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My favorite holiday is quickly approaching. I love Fall and all that comes with the season. (Okay, maybe not the snow...) There are so many fun projects and activities for Halloween. I decided to create a really fun activities packet for my students. I'm excited to see how they enjoy these activities throughout the month of October.
Here are some of the activities that can be found in the
packet. You can find these activities individually in my TPT shop by
clicking on the activity titles or you can find the entire packet HERE.
1. What's in the Cauldron Activity- Students create a new potion for a witch's brew. They have to list the
ingredients, the directions, and the purpose of the potion.
3. Halloween Word Search- Students search for 21 Halloween themed words.
4. Halloween Cryptogram- Students use the secret code to solve the Halloween riddle.
5. Halloween Double Puzzle- Students must first unscramble the 15 Halloween themed words. They then must solve the Halloween riddle at the bottom of the page. A word bank is included!
6. Halloween Drawing Prompt- Students create an illustration using the prompt "Something in the closet was making a strange noise, so I opened the door and saw..."
7. Halloween Word Bank Activity- Students try to create as many words as they can by only using the letters in the saying "Have a Spooky Halloween".
8. Halloween Writing Prompt- Students create a story using the prompt "It was a dark and stormy night when..."
9. Halloween Acrostic Poem- Students can create a Halloween acrostic poem using this template.
10. Halloween Maze- Fun and FREE Halloween themed maze.
I hope you all enjoy this season as much as I do! If not, I hope these activity help you through October.
I have to say that I love teaching compound words. I think they are fun for 1st graders-5th graders. (Even I really enjoy doing this activity!) I have now done this activity with 1st, 2nd, and 5th graders. All of the age groups have really enjoyed this activity.
I recently taught compound words to my current 5th graders. They were laughing out loud as they considered the possibilities for this activity. Students were given a compound word and told to draw a picture about the two separate words. Instead of drawing a butterfly, they could draw a cube of butter that can fly.
Here are a few examples of what my students did for compound words.
My students loved this activity and always ask if they can make more pictures. This activity can be found here! It includes 30 templates like the ones pictured above and a blank template.
I still need to have my students play this Compound Word Sort Game. It can be found here.
There is a FREE anchor chart that can be found here.
I have a complete compound word unit that includes all of the above items and more! The packet can be found here.
My school divides up the jobs for each grade level instead of having one person in charge. Each person is responsible for either ordering supplies, scheduling, working on the Social Committee, making sure we have team meetings, or meeting with the other grade levels. This year I happen to be the... Supply Girl.
I tend to like things to be more organized and there wasn't really an organized way for my coworkers to request supplies. (I usually don't remember when someone asks for tape as I'm rushing to make copies.) I created this little document to keep in our workroom. My coworkers can now just write the supplies they need me to order. It makes it so much easier to have everything I need to order on one list.
Here's the freebie for all my fellow Supply Girls/Boys.
I feel like I finally have my feet under me now that I've actually been teaching the same grade for a few years. Now I try to set a new goal for myself each year. Having actual art assignments was my goal last year. Art always seemed to end up being some quick little coloring activity before last year. I really tried to make the effort to teach actual art skills.
The goal for this year is trying to send personalized notes home. And not just a quick email. I wanted my students to know that I had taken the time to hand write a sweet note about them. (Of course they read them before they give them to their parents.) It seems like it would feel great to have this note in your backpack that is complimenting you.
Maybe I'm over thinking a simple note but maybe I'm not. It seems like small acts sometimes go a long way with parents and students.
I decided to make a template and I LOVE the way it turned out! I already sent home two notes. There's one that can be used for boys and one that can be used for girls.
Here's where you can find the Teacher Note Home template.
Do you have any goals this year?
