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Halloween Writing: Create an unforgettable writing experience for your students with these fun and original colorful story starter writing prompts. You get over 40 Halloween themed story starters in color, three pages of graphic organizers, and eleven Halloween themed writing pages. Add in the two pages of instructional material and writing tips for teachers, and you're ready to go. I started using these the first day of October and I've had such wonderful success with these. The kiddos beg to write!! A recent review reads: "Wonderful and very original!" This will help you meet Common Core writing standards for real or imagined narratives W.2.3, W.3.3, W.4.3, W.5.3 This set is the colored version. A black and white set is available HERE. These materials are just right for 2nd through 5th grade students and are perfect for narrative paragraphs, event paragraphs, narrative essays, and event essays. Plus, you'll get your students excited to use their creative writing skills. You can find the pencils, spider rings, ribbon, and Halloween container on the image at Dollar General or find similar items at any dollar store. You can also just pass out the story starters or even place them on craft sticks too. Tip: If you have a class party, you can also use the images without the prompts for Halloween cupcake toppers. Halloween, Halloween Literacy, Common Core Writing, narratives, essays, paragraphs, writing prompts, robin sellers

Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Halloween in your classroom? Then, you’ll love the activities in this resource that give your students a trick AND treat. In this resource you’ll find a “Halloween Fun” activity. This one is the ‘TRICK’. In this activity students need to read the instructions very carefully. However, most students do not read the entire set of directions before beginning (that’s the trick). That means that students will follow the directions to create a Halloween drawing and complete a figurative language activity before they realize that they only needed to do the first 2 steps of the 16 step activity. FYI: Since, the Halloween Fun activity requires students to write figurative language, you may want to teach this Figurative Language 5-Day Unit FIRST. Wondering where the ‘TREAT’ comes in? Well, this resource is also filled with a nonfiction passage and questions about the history of Halloween. When all the questions are answered students will reveal a “No Homework” message. Of course, this is their treat. This resource is a super fun way to get into the spirit of Halloween! Plus, students will practice figurative language and reading comprehension skills! This Halloween Activity Includes… - Lesson Plan / Activity Overview - Halloween Fun Directions - “History of Halloween” Nonfiction Passage - Reading Comprehension Questions Have you downloaded the FREE October Virtual Plan Book? It has lesson ideas, teaching tips and tricks and even an inspirational teacher poster. Just click HERE! You might also like... Figurative Language Unit Spooky Story Writing - FREE! Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Predicting, Context Clues, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, Drawing Conclusions, Fact & Opinion and Author’s Purpose Check out these best sellers… Memoir Study and Writing Unit Poetry Analysis Unit Narrative Writing Unit Independent Reading Program - Upper Elementary - Middle School - 6 Weeks / 8 Assignments! Following is Fun! Get the inside scoop on all store discounts, free products, and product launches. Just click the green “Follow Me” star under my store name on this page or click the green “Follow Me” star on my store homepage. Let’s Stay in Touch! Blog Pinterest Facebook Instagram *** Click HERE to receive the Brain Waves Instruction Newsletter filled with exclusive FREEBIES and Teaching Tips! Thanks! Brain Waves Instruction

Trick or Treat! Graph Your Spin Consonant Blends: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, and tr includes list of words for the teacher, 36 consonant blends cards, player cards, spinner board, and blank graph accountability sheet, and graph questions cards. This can be used in the much needed practice for succeeding in reading consonant blends. Introduce and practice all the words. Students can use these in small groups like flash cards. After students have success in recognizing and reading the 6 different consonant blends, then “Graph Your Spins” can be played. This activity can be used in small cooperative groups, up to 6 students, perfect for math centers. Each student gets one game card and takes turns spinning. The spinner works great with just the pencil tip and large paper clip held on the center. The player identifies the sound that the consonant blend the spinner lands on makes, then finds and reads the corresponding word from his player card. He writes it on the appropriate square on the graph. If the same blend comes up more than once, have them circle that square so they can count it accordingly, or they can skip a turn (you pick!). Each square can be colored, but they do get to practice writing the words...Also practice asking/answering the graph questions, so that students can ask each other those questions after filling their graphs. This set is Halloween theme!

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These Writing Prompts are perfect anytime to make kids feel special and to sharpen up those writing skills. * The prompts are written with a range of writing skills in mind from those pre-writers who need to dictate to the story-tellers who need extra pages. I think it's important for print to be meaningful. That's why even a preschooler looks at a list for a camping trip and "reads" it back to anyone who will listen. Included in this unit are 16 writing prompts with really cute photographs or clip art. * It's Your Birthday. What's Inside the Present? * If You Could Visit Outer Space, What Planet Would You Visit? (Boy) * If You Could Visit Outer Space, What Planet Would You Visit? (Girl) * Name 3 Things You Deserve A Medal For. * Write the Names of Your Favorite Things. * List Your Favorite Summer Activities * What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? * List Five Words that Describe You. * Which Pet Do You Choose? * What Keeps You Awake at Night? * Choose a Name, a Sweet Treat, and a Toy * You Are Granted Three Wishes. What Are They? * Finish These Sentences . . . * What Words Describe Your Family? * What is Your Favorite Color? * Write About Something That Makes You Smile I've also included a full page of lined paper for those prolific writers and an Illustration page so kids can draw along with their writing. *** Parents will love these prompts -- really nice keepsake!! If you’ve enjoyed this unit I would really appreciate it if you would rate me and leave a comment. You can not believe how much it helps! *And please become a follower. You’ll be notified when I upload new things. including freebies. Thank you so much. Edna Wallace: Lickety Split Lessons and Stuff You can reach me at: [email protected] PINTEREST: pinterest.com/ednawallace

Is it tricky to draw a witch or Frankenstein? Your students will be excited to learn all the tricks using these Halloween inspired directed drawing and writing activities. A real treat! This How to Draw Halloween – A Directed Drawing Activity is a set of drawing and writing activities. Directed drawing process is a great activity for young learners besides drawing and writing. Students can also strengthen fine motor skills, practice following directions and listening skills. Students will have so much fun drawing and gaining self-confidence in their drawing ability! This product includes 3 levels of writing for the following Halloween drawings: bat, candy, witch, cauldron, Frankenstein, spider, ghost, cat, haunted house, and jack-o-lantern. Check out my other How to Draw products: Woodland Animals How to Draw A Directed Drawing Activity Animals How to Draw A Directed Drawing Activity Winter Animals A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity St. Patrick's Day A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Insects A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Farm Animals A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Cinco de May A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Earth Day A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Easter A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Distance Learning Independence Day A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Ocean Animals A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Thanksgiving A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Christmas Day A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Dinosaurs A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Nursery Rhymes A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity New Year's Day A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Native American A How to Draw Directed Drawing Activity Other Halloween products: Color by Code - Halloween Write the Room - Halloween Theme Standards CCSSW.K.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...). CCSSW.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. CCSSW.K.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened. I hope you enjoy this product! TheBeezyTeacher

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Looking for engaging center activities to practice addition this fall? Your students will love these easy to prep Halloween math centers. With your purchase, you will get three centers that will give your students with the practice they need adding within 20. ★ HALLOWEEN ROLL AND ADD Roll the big, puffy, paper dice (included) to get two numbers. Write the two numbers on the recording sheet and solve the addition problem. 4 Paper Dice Response Card (in color and black & white) ★ HALLOWEEN TRUE OR FALSE Sort the addition problems into true and false. 36 Addition Problems True/False Sorting Mat ★ TRICK OR TREAT ADDITION Students choose a number of candy corn and a number of hard candy that they will put in their "treat bag". Use these numbers to write an addition sentence and then check their answer by counting the "candy." Response Card with Treat Bag Envelope Numbers 1 - 9 Numbers 10 - 19 so that you can differentiate the activity Candy Corn and Hard Candy Manipulative Cards Check out my other Halloween products by clicking the links below: Halloween Digital Addition Activities Addition Worksheets Click here to follow me!

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Ready to celebrate Halloween? Keep young learners engaged and learning by singing these Halloween songs (sung to familiar childhood tunes) and saying these original Halloween rhymes! Your crew will learn important trick- or-treating safety tips while singing. Perfect for circle time, these songs and rhymes are great for shared reading. The b/w song and rhyme sheets make super Halloween coloring pages that can be added to poetry journals. Why you'll love this resource: Singing is stress-free. You'll sing new lyrics (written by me) to tunes you probably already know. Students have fun singing while learning...kids stay engaged. Singing together builds community between you and your students. Content includes: 17 Songs and Rhymes + 1 BONUS fingerplay 1 Halloween crown pattern 2 no-prep printables 1 craftivity 24 Vocabulary Cards 1 Safety Tips note for parents Use the vocabulary cards for anchor charts, Halloween booklet-making, writing prompts, your Halloween Word Wall, and center time matching games. Appropriate for use in Daycare, Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade and Homeschool. Customer Tips: Want to get TpT credit to use on future purchases? Pop over to your ‘My Purchases’ page. Beside each purchase is a ‘Provide Feedback’ button. When you click it, you’ll be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a brief comment for this product. Then you’ll earn TpT credit! ♥ I'd love to have you as a follower! Click on the star at the top of the page to follow me and you'll be the first to know about my latest resources and freebies. Thanks for shopping! Suzanne Moore

Harvest time, raking leaves (and jumping in!), United Nations Day, Fire Safety Month, Oktoberfest…October Songs and Rhymes will keep your young students engaged and learning all month long! From sunflowers and picking out pumpkins to spiders, bats, and trick or treating, this resource features October-themed songs (sung to familiar tunes) and original rhymes that will add a dash of autumn fun to your early childhood classroom! Why you'll love this resource: Singing is stress-free, sung to tunes you probably already know. Lyrics (written by me) are simple and memorable. Students will sing these songs again and again! Students have fun singing while they're learning. Singing together builds community connections with you and your crew! What's included? 19 songs and rhymes 1 Sunflower Labeling worksheet and poster 1 "My Fall Harvest" Mini-Booklet 1 Pocket Chart Rebus Poem 3 no-prep printables 12 Vocabulary Cards What song and rhyme topics are included? 1. October weather 2. Oktoberfest 3. National Pizza Month 4. Do Something Nice Day (Oct. 5) 5. Sunflowers 6. Farm jobs in fall 7. Raking leaves 8. Fall winds 9. Colors of fall leaves 10. Gray squirrel behavior in fall 11. Chilly fall breezes 12. Get low and go (Fire Safety) 13. Stop, Drop, and Roll 14. United Nations Day (Oct. 24) 15. Pumpkin sizes 16. Jack O’ Lanterns 17. Spider characteristics 18. Bats 19. Trick or Treat! How can you use this resource in your classroom? Sing during circle time. Project a song onto your interactive white board. The b/w song sheets make great fall coloring pages that can be added to poetry journals. Add the vocabulary cards to your October word wall. Print two copies of the vocabulary cards to make a quick matching game for center time. Vocabulary cards and posters can accentuate your anchor charts, and be used in booklet-making, and writing prompts. Who was this resource written for? These songs and rhymes were especially written for students in Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade, as well as Homeschool. What do teachers say about this resource? "This makes me so happy! When I teach I like to go through the seasons... you know, it kind of keeps me going.... September is apples, October is pumpkins and leaves, etc. (You fellow teachers know what I mean!) well this is my new favorite FALL resource! I am no stranger to the wonderful KindyKats and I will keep coming back for more! Yay! I give you an A! :)" ~ Jennifer S. How do you get TPT credit to use on future purchases? Go to your My Purchases page Click on the Provide Feedback button Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. ♥ I love to read your feedback! I use your feedback as a guide to improve, update, and add to this resource. My goal is to create five star products that teachers and kids love! If you have questions or suggestions, please reach out. I'd love to have you as a follower! Click on the star at the top of the page to follow me and you'll be the first to know about my latest resources and freebies Thanks for shopping! Suzanne Moore