Dripping sticky green slime wherever it goes, an ASG (that's Averagely Spooky Ghost) is hiding out in Tom's... Save To Organizer |
Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost Text ExcerptGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Literature | Book Excerpts | Ghosts Boy hero Tom, Hugo the Averagely Spooky Ghost, and famed ghoul hunter Hetty Hyssop have formed an agency dedicated to dealing with... Save To Organizer |
Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom Text ExcerptGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Literature | Book Excerpts | Ghosts Intrepid ghosthunter-in-training Tom has battled Incredibly Revolting Ghosts, Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghosts, and a Totally Moldy... Save To Organizer |
Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness Text ExcerptGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Literature | Book Excerpts | Ghosts Strange and stinky things are happening at Gloomsburg Castle. It appears that the murderous spirit of a 400-year-old, Totally Moldy... Save To Organizer |
Encyclopedia Horrifica BooktalkGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Booktalks | Ghosts | Monsters Are vampires real? Werewolves? Ghosts? Aliens? Zombies? Faeries? In this book, you'll find facts that are genuinely stranger than fiction. Save To Organizer |
Halloween Multiplication MysteriesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Extension Activities Fun, Halloween-themed math activities for practicing multiplication. Save To Organizer |
Scary Starters: Writing Activity IdeasGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Writing Activities | Articles | Writing Prompts Students create a story beginning with a sentence that the teacher provides. Includes instructions for the teacher and a list of ten... Save To Organizer |
Halloween PoemPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Halloween Halloween Poem Save To Organizer |
CyberHunt: Into the Bat CaveEverybody is curious about bats those night-flying creatures with a creepy reputation. Bats were once believed to be fierce and dangerous,... Save To Organizer |
