So, how do you include Halloween, monsters, and scary stories in your library or classroom? Check out the links below to find ideas for activities and lessons you can share with your kids.
Hosting A Ghost Story Hour (all ages) from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. There are some great story recommendations here.
Junior Ghost Hunters: resources for educators and parents from Ghostvillage.com, a popular website for adults on supernatural investigations.
Integrated Pumpkin Activities (Grade 4)
The Science of Skeletons: Human Body Nonfiction from Booklist Online, with a link to a lesson plan (Grades PK-4) at Teach Mentor Texts.
Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers (Middle and High School) by Traci Gardner at readwritethink.org.
Halloween Teacher Resources (Grades K-8) at TeacherVision.net. This site is particularly cool because it is organized in part around curricular connections.
A download of lesson plans for Halloween from the helpforlibrarians wiki.
Bring Halloween Alive in the Classroom
October 13, 2015 at 3:57 pm