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Lesson Plans - Language Arts

Pumpkin and Ghost Garland

How to decorate for Halloween? Why not make a cool, spooky garland featuring your favorite scary story characters!

Boo! Creative Writing Banner

Scary, read-aloud stories and poems are such fun to share! Imagine unique characters for your own creative story. Bring them to life with a Boo! Banner.

Halloween Creative Writing Project

Students practice writing creatively from the pumpkin’s point of view.

What Masks Reveal

While it is perfectly fine to enjoy masks from many cultures as rich, colorful works of art, one can gain a deeper understanding by considering how masks are used in a particular culture and the meanings that the tradition-bearers bring to them.

Jack O’ Lantern, Jack O’ Lantern

Halloween is an exciting time for young children. Capitalize on their excitement while reinforcing color identification, holiday symbols, and language arts skills with this lesson built on the much-loved book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.!