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Halloween

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore the history of Halloween and what people do at Halloween. Also, the compare Halloween with Lantern Festival and Ghosts' Day in Taiwan.
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Halloween Crafts and Games

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils access a variety of Halloween themed websites. They locate information on crafts, games and activities relating to Halloween. They complete world problems, write poetry and test reading comprehension.
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Halloween Paper Bag Mask

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create Halloween paper bag masks using paper bags, scissors, pens, crayons, paints, glue, glitter, tissue paper, and various other art materials. This lesson plan is ideal for late-October and can be done in as little as 30...
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Halloween Graphitti

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students complete multi-curricular activities in a Halloween themed instructional activity. In this Halloween instructional activity, students examine newspaper ads to find prices of pumpkins and use them to complete a stem and leaf...
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Creative Writing: Halloween Theme

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are read a book about different authors. They identify the parts of a story such as plot and setting. They brainstorm topics for their own paper and begin the writing process. They create a final copy of their story about...
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Halloween Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars rotate through 8 stations, each with a Halloween theme. The stations help develop the following skills: rolling a ball, throwing overhand and underhand, eye-hand coordination, and muscle strength.
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Halloween Comic Strips

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a lesson on the subject of creating comic strips. They create facial expressions in drawings for practice and gradually progress to making their own comic strips based on the holiday of Halloween. The...
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Lesson Plan PROMPT: Not Just Halloween: Festivals of the Dead Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars research information about Halloween and other cultural festivals of the dead. In this festivals of the dead lesson, students use the assigned website to examine All Hallow's Eve, the Obon, or Los Dias de los Muertos. They...
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SIMPLE FABRIC FOLDING FOR HALLOWEEN

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Study the fabric folding techniques introduced and lead your class in applying them to quiltmaking, home decorating, fashion design, and other sewing projects. This instructional activity is geared to making items themed for halloween,...
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Oodles Of Pumpkins

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the holiday of Halloween and focus upon the creation and origin of jack-o'-lanterns. They look through various resources and then observations are made of how pumpkins are grown. Then students create drawings with...
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Description Paragraphs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Pumpkins... Not Just For Halloween

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Celebrate fall with four pumpkin themed hands-on activities! After learning about pumpkins, scholars complete two activity sheets that reinforce estimation and word problems. They then plant pumpkin seeds and bake a pie in...
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The Legend of Jack-O'-Lantern

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine various Halloween traditions and the legend of the Jack O'Lantern. They listen to the story "Pumpkin Pumpkin," examine a map and locate the origins of pumpkins, weigh and measure a pumpkin and graph the results, and...
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Peek-a-Boo Tic-Tac-Toe for Halloween

For Teachers 1st
In this Halloween worksheet, 1st graders cut out X's and O's to play tic-tac-toe on a spooky Halloween backdrop. A ghost in a graveyard and a haunted house are at the top of the page.
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Trick-or-Treating Fill-Them-in Tale for Halloween

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students fill in 20 missing words to create a Halloween story. Students may use any words they like but must choose a word according to the specified part of speech.
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Mummy Maze for Halloween

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this Halloween maze worksheet, students examine a picture of a mummy who is unwrapping himself from yards and yards of fabric. Students trace a path in the maze.
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Halloween Literature Unit: Little Critter’s Halloween

For Teachers K
Students are read Happy Halloween Little Critter, by Mercer Mayer. In this emotions instructional activity, students discover how their mood is often affected by their feelings. They discuss the story as a class and then work...
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Monsters

For Teachers K - 1st
For this comparing sizes, Halloween worksheet, students answer 4 multiple choice questions where they identify the tallest, shortest, biggest, and smallest monsters.
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How Many Cats

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this Halloween counting worksheet, students answer 9 multiple choice questions where they count the number of black cats and circle the correct number.
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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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Comparing Cultural Holidays

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discover facts about the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. In this compare and contrast lesson, students explore Halloween and the Day of the Dead. Students create an alter to memorialize a family member or friend that has...
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Haunted Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice throwing overhand, underhand, and backhand at several stations with Halloween themes.
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Comparing Cultural Holidays

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore art that reflects their cultural background. In this writing and research lesson students compare and contrast the Halloween with El Dia de los Muertos. Students study the visual art of these holidays. Then students...
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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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