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Halloween Creative Writing Project

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

Found in: 3rd Grade • 4th Grade • 5th Grade • Language Arts • October

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.!

It’s Halloween!

In the United States, Halloween is celebrated on October 31. The holiday has its roots in the pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain. It was Christianized in the 9th century as “All Hallows’ Eve,” which precedes the Roman Catholic celebration of All Saints’ Day on November 1.

Pumpkins in the Primary Classroom

If you are able to visit a pumpkin patch and bring pumpkins home, you’re in luck — there are many scientific and mathematical activities you can do with all those pumpkins! Before beginning any activities with the pumpkins we recommend putting each child’s name on his or her “personal pumpkin” with a permanent marker to eliminate any disputes about which pumpkin belongs to whom.

Blushing Pumpkins

Explore growth cycles through the seasons then create original chalk drawings of pumpkins ready for harvest.

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