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Seasons--Autumn (fall)
As part of a discussion of seasonal words, class members identify words relating to autumn and then identify the language used to describe what happens during this time of year.
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Words That Will Haunt You
Students create taxonomies of Halloween-related terms. Drawing from their compiled vocabulary lists and previous reading, they compose personal essays of their own memories of the holiday. Students present their essays at a...
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Recipe: Initial Digraphs R
In this initial digraphs instructional activity, learners unscramble the phrases that use words with initial r digraphs. Students create a Halloween recipe using the phrases.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
Students read Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen Harold. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of balloons. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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Pumpkin Life Cycle
From seed to jack-o-lantern, young scholars walk step-by-step through the life cycle of pumpkins with this fun art and science activity. After first participating in a shared reading of the children's book Pumpkin,...
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Halloween Story with Portrayal Movement
Learners imitate action words in the story and engage in cumulative movement patterns.
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Match the Pumpkin Faces
For this Halloween worksheet, students examine 5 Jack O'Lantern pictures with different facial expressions. Students cut out 5 pumpkin pieces with the names of emotions such as surprised, scared, happy and sad. Students match the face...
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Halloween Hidden Letters
For this letter worksheet, students circle hidden letters within a picture of a haunted house. Students then write how many letters they found and then color the picture.
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Halloween Word Search
In this Halloween word search instructional activity, students search for a total of 20 Halloween related words that appear at the bottom of the instructional activity.
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Printing Practice: Happy Halloween
In this printing practice activity, students practice tracing and writing the phrase, "Happy Halloween," then color a picture of a girl dressed as a witch. Page has links to additional activities.
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Printing Practice: "Halloween Fun"
In this printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and printing the phrase "Halloween Fun," then color a picture of a pumpkin. Page has links to additional activities.
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Handwriting Practice: Halloween Party
In this printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and writing the phrase, "Halloween Party," then color a picture of a party. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Narrative Paragraphs
Young writers use the provided Halloween-themed template to record information gathered after researching a topic related to the October holiday. Six different expository text structures are suggested as a guide; however, information on...
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Hallo-Wiener Lesson Plan
Students listen to the story The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey in order to learn about the "monster" character. In this reading and art lesson, students cut a "bun" from beige construction paper, cut out an image of the main character...
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Spooky Story
Second graders write a Halloween story. In this combined technology and writing lesson, 2nd graders create a Halloween picture using KidPix, insert it into Microsoft Word, and then write a story to correspond with the picture.
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Halloween Words: Printing Practice
In this printing practice activity, learners practice tracing Halloween words and phrases, 20 total. A reference web site for additional resources is given.
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Halloween Sentences
In this sentence learning exercise, students read 10 sentences and circle either "telling" or "question." Students then write a telling and question sentence using given words.
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Customized Handwriting: Skull
For this customized handwriting: skull worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice handwriting and color the picture of a skull.
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Paragraph Editing
This worksheet includes a list of proofreading marks and asks readers to edit the paragraph provided. The exercise is replicated twice on the page so that you can cut reproductions in half to save paper. There is also a key.
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Lesson Mystery: The Game is Afoot
Students enter and experience the world of Sherlock Holmes and hard-boiled detectives in this unit on mysteries. They review and analyze the ""Whodunit Requirements" and the "Mystery Contract" that accompany this lesson. Each student...
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How to Kit: Readers Theatre
Immerse your class in a good story with an extensive resource featuring reader's theater techniques. The worksheets are designed for both teacher and student, and carefully explain how to organize, write, and perform stories in a...
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Hatchet
Accompany a novel study of Hatchet by Gary Paulson with a unit consisting of 16 lessons focused on physical and emotional survival. Reading the story along with a variety of informational texts, scholars compare and contrast reading...
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Sula/Song of Solomon/Tar Baby
Students answer assigned questions as a group, write individual essays, complete a research project, and complete a writing project.
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Fill-In: Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj is a pop and fashion icon to today's youth. Here, they will read an article about her and what she wore to the MTV Music Awards. They read the article, then attempt to fill in the missing words from several of the paragraphs....