Toads, bats, ghosts, witches and pumpkins are some of the characters featured in this resource. Your students will be thrilled with the drama of the Halloween season as they learn critical skills in brainstorming, phonics, word study, creative writing, research, printing, reading, and math. What's more, they'll learn some of the interesting facts behind the lore associated with this time of year, and some practical tips for keeping safe while trick-or-treating too!  

*Note to the Teacher or Caregiver*

This resource has been written so students are able to strengthen and practice their many reading, language, and mathematical skills using a special theme celebrated in North America. The theme is to be treated as a fun way to review and teach many concepts. Select and use the various activities with the students keeping in mind family customs and traditions.

Introduction & Teacher Notes:

• Letter to the Caregiver
• Techer Input Suggestions
• Introduction
• Halloween Music
• Co-operative Learning
• List of Halloween Vocabulary
• List of Halloween Resources
• List of Skills
• Teacher Evaluation Sheet
• Student Checklist 

Brainstorming Activities

Half-page activity cards, students can complete the activities in a separate notebook or piece of paper.

1. Halloween Catalog
2. Kinds of Fruits
3. Plants That Grow on Vines
4. Things That Have Shells
5. Halloween Symbols
6. Things That Can Float

Phonics Worksheets

1. Blends/Initial Consonants
2. Blend Review
3. Final Digraph "ch"
4. Singular /Plural
5. Long/Short Vowels
6. Completing Rhymes

Word Study Worksheets & Activities

A combination of worksheets and half-page activity cards.

1. Compound Words
2. Syllabication
3. Word Puzzle
4. Rhyming Words
5. Spelling Words
6. Alphabetical Order
7. Relationships
8. Singular /Plural
9. Synonyms
10. Word Search
11. Crossword Puzzle

 Creative Writing Activities

1. Writing a Story About a Witch (word list included)
2. Writing a Halloween Story – 7 story beginnings to choose from
3. Choosing a Title and Writing a Story – 10 titles to choose from
4. Writing Sentences – 8 groups of words to write sentences
5. Writing a Story about Halloween Night – words to help get started
6. Writing a Halloween Story – 10 titles to choose from

 Research Activities

Half-page activity cards student can choose from and pick the ones they want to complete.

1. Researching Pumpkins
2. Researching Owls
3. Researching for Halloween Books
4. Researching Bats
5. Researching Spiders
6. Surveying/Graphing Costumes

 Printing Activities

Each is a half-page card, and students can record their work in a notebook or separate piece of paper.

1. Copying a Poem
2. Copying Halloween Words
3. Copying a Poem
4. Copying a Poem

Reading Activities

Individual stories with follow-up worksheets.

1. Reading Story Witches - Recalling Information
2. Reading Story Owls - Noting Details
3. Reading Story Bats - Recalling Information
4. Reading Story Halloween - Rhyming/ Antonyms/Syllabication
5. Reading Story All About Toads - Word Meanings/Noting Details
6. Reading Story Pumpkin - Brainstorming/Recalling Information
7. Reading Story David and Susan made a jack-o’-lantern - Sequential Ordering

 Art Activities

Half-page activity cards.

1. Design a Halloween Safety Poster
2. Create a Spooky Halloween Picture
3. Make a Halloween Symbol
4. Paint a Halloween Scene – 5 ideas to choose from

 Math Worksheets

1. Two/Three Digit Addition
2. Two/Three Digit Subtraction
3. Working With Numerals
4. Counting by 1 's, 2's, 5's
5. Addition Facts to 18
6. Subtraction Facts to 18
7. Addition/Subtraction Fact Review
8. Problem Solving

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