We had a great day today celebrating Halloween. This morning, we read In the Haunted House by Eve Bunting. While reading, we noticed the details the author includes to tell us what spooky houses are like. We recorded these details on a chart and then used it to do some fiction writing. The kids imagined they had visited a spooky house and wrote about what they saw, heard, and felt. We did a practice write first, and then each student wrote their final copy story on a ghost shaped paper.
The students glued their ghost writing inside to make it look like the ghost was hiding in the "spooky house". I put out scraps of paper and let the students go to town decorating the outside of the house. What a creative bunch! They knocked my socks off and I think they all turned out great! Take a peek for youself:
We also had a few special visitors come in to do some awesome Halloween crafts with us. Thank you so much to the three parents who volunteered and supplied all the activities! You made our day extra sweet! :) The kids had a blast making placemats, masks, and cotton ball ghosts. The kids rotated in groups to make each craft, and then even had some time to work in little activity books.
What a great day it was! And now, I am off to hand out candy to our trick-or-treaters. I can't wait to see all the costumes! Have a wonderful night with your family and be safe- happy trick-or-treating! :)
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