| With more and more Halloween celebrations | | | | Possible categories are chocolatey, nutty, |
| taking place in the classroom, at home | | | | soft, and hard. |
| parties, or at community events, here are | | | | |
| some cross-curricular Halloween activities | | | | 10. Look through newspaper ads and see what |
| for you to enjoy. | | | | you would buy if you had $20. If your |
| | | | children are old enough, have them calculate |
| 1. Read a Halloween poem or song and find | | | | the tax for your area. |
| rhyming words, similes, metaphors, nouns, | | | | |
| verbs, onomatopoeia, and so on. | | | | 11. Review following directions, measurement, |
| | | | health, and safety by making Halloween |
| 2. Find Halloween-related words in the | | | | cupcakes, a cake, or cookies. Use |
| dictionary by using guide words. Divide them | | | | Halloween-related cutters, food coloring for |
| into syllables, write the accent mark, tell | | | | frosting, and small candies as decorations. |
| the part of speech, give the definition, add | | | | Of course, adults should supervise children. |
| suffixes...whatever skills you want to | | | | |
| review. | | | | 12. Use a pumpkin for the following |
| | | | activities:a. Cut out the stem, take out the |
| 3. Research the origin of Halloween and its | | | | seeds, and carve out the pulp (refrigerate |
| symbols. Write a report and include a | | | | it). Have children draw a face for a |
| bibliography. | | | | jack-o-lantern and cut it out.b. Roast the |
| | | | pumpkin seeds and have store-bought seeds on |
| 4. Brainstorm a list of Halloween words and | | | | hand. Let children eat both and compare the |
| create your own crossword, kriss-kross, or | | | | taste, texture, and color.c. Heat the pulp |
| word search puzzles. | | | | until it is soft and use it to make your own |
| | | | pumpkin pie! (NOTE: One recipe usually makes |
| 5. Write a Halloween story or a short play. | | | | three regular pies.) Make sure to save pieces |
| Perform the play and tape it! | | | | for the principal and others in your school. |
| | | | Tell children to remember the taste so they |
| 6. Tape the class singing Halloween songs and | | | | can compare it to a store-bought pumpkin |
| play them on October 31. | | | | pie.d. Make sure to take pictures of each |
| | | | step. Have children write a caption for each |
| 7. See how many 3-letter words you can make | | | | one and make a book. |
| out of 'Halloween.' | | | | |
| | | | 13. Foster multi-cultural awareness by having |
| 8. Cut out Halloween pictures from different | | | | candies from different countries. |
| print media to make cards or a collage. | | | | |
| | | | I hope these ideas are useful and inspire |
| 9. Give everyone some colored M&M's and have | | | | your own creative thinking. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! |
| children graph them. Alternately, have | | | | |
| children classify the candy they bring to | | | | And remember...Reading is FUNdamental! |
| school and graph the different kinds. | | | | |