Halloween Lesson Plans
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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.
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- 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
Point Plot- A nice graphing activity. PDF File.
- 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."
- Happy Halloween-
This page has been created to provide child care providers and parents
with fun activities ideas for their young children. There are many activities
here that you may use with toddlers, pre-schoolers and even older children.
- 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-Saëns.
- 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.
- 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.
- Paper Plate Cat-
Halloween craft or Letter C craft.
- 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?
- Thinking
Activity for The Tell-Tale Heart- In this lesson, students participate
in a Directed Listening–Thinking Activity (DLTA), in which they listen
to the story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe read aloud and answer
prediction questions at designated stopping points during the reading.
- 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.
- Witch Hat- Craft
to make a witch’s hat for Halloween.
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