Does your school celebrate Halloween? Last year, we were not allowed to celebrate anything. I'm not usually a Halloween person, but I am happy that this year, students and teachers are allowed to wear costumes! Halloween is also the last day of the quarter for us, so I'm okay with breaking our usual routine a little bit, to have a little fun. Here are some of my ideas for Halloween this year!
I just LOVE these little bag pumpkins from This Old Art Room. Kristin made these with her kindergarten students, but I want to try them with my 3rd graders!
- EEK! Spiders!
I found this cool book on Reading A-Z. It's a Level M, which is a 2nd grade level according to their system. Remember, I teach 3rd grade, but actually, this book will be too hard for the majority of my students. Most of my students are at a 1st grade or early 2nd grade level. But, I know my kids will be really into it. So... I will fight through the gross pictures and we will read it together. And hopefully, learn something new about our friendly arachnids!
- Halloween Treat
Seriously, Pinterest is just loaded with ideas for cute little treats for Halloween! I'm looking for something simple to make and share with my students. Last year, I did little treat bags of popcorn, M&M's, and candy corn. They loved it! I think this year, I will do something similar. It was easy to pull together and share.
- Should I play dress-up?
Since we are allowed to wear costumes this year, I should really dress up. I have cat ears and a tail, so I could wear all black and be a cat. I also have a witch hat. The 3rd grade team (four of us), had talked about doing a group thing, but we couldn't decide on what to do.
In the past, I've been...
A Lumberjack
A Cat (with Mrs. Elbert, a Ladybug!)
So, serious question- Do you have any simple (and cheap) ideas of what I could be for Halloween? Let me know in the comments below!
- Scary Stories...........
Last week, 3rd grade started a project that the kids are just begging to work on all. the. time. Each 3rd grade class is working with their teacher to write a scary story. We talked about figurative language (and made a bubble map of how "scary" sounds, looks, feels, smells, and tastes). Then we voted on a character and setting and started writing! I occasionally give them ideas, but usually we just listen to everyone's ideas and then choose which one we like best. Sometimes we are able to combine ideas, too. Seriously, some of the stuff they have come up with is creepy.
But here's the best part: This coming week, we are making an audio recording of our scary stories, complete with sound effects by the students and an app on Ms. Meredith's iPad. On Halloween, we will listen to each class' story and be scared together. The kids are pumped!
What kinds of activities will you do for Halloween this year? I would love to hear about it!
Until next time,
-Miss Woodward
You should be minions - the kids would LOVE it!!
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