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Acrostic

For Students 3rd - 7th
Do your students suffer from metrophobia? Assuage their fears by asking them to craft an acrostic, a form poem that begins with a single word. The first in a series of ten poetry writing exercises.
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Making Inferences Special Night (12)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Young writers will enjoy clowning around with this worksheet that asks them to use clues in Katie's story to infer what is happening. Careful readers won't be tricked. The activity is a real treat.
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Discussion Guide for Handmaid's Tale

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Great literature discussions are a consequence of carefully crafted questions, interpretative questions that permit more than one response, and responses supported by specific evidence from the text. The discussion questions in a guide...
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Singing: Mi, So, La

For Teachers K
Little ones learn the tones mi, so, and la by singing an answer to a sung question. They play a name game to identify beat, then discuss songs with no beat. If there is time during this musical instruction instructional activity, they...
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Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe

For Teachers 8th
Before reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" in your class, walk learners through this scavenger hunt that teaches them about Poe's life and works. Though the lesson plan is designed for 15:1 special education class, it could work in any...
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Halloween Unscramble And Make a Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween activity students look at 10 scrambled words. Students decipher the words and then use each in a sentence. There are no graphics.
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Alphabetizing Halloween Words

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this alphabetizing worksheet, students alphabetize a set of 10 words related to Halloween. Answers are included on page 2. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Mini Book: Halloween Night

For Students K - 1st
In this mini book worksheet, learners read a simple story about Halloween Night and make a mini book. Story focuses on rhyming phrases.
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Things I Saw On Halloween

For Students K - 1st
In this mini book worksheet, learners read a story about things they saw on Halloween and make a mini book. Story is very simple and focuses on repeated phrases.
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Halloween Writing Paper

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween writing paper worksheet, students can write a note on paper that is decorated with a Halloween bat and a grave that says R.I.P. There are no directions with this page.
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What is el Dia de los Muertos?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the Mexican celebration el Dia de los Muertos. In this Mexican celebration lesson, students discuss ways people in the US honor the dead. Students compare and contrast Mexican holidays and American holidays. Students...
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Jack-O-Happy

For Students K - 3rd
In this showing feelings instructional activity, students read a poem about emotions and draw happy, sad, scared, mad, silly, and glad faces on the pumpkins. Students draw 6 pictures.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Explore Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in this literature analysis lesson. Middle schoolers read and summarize the plot of the story. They then adapt passages for a contemporary audience and analyze the...
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Dancing Pumpkin Man

For Teachers K
Students listen carefully and put pieces together following the teacher's instructions. They point to the different shapes and sizes as they are being called out and count the number of items they have in front of them. They decorate...
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Creating Social Stories

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Developmentally disabled students participate in the creation of their own social stories. They select a topic for their social story and work with the teacher to write a social story or create a video social story presentation.
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The Candy Thief

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research crimes and corresponding punishments of students. They interview local judges to see if they try to match the punishment with the crime. High schoolers write an analysis article about crimes and their punishments...
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Little Pumpkin Wants To See the World

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween reading worksheet, students experience a 10 paragraph story about a pumpkin who longs to see the world. Older students could read this independently or it would be a read-aloud story for younger children.
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Witches' Pots

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make a Halloween project and then write the procedure on how to make the witch.
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Pumpkin Cake

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween recipe worksheet, students read directions on how to create a pumpkin cake. Students gather ingredients and follow the 7 steps to bake the cake. Note: This could be used any time of year; there are no graphics on the page.
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Trick or Treat for Unicef

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Creative thinkers develope advertisements. They work in groups to create an advertisement featuring the importance of contributing to UNICEF. They research, learn about point of view, and present final projects to the class.
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Speak Pp36-51

For Teachers 11th - 12th
For this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 24 short answer questions from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson in order to help them better understand the novel.
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Grammar Bytes: Capitalization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
While a comprehensive exploration of capitalization rules, this presentation is geared toward high school students and may contain elements teachers would want to change. The examples may contain subject matter that could be altered to...
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Help! I'm Trapped in a Vampire Body Multiple Choice Quiz

For Teachers 5th
In this literature based multiple choice worksheet, 5th graders answer 10 questions based on the book, Help! I'm Trapped in a Vampire's Body by Todd Strasser.
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Pumpkin Carving Sequencer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization lesson, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Pupils then click and drag illustrations...

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