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Talking Pumpkin Story Starter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Get your ghouls and gals writing on Halloween! Learners write about what their jack o' lantern said when it suddenly came to life. A cute pumpkin graphic and a fun font spices up the resource.
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Halloween Tales

For Teachers 3rd
At the beginning of this Halloween lesson, learners generate a list of spooky characters and words that they will use when creating their original stories. Teams of 3-4 members create the stories together. The lesson includes a handy...
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Monster Party Story Starter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young writers can contemplate a cartoon zombie's brain while they write a creative story. The theme is Halloween and the issue is that the writer invited real monsters to his or her party. Big mistake! Or was it?
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Halloween Leftovers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.
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Halloween Story

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Halloween story worksheet, students read the story "In a Dark, Dark Wood," illustrate the part of the story they like the best and then write the ending to the story on the lines provided.
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Writing a Halloween Poem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A delightful instructional activity on poetry is here for you and your middle schoolers. Learners are instructed to write a Halloween poem. They get to choose the age range for the audience of the poem. So, it may be scary (for older...
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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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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...
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Writing Bug: A Halloween Who, When, Where

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this creative writing worksheet, students choose one item from each category about who, where, and when and write a creative Halloween story. Students write 1 story.
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Halloween Exercises - "A Ghost Story"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this online Halloween reading comprehension activity, students read "A Ghost Story." They use drop down menus to choose the correct answers to 11 reading comprehension questions. They hit the "Done" button when they are finished.
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Creating Social Stories

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Developmentally disabled learners participate in the creation of their own social stories. They select a topic for their social story and work with the teacher to write a social story or create a video social story presentation.
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Arthur's Halloween

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a story and respond.  In this caring and helping others lesson, students read Arthur's Halloween making predictions as they go.  Students write a report on caring, create a caring journal where they record how...
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Celebrating Halloween through Language and Literature

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Use the theme of Halloween to spice up campfire stories, journal writing, and presentations in your classroom.
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Halloween Counting Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize and write numerals from 1 to 10. They estimate and count to identify sets with more, fewer, or the same number of objects, listen and respond to others in a variety of contexts, and take turns speaking in a...
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Reading with a Purpose: Haunted Houses

For Students 8th Standards
Boo! Whether you're easily scared or enjoy a good fright, a reading passage on haunted house attractions is a great addition to a Halloween-themed unit. Learners read a short informational passage before answering multiple choice,...
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The Monkey's Paw - Be Careful What You Wish For: Foreshadowing

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
W. W. Jacobs' horror story, "The Monkey's Paw," is used to introduce foreshadowing. As they advance through the story, young readers make predictions about what might happen next and how the story might end. Pairs work through the...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Explore Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in this literature analysis lesson. Middle schoolers read and summarize the plot of the story. They then adapt passages for a contemporary audience and analyze the...
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Student Opinion: What Are You Afraid Of?

For Students 7th - 12th
A great resource for informational texts as well as writing topics, the New York Times website provides writing prompts about various news articles through The Learning Network. This particular worksheet provides a very short...
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Halloween Literature Unit: The Magic Pumpkin

For Teachers K
Students are read The Magic Pumpkin. In this reading comprehension lesson, students practice their sequencing skills and listening skills. They participate in various activities after the story to promote their ability to recognize the...
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Passive Trouble for Halloween

For Students 6th - 7th
For this passive and active verbs worksheet, students read the instructions and study the examples for how to change a sentence with an active verb to one with a passive. Students change 10 active sentences about Halloween to the passive.
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Halloween Poem And Story Book Covers And Writing Paper

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Halloween writing activity, students use the cover sheet and decorated lined paper to write poems and stories of their own. Students may staple the pages into a book.
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What will you be for Halloween?

For Teachers 1st
First graders construct a story sticking to the topic with 2-4 sentences.
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How to Write a Funny Epitaph Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What can happen if you eat too much cafeteria food? Or wear dirty clothes every day? Or talk back to your mother? Use a lesson on humorous poems as a way for students to practice silly rhymes as fictional epitaphs.
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How to Kit: Readers Theatre

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
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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