Mummy Door Decoration
I wanted to do something special for Halloween seeing as my new school goes all out with a Halloween parade and party, so I searched around Pinterest and found this spooky mummy door. I was able to use the white butcher paper and black and yellow construction paper, so it didn't cost me a dime! Yay for DIY decorations!
Black Cat Glyph
I have always wanted to put this up on my TpT for sale. I just love these little black cats. I was hoping that this would be the year, but being pregnant has not helped my energy level at night. Once I am on maternity leave, I will start making putting together some of my cute activities that are found in hard copy only. Look for this one coming soon...
I have loved teaching about descriptive writing during the fall season. Pumpkins are just wonderful to talk about and write about. I found this activity on TpT from Foxwell Forest. It comes with this piece and a pumpkin pie piece that I do in November. I love this piece because it can stay up through November, which means less after school work for me.
Ghost Days of School and Writing
Both of these ghost activities were so engaging for the students. Above, we count every ten days of school with an activity. Each student had 4 ghosts and 10 "ooo's" per ghost. The ghost were actually die cuts from our schools machine and the O's are just Avery white reinforcement labels that can be purchased on Amazon.
I used the same die cut for the ghost writing activity. If you do not have The Ghost Dinner, you should try to find it on Amazon. It is out of print, but a very cute story. The story is about ghosts who drink and eat different things at a dinner party. When they drink or eat they turn the color of the food. The students then choose three foods and write about their ghost eating each food and the color they would turn. The kids had such a fun time with it which always make something easier to teach.
This project took a couple of says to complete for my 1st graders, and the assembly took some time for me, but I just could not pass up creating these monsters. My grade level is focusing in on retelling a stories main events including the moral of the story, so this fit perfect with our focus. I had the kids retell each part of the story with a partner. Some students wrote a paragraph for each section and some wrote a few simple sentences. Each student saw success. This is a must for the Halloween season!
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