Books:Five Little Ghosts by William Boniface
Clifford’s First Halloween by Norman Bridwell
Arthur’s First Halloween by Marc Brown
A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
In the Haunted House by Eve Bunting
Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! By Lucille Colandro
I’m Not Afraid of This Haunted House by Laurie Friedman
Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night by Megan Halsey
Countdown to Halloween by Annemarie Harris
Trick or Treat Countdown by Patricia Hubbard
How Spider Saved Halloween by Robert Kraus
Halloween Day by Anne Rockwell
Shake Dem Halloween Bones by Mike Reed
Five Little Pumpkins by Iris Van Rynbach
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
The Teeny Tiny Ghost by Kay Winters
Poems:
“Five Little Pumpkins”
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh, my, it's getting late."
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "But I don't care!"
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"
”Whooo,” went the wind,
And out went the light,
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
"A Little Witch"
A little witch
In a pointed cap,
On my door went
Rap, rap, rap!
When I went to open it,
She was not there;
She was riding a broomstick,
Through the air.
?Writing:
Journals- “What do you want to be for Halloween?”
Jack-0-lantern book:
This is jack-o-lantern happy.
This is Jack-o-lantern sad.
This is Jack-o-lantern sleepy.
This is Jack-0-lantern mad.
This is Jack-o-lantern in pieces.
But in a pie, he’s best of all!
Math:
Graphing- Graph your favorite Halloween candy or costume.
Patterning- Put Halloween erasers or counters in patterns.
Estimation- Estimate how many candy corns are in a jar.
Number Sequencing- Put number pumpkins or bats in sequential order.
Number Recognition-
1. Put the correct number of pumpkin seeds on each paper pumpkin according to the number written on it.
2. Put real candy corn or candy corn erasers (Oriental Trading) on plates to match the numbers written on the plates.
3. Draw a haunted house and write numbers on each window and door. Students put ghosts (foam shapes or lima beans with faces drawn on them) on each window and door to match the number written on them.
4. Jack-o-lantern number matching game- Make pumpkins, pumpkin eyes, and mouths. Write numbers and number sets on eyes and numeric words on mouths. Children create a jack-o-lantern by placing matching number eyes and mouths on a pumpkin.
Counting- How many pieces of popcorn does it take to cover a ghost pattern?
Measurement-
1. Measure model skeleton using unifex cubes.
2. Measure height of pumpkin using unifex cubes.
Addition- Add using candy corn, foam ghosts, or mini pumpkin erasers.
Subtraction- "Spider Subtraction"- Write subtraction problems and draw webs around them on paper plates. Color and laminate spiders. Children use spiders to solve subtraction problems.
Science-
1.Cut open a pumpkin and examine the seeds.
2.Make “Witch’s Brew”-
6 spoons glue
6 spoons water
2 spoons Borax
Green food coloring.
Mix to make “brew”.
3. Pumpkin Smell Survey- Dip one cotton ball in vinegar and one in vanilla. Place cottonballs in pumpkin treat cup. Have students smell each. Graph which smell students like better.
Art:
1. Candy Corn person- Color candy corn and add eyes, arms, legs.
2. Paper Plate Black Cat
3. Paper Bowl Spider- Paint paper plate black. Add circle head, wiggly eyes,and 8 paper legs.
4. Pasta Skeleton- Create a skeleton using pasta pieces.
5. Haunted House- Collect scraps of wood and carboard. Students assemble and glue. Paint black. Decorate with fake spider webs and Halloween accessories.
6. Handprint ghost- upside down handprint with googly eyes
7. Paperplate jack-lantern- paint plate orange, cut out black facial features and glue on plate. Add stem.
8. Paint mini pumpkins.
9. Handprint Ghosts- Students cut out ghost bodies and add facial features. Students give ghosts "hands" using handprints and paint.
10. Contact Paper Class Jack-0-lantern- cut a pumpkin shape out of contact paper and lay on table, sticky side up. Students cover contact paper with orange tissue paper squares and black paper features.
11. Marble paint web and stamp art spider
12. Paper plate spiderweb- Spider was made using a spider stamper and wiggly eyes. Slits were cut along the edge of the plate for students to lace yarn around.
13. Construction Paper Witch- Fold corners of black paper inward and cut bottom into a curve. Attach face, hat, and hair.
14. Paper plate magical monsters- After reading Where the Wild Things Are, students created magical monsters using a variety of art supplies such as Easter grass "hair", stickers, and pom poms.
Halloween Party Ideas:
1. Mummy Wrap- Teams wrap a volunteer using a toilet paper roll. First team to do so, wins.
2. Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin
3. Pin the Wart on the Witch
4. Melt the Witch- Draw a witch on blackboard. Students take turns throwing a wet sponge at her to try to “melt” her.
Bobbing for apples
5. Make Witches’ Brew- Mix ginger ale and green food coloring.
6. Make witches’ hats treats- Attach a Hershey Kiss to a round cookie using frosting.
7. Pumpkin Bowling- Knock down pins or liter bottles using a pumpkin.
8. Hot Pumpkin (version of Hot Potato)
9.Make “spiders” using doughnutsfor the body, m&m’s for the eyes, and pretzel sticks for the legs.
School Halloween Pumpkin Decorating Contest Winning Submissions
2005 2006
