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Your Halloween writing prompts wouldn’t be complete without a few monsters, don’t you agree? If you’re looking for a way to get your students excited about writing, take a look at these Halloween activities they’re sure to love! Read Aloud The month of October is a great time to add a little spooky fun to your writing lessons. Kindergarten… Read More
Halloween literacy activities are great for the month of October. This adorable book companion is based on the book Bone Soup by Cambria Evans. It includes games and writing activities that are sure to scare up some great writing with your students! Bone Soup Bone Soup is a story is about a little goblin who visits a spooky town. He tricks… Read More
Here’s a peek at what we’ve been working on this week….I love this time of the year to delve into my sciences standards. I think fall really lends itself to woodland creatures, habitats, how they prepare for winter and hibernation. This week we did a little mini unit on these animals and focused on those pesky little critters, chipmunks! 🐿… Read More
Stellaluna bat activities are perfect during the fall and around Halloween! These bat lesson plans include anchor charts, a bat cave, story map and more! Last week we read the book Stellaluna and some non fiction books about Bats on Epic Books (it’s like Netflix for books…..and its FREE for teachers!!) We did a little mini unit on Bats and their habitats.This fits in… Read More
Here is a great way to get your students excited about adjectives using the book Go Away, Big Green Monster! Check out our anchor chart and adorable monster crafts that we made in this fun halloween writing lesson! Lately we have been working on different parts of speech…..we started with nouns and verbs and the last couple of weeks we’ve been… Read More
Halloween costumes for teachers is always at the top of my search when I start planning for our classroom Halloween party. My team loves to dress up each year in something cute that the kids will recognize. If you need a few ideas, here are some quick, easy, and inexpensive ideas for teacher costumes. Before you get started…if you’re… Read More
