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Halloween Literature Unit: Arthur’s Halloween

For Teachers K
Students read the story "Arthur's Halloween" and discuss how they have helped someone. In this "Arthur's Halloween lesson plan, students play a game that strengthens their listening skills. Students participate in identifying individual...
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Savoring Halloween with Graveyard Pizza

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students find a recipe on the Internet. They read a recipe and prepare a shopping list. They purchase ingredients from a shopping list at a local grocery store. They follow directions and make Graveyard Pizza. They complete a worksheet...
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Shortened Words

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Shorten names and words with different activities. Nicknames, acronyms, and shortened words (fridge instead of refrigerator, for example) are ways for third graders to build their vocabulary and differentiate between formal and informal...
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"The Tell-Tale Heart"- It's a Matter of Point of View

For Teachers 8th
How does the point of view of Poe's protagonist in "The Tell-Tale Heart" contribute to the suspenseful tone? Help your middle schoolers identify the point of view in a literary work with this lesson, which goes on to discuss the...
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Light Stick Chemistry

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In groups of three with the lights off and the shades drawn, investigators place inactivated light sticks, in three beakers: one filled with ice water, another with lukewarm water, and the other with room temperature water. They wait...
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"The Lottery"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Designed to open a unit on the suspense/horror genre, this plan hooks readers with an activity that mirrors the action of Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery"  (without the grisly ending). Use either the twenty-minute 1969 film or...
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The Monster in the Barn

For Students 5th Standards
What could that scary sound be? Join Bobby and his dad in a search for a screeching monster with a short reading passage. In addition, learners show their understanding with a series of comprehension questions and a lesson extension.
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Halloween Tales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils work in groups to brainstorm and generate a list of Halloween characters, descriptive terms, and action words. Individuals choose a pre-determined writing prompt to enter into a Word document and complete the story using the...
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Halloween More Than One

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween activity worksheet, students study the Halloween images in each box and then circle the correct plural form for each noun. Students complete 6 plural noun examples.
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Winter Crayon Resists

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In need of a quick art project to chase away those winter blues? In just six steps you'll know how to instruct learners on creating winter scenes using crayon resist. 
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Harriet's Halloween Sort

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the book, Harriet's Halloween Candy, and discuss the many ways Harriet sorted the candy from her trick-or-treat bag. They sort and classify individually wrapped candy.
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Halloween Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recognizing vocabulary words about Halloween worksheet, learners read the illustrated words pumpkin, skeleton, ghost, scary, and Halloween and follow the teacher's oral directions for completing an activity. Students read 5 words.
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Visual Arts: Symbols That Stand for You!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore symbols and what they represent. In this visual art lesson, students collect various symbols and discuss what they represent. Students create and discuss personal symbols which represent themselves.
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Monster Mania Word Scramble for Halloween

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, young scholars analyze 18 scrambled words which pertain to Halloween. Students decipher each word and write it correctly on the line.
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Sharing Our Surplus Stash: A Trick-Or-Treat Twist

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students give the gift of candy to community members. In this citizenship and giving lesson, students read Franklin's Halloween and discuss why the main characters give away part of their Halloween candy. Students brainstorm who in their...
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I Love Spiders

For Teachers K
Students read the book, I Love Spiders by John Parker. Then students enjoy different activities creating spiders and making a spider web room. Great for Halloween.
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In a Dark, Dark House

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween poetry worksheet, students follow directions to create a pop-up book that follows the included ghost story poem.
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Decaying Pumpkins

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover life and death even in vegetables as they examine a dead pumpkin.  In this plant life lesson, 1st graders collect pumpkins after Halloween and examine the differences between a fresh pumpkin and a very old,...
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Halloween Literature Unit: Creative Writing Project

For Teachers K
Students practice their creative writing skills and build cooperative learning skills. In this creative writing project, students review parts of a story. Students reinforce the concept of sequencing and develop stronger writing skills. ...
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Halloween - Alphabetical Order

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Halloween instructional activity, learners alphabetize a set of 16 Halloween related words found at the bottom of the page. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Halloween

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween crossword learning exercise, students read the 26 clues about Halloween to help them complete the crossword puzzle about Halloween.
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Halloween

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Halloween word scramble worksheet, students the 5 letter groupings to spell 5 words pertaining to the holiday. In addition, students unscramble the numbered letters to answer a Halloween riddle.
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Color, Cut, and Paste: Halloween

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this Halloween color, cut, and paste activity, students color the holiday templates, cut them out, and paste them onto another sheet of paper.
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Halloween Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Halloween word search worksheet, students read over the 10 words about Halloween. Students then find the words in the word search puzzle.