A- HAUNTING- WE - WILL - GO !!!!!!

HALLOWEEN COMING SOON !!!!!  31st OCTOBER 2010

DO SOME SPOOKY ACTIVITIES.....

• Prepare your students by talking about Halloween and making some Halloween crafts to decorate the classroom and create the appropriate atmosphere to motivate the students by making them enthusiastic about it.
• Teach them words such as "ghost", "witch", "Jack-o'-lantern",etc. in context by handing out worksheets such as Word Search, Crosswords,etc. A useful source is the following site : http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/  
• Here are some craft ideas 

•   Use old magazines to cut out different body parts and create a FRANKENSTEIN !!
• Alternatively, the older students can work on a SKELETON ! They can use post-its to name the bones.
• Riddles can be given to older students to solve, such as :  
  

   

   

   

  Ghost Riddles

  Ghost Riddles...solve these and then create some of your own to stump your classmates!
  1. What kind of music do ghosts like?
  2. Why did the ghost take his family on an elevator ride every day?
  3. What do ghosts do when they want to start up a computer?
  4. How did the ghost do at the comedy club?
  5. What do you call a website for ghosts?
  6. What is Casper's favorite sticky treat?
  7. Where do baby ghosts come from?
  8. Why did the ghost go to the doctor?
  9. What would you get if you crossed a cocker spaniel, a French poodle, and a ghost?
  10. Who protects the shores where spirits live?
  11. What did the papa ghost say to his ghostly children?
  12. What is a ghost's favorite direction?
  13. Why couldn't the ghost ride the bus?
  14. Why did the ghost rush home from school?
  15. Why did the police officer arrest the ghost?
  16. What do young ghosts call their moms and dads?
  17. Where do little ghosts learn to yell "BOO!"?
  18. Why are ghosts like newspaper?
                                                                            Ghost Riddles Answers:
  1. Rhythm and boos.
  2. To raise their spirits.
  3. They boo-t it up!
  4. He was a dead-knockout.
  5. Bahoo or Yaboo!
  6. Boo-ble gum.
  7. Boo Genes.
  8. To get a booster shot.
  9. A cocker-poodle-boo!
  10. The Ghost Guard.
  11. Fasten your sheet belt.
  12. Horror-zontal.
  13. Because he didn't have exact chains.
  14. To watch an afterghoul special on TV.
  15. Because he didn't have a haunting license.
  16. Transparent.
  17. In noisery school.
  18. Because they appear in sheets.
• Create a story using Halloween characters such as a ghost and a spider....The students can draw the characters and act it out .

FRIENDSHIP WEB: This is a game.  Cut out a big round piece of butcher paper (black or orange for Halloween). Have the students sit around the paper on the floor. With a roll of white yarn in hand and after the student has expressed who they want to roll his/her ball of yarn to, ("I'm rolling this to my friend, John", "Where's my friend, John?","Here I am, here I am"), he/she will roll the yarn to the individual. Either another student or a helper will tape the yarn to the paper so that it is secure for the other player. After the game, you will have a friendship web to put up on a bulletin board and the class can decorate with spider crafts. The students love to see the web get bigger and more detailed!

Spooky Bags
Put various items in bags for the students to feel. Don't let them look in the bag. To make it more Halloweeny, bags could be labeled as "spooky" things; intestines for macaroni, cobwebs for cotton, toenails for artificial nails, maggots for rice, etc. Then have them list as many words as they can to describe the testure of the item. Great for increasing their vocabulary or getting them to a more varied vocabulary in their writing.

AND OF COURSE STORIES AND SONGS ..........
FOR THE YOUNGER


AND THE OLDER


HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!!!!

TEACHING THE ALPHABET IN CONTEXT

Research has shown that the children learn the alphabet letters and sounds more successfully if they are associated with a picture or visual image.  Each letter has a craft follow-up activity related to it for the purpose of incorporating this for visual learners.

 

              

    And a great idea to get feedback to see whether your students can really sort out the letters taught is the   

    following :

All you need is a muffin tin and some magnetic letters!

Have fun with your students and make their first lessons as memorable as possible. The "clue" is that they must learn to "discover"  language for themselves and furthermore to LOVE it! 

                                                                                                                                                                  

BACK TO SCHOOL BULLETIN BOARD IDEAS

1. Back to School Balloons!

• Each student receives a paper plate that he/she can decorate as they wish. You can provide paint, crayons, stickers, glitter, pencil crayons, markers, tissue paper and glue, or whatever you have at your disposal.
• While the children are creating their "balloons", you can add lengths of yarn to the bulletin board (using thumb tacks). These lengths of yarn will become the balloon strings.
• When all is complete, you can attach the paper plate balloons to the bulletin board and voila ... a big bunch of back to school balloons! 
  

  2. Welcome Students!

  
  
  • Each student receives a paper plate that he/she will draw, paint or glue a self portrait on. You can provide paint, crayons, stickers, glitter, pencil crayons, markers, tissue paper and glue, or whatever you have at your disposal. Hair can be added by using construction paper or bits of yarn.
  • When every paper plate face is complete, they can all be added to your bulletin board for a wonderful display.
  
  

  3. Make a Handprint Tree!                      

  
  
  • Each student traces their hands onto construction paper.
  • The construction paper hands are cut out using safety scissors and the children write their names on their handprints. (You might have them decorate further with markers or crayons).
  • On the bulletin board, attach a tree trunk which has been cut out of construction paper or brown craft paper (or you can paint a tree trunk onto the bulletin board).
  • The handprints can be attached to the tree trunk as leaves. Some can even be added to the "ground" to show leaves falling in autumn!  
    

    4. Wild, Wacky Cylinders!

    
    
    • Each student receives a paper tube from toilet tissue or paper towel roll.
    • Students can decorate their tube as they wish. You can provide paint, crayons, stickers, glitter, pencil crayons, markers, tissue paper and glue, or whatever you have at your disposal.
    • Once the tubes are decorated, attach them as a fantastic border around your bulletin board.
    • Inside the cylinder border, you can create wild and wacky shapes with even more decorated tubes!
    
    

    5. Sunflower Magic!

    
    
    
    
    
    • On your bulletin board, attach a large circle cut from yellow construction paper. You might instead wish to cover your board with craft paper and paint a yellow circle on the paper.
    • Next, attach yellow construction or crepe paper pieces all around the circle to create the sunflower petals.
    • Each of your student can help to create the sunflower by gluing real sunflower seeds to the center of the yellow sunflower! 

USE BULLETIN BOARDS !!

Bulletin Board Ideas... By Tricia

As far as holiday bulletin boards go...I don't do them. I have a bulletin board that is seasonal, that way I don't have to change it all the time. The fall theme will be pumpkins and leaves with student pictures on them

and the title will be something like "Falling into 5th Grade". My winter bulletin board is rolling hills of snow with snowmen, snowflakes and student photos, and the title is "All flakes welcome!" I have found that students enjoy seeing their work/projects hanging up. This seems to create a sense of community and pride in the classroom. Most of my bulletin boards have student work

displayed on them. Add a catchy title that goes with the assignment or project and you're all set!
I have one board that focuses on a character value, such as respect, responsibility, cooperation, etc. and this changes as the theme changes. I hope this helps...Good luck!

BULLETIN BOARD IDEAS