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Halloween Lesson Plans
- A Broom's Story - The student will be able to explain point of view and write a story from a witch's broom's point of view.
- Bat Mobiles - In this lesson, students create Model Magic bat mobiles. Each mobile has a model of a bat and several bat facts listed on it.
- Black Cats - In this lesson, students will choose whether they think black cats are bad luck or not and then write a persuasive piece about their point of view.
- Candy Collage - The student will be able to create a collage from drawings of his favorite Halloween candy.
- Candy Corn Poetry - Students can create poetry in the shape of a candy corn. The six word poem is a fun way for them to share what they like about Halloween.
- Candy Graphs - The student will be able to make a bar graph showing how many people like four different types of Halloween candy.
- Creating a Potion - The student will be able to create a unique potion, explain what it does, and give step by step directions for how to make it.
- Fraction Brew - The student will be able to multiply fractions.
- Gourd People - The student will be able to make a face from a small gourd.
- Halloween Safety - In this lesson, students help others stay safe at Halloween by creating a poster of safety rules.
- Halloween Then and Now - Students investigate what Halloween was like in the early to mid 1900's and compare it to what it is like now.
- Harvest Moon - In this lesson, students combine science and art. They first research the harvest moon and then draw a picture of it using pastels.
- Life Cycle of a Pumpkin - In this lesson students study a pumpkin's life cycle from seedling to full grown pumpkin. A classroom mural helps students visualize the process.
- Neighborhood Map - The student will be able to draw a make believe map of a neighborhood.
- Pumpkin Seed Art - The student will be able to estimate how many pumpkin seeds they will need to complete a picture.
- Sight Word Pumpkin Patch - The student will be able to read a sight word written on a paper pumpkin.
- Skeleton Race - In this review game, students have to be the first team to complete their skeleton.
- Superstitions - In this lesson students research the origins of superstitions and either defend or refute the claims that they are true.
- The Average Temperature on Halloween Night - In this lesson students will look at the temperatures on October 31st over the past ten years, graph them, and find the average. Then they can discuss whether they think this year they will need to wear a coat or not.
- Weighing Pumpkins - In this lesson students will estimate how much different pumpkins weigh. They will then weigh the pumpkins to see how close their estimates were.
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- All Day Nightmare- This book is a good fit for a reluctant reader because the story is spooky, the reading level is not overly challenging, and it is fun for students to feel like they have control over the story.
- Atmosphere & Symbolism in "The Raven"- "You will need multiple copies of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe for this activity."
- Bat Thematic Unit- The only Flying mammal?
- Cemetery Path- Students will read and predict what happens next. Students are to use their reasoning skills and imagination to predict the story's outcome.
- Creative Writing: Halloween Theme- "The students will identify practice incorporating the different aspects of a story (character, setting, plot, etc...) into their own seasonal story after reviewing these aspects."
- Frighteningly Fabulous Festivals- In this lesson, students explore the significance of holiday foods, first by researching Halloween-type festivals from around the world, and then by reporting on foods related to different holidays celebrated in their homes.
- Ghouls and Goblins- This lesson is based on a Halloween game or activity.
- Halloween Candy Sort- A post-Halloween math activity that uses sorting, classification, and a Venn Diagram.
- Halloween: It's Halloween! Book- Students will learn about Halloween.
- Halloween Maze- Can you help the witch find her broomstick?
- Hallowe'en and Pumpkins Songs & Poems- Witches, Halloween, skeletons, cats, scarecrows.
- Halloween Holiday- Children learn to acquire music elements: mood, tone, melody, rhythm, harmony, long before they can give these elements a definition name or characteristics.
- "Halloween Writing Prompt"- "This is a great writing prompt one of my fellow teachers has given me to do with my class."
- Halloween Stations- To practice the manipulative skills of overhand throwing, underhand throwing, backhand throwing, and striking, as well as the fundamental motor skill of pushing.
- Halloween Story with Portrayal Movement- To imitate action words in the story. To engage in cumulative movement patterns.
- Halloween with Arthur- After reading the book Arthur's Halloween by Marc Brown, students will participate in a song accompanied with movement. Students will also practice writing the letter "S."
- Harriet's Halloween Sort - This is a small group instructional activity in which students sort, classify and tell about what characteristics they sort individually wrapped candy.
- Haunted House- To have children partake in a fun and active halloween activity.
- Haunting Music- In this lesson about music inspired by the spooky and bizarre, students will learn about orchestra "program music" by exploring the works of Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saens.
- Have a Halloween Party- Students will celebrate Halloween in a safe environment. Students will practice following instructions. Students will practice cooperation and other social skills.
- Jack O' Lantern Carving 101- Plenty of printable Jack O' Lantern patterns.
- Jack O' Lantern, Jack O' Lantern - Halloween is an exciting time for young children. Capitalize on their excitement while reinforcing color identification, holiday symbols, and language arts skills with this lesson built on the much-loved book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.!
- Little Ghost- To work on chasing, fleeing, and dodging during a Halloween based activity.
- M&M Math- This is a fun math activity using M&M cookies that are prepared ahead by the teacher or that the students plan for and make the day before. Students munch their way through the cookie keeping a tally of how many M&M's are found in each color.
- Monster Art- Monster Art is lesson that is based on the book titled Where The Wild Things Are , by Maurice Sendak.
- Monster Mash- To practice chasing, fleeing and dodging skills.
- Monsters, Ghosts and other things that go boo- A great series of fun activities.
- Pump Up the Curriculum With Pumpkins!- So why not plan a theme around pumpkins?
- Pumpkin Creative Writing Project- Build on students' creative writing skills.
- Pumpkin Numbers Game- A timely math activity.
- Pumpkin Observations- In this elementary science activity, students will have an opportunity to note the attributes, likenesses, and differences among pumpkins they have brought back to the classroom from a trip to a pumpkin farm.
- Pumpkin Seed Count- "Do you know how many seeds are inside the pumpkin? Follow these steps to find out."
- Q-Tip Skeleton- This lesson will help children learn about the major bones in the body. Students will also learn how bones are put together to form a skeleton. This lesson can be a fun activity to do at Halloween time.
- Scary Stories- Choose stories from the books that you want to read in class. You may not get all of the stories read, or students may want to pick one of their favorite stories themselves, but have a game plan.
- Shape Witch- In this Halloween geometry lesson, from California State University, Chico, students make witches using geometric shapes. They practice cutting and pasting skills, and they learn to name triangles, rectangles, squares, and circles.
- Sorting Pumpkin Seeds- "TLW sort colored pumpkin seeds into sets and graph the results."
- Spider Activities- A number of great ideas!
- Storyboard of "The Biggest Pumpkin Ever"- "Given the beginning and ending sentences, the students will demonstrate their understanding by piecing together the events in the middle in the order that they occurred on their storyboard."
- Tales of the Supernatural- To explore the origins and development of a literary genre; to investigate how shared imaginative concerns link the members of a literary period; to examine the evolution of a literary tradition; to compare works of literature from different eras.
- The History of Halloween- Students will discover how the contemporary traditions of Halloween have evolved over the centuries, while experiencing some of the fun first hand!
- The House That Drac Built Haunted Houses- Build a haunted house out of a paper bag, and shapes cut out of construction paper. Then attach the child's address to help them learn their address.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- In this unit, students explore the artistry that helped make Irving our nation's first literary master and ponder the mystery that now haunts every Halloween -- What happened to Ichabod Crane?
- What Masks Reveal- In this lesson, students explore the cultural significance of masks by investigating the role they play in ceremonies and on special occasions in societies from widely separated regions of the world.
- What Would Halloween be Like Without the Ecuadorian Rainforest?- Students will understand that food comes from far away places and, as a result, has hidden costs associated with its production.
