Curated OER
The Story of Jack O'lantern
In this Halloween reading worksheet, students learn the origin of the Jack O'Lantern by reading the Irish tale. Note: There are references in this story to selling souls to the Devil, purgatory, the fires of Hell and Jack who gets drunk...
Curated OER
Halloween Sentences
For this sentence worksheet, students read 10 sentences and circle either "telling" or "question." Students then write a telling and question sentence using given words.
Curated OER
?Que ser de nosotros? (What Will Become of Us?)
Students discuss uses of a pumpkin. They fill out graphic organizers. Students listen as the teacher reads a story, and participate by repeating sounds the objects make as the story progresses. One student narrates the story while others...
Other
Pumpkin Carving 101
This site offers everything you need to know about pumpkin carving: from the history of carving pumpkins to exact how-tos on the subject.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Virtual Pumpkin Carving for Kids
A fun, engaging fall activity for young students to virtually carve a pumpkin, light it up, and save or print it.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Carve It: Pumpin Carving
Carve It combines our pumpkin carving activity and our make a pumpkin activity! Kids can pick a pumpkin, decorate it, carve it and then light it up!
Other
Lil' Fingers: Storybooks: Pumpkins
Halloween-themed short story about the many different expressions carved pumpkins can take on.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Halloween
This one-stanza poem gives a haunting message about the carving of a pumpkin during the season of Halloween.
Everything ESL
Pumpkin Carving for K 2 Students
Introduce your ESL students to the American celebration of Halloween with these activities for Kindergarten through grade 2. PDF pumpkin patterns are prominently provided!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Steps in a Process Using Halloween
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to understand steps in a process by using Halloween examples (carving pumpkins).
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pumpkin Predictions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This activity is ideal to use around Halloween to measure/explore your classroom pumpkin and finally to carve it into a Jack-o-Lantern.
Curated OER
Smart Exchange: Large Image Preview: Jack O' Lantern
Cartoon illustration of pumpkin carved for Halloween.