Homeschool Halloween Thematic Unit Plans

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Introduce your students to the fascinating world of pumpkins with this engaging and educational activity set! Perfect for fall, Halloween, or harvest-themed lessons, this resource provides hands-on learning experiences that help children understand the life cycle of a pumpkin and the different parts of a pumpkin plant.

What’s Included:

• Life Cycle of a Pumpkin: Students will explore each stage of the pumpkin's life cycle, from seed to sprout, vine, flower, and fully grown pumpkin. They'll reinforce their learning by sequencing the stages in a fun cut-and-paste activity.
• Parts of a Pumpkin: A detailed diagram to help students learn about the different parts of a pumpkin, including the stem, leaves, seeds, and pulp. Children can label the parts, enhancing their understanding.
• Cut & Paste Activitie: Interactive cut-and-paste worksheet where students can arrange the life cycle stages in the correct order and label the parts of a pumpkin.
• Vocabulary Words
• Match the Cycle: A matching activity that challenges students to connect the stages of the pumpkin life cycle with corresponding images, promoting visual learning.

Features:

• Suitable for early elementary grades
• Easy-to-follow instructions
• Perfect for classroom centers, homeschool activities, or seasonal learning
• Printable worksheets for hands-on learning

This pumpkin life cycle and parts activity set is a wonderful addition to your autumn lesson plans, helping students gain a deeper appreciation for nature while developing their sequencing and fine motor skills.

Grab yours today and watch your students grow in knowledge just like a pumpkin!

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Writing a story about a haunted house can be a fun and interesting project for your students especially around Halloween. This product provides students with the opportunity to use creativity while writing their story about a haunted house and share it with their peers! Students can also write their story with a peer which encourages students to communicate and work with one another.

This product includes information to share with your students about what a story is, why we write a story, who is your audience when writing a story, what is your purpose when writing a story, how will the story about a haunted house be published, and rules to follow when writing a story about a haunted house.

An example of a story about a haunted house is included in this product. After the example is read, students will be provided with a template that includes an area for 3 haunted house story ideas, and once they choose which story about a haunted house they will write about, they can add onto their story using the idea chart.

Following the example, templates are provided rough draft template, 1 template that allows for students to write down three story ideas that include what happened in the story, who are the characters, and how does the story end. One the 2nd template, students can write down three brief summaries about haunted house story ideas. On the 3rd template, students can write down two brief summaries about haunted house story ideas if the template that includes 3 story ideas is too overwhelming for students. Students will then have a rough draft template that can be filled in. This includes the title of their haunted house story, the characters, the setting, and the plot. Students can then use the rough draft template to write their rough draft. Once students have edited their rough draft, they can use the final draft template that is included or they can type it. A reminder checklist is provided after the rough draft and final draft to remind students to reread their work to check for any mistakes.

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Looking for a fun way to incorporate themed vocabulary into your classroom or homeschool? Use these weekly thematic word work units to introduce new words and practice spelling, handwriting, sentence building, and drawing.

Each week features a different themed picture or pictures, six vocabulary words to learn, and five days of quick, fun activities using those words. Daily activities are numbered to keep the student on track and are quick enough to be used as morning work or in a literacy center. All units include five weeks of vocabulary work so that in months with four weeks you can choose the themes that best fit your classroom. Also included: black and white versions of all five weeks for easier printing.

This unit is great for a classroom but was developed with homeschoolers in mind. The daily format mimics several homeschool vocabulary programs to make it easy to use alongside older siblings. Pair the themes up with your themed unit studies for added learning! This vocabulary curriculum is geared towards kindergartners or first graders who need some extra vocabulary practice, but can be used by any age that needs to work on handwriting, reading, and sentence building skills.

Each week includes the following:

-Themed Introduction Page - includes a themed picture(s) and the six vocabulary words for the week. Can be laminated for a center to save on ink if using in a classroom!

-Day 1 - match the vocabulary words to their pictures

-Day 2 - trace the vocabulary words

-Day 3 - write the vocabulary words

-Day 4 - finish the sentences with the vocabulary words

-Day 5 Option 1 - copy the sentence and illustrate it

-Day 5 Option 2 - student picks a sentence from Day 4, writes it, and illustrates it

Themes included in the October unit: Raking Leaves, Pumpkin Patch, Carving Pumpkins, Halloween, and Trick-or-Treat.

Bundle and save! This unit can be found in the Weekly Vocab Full Year Bundle and School Year Bundle at 20% off the price of buying the unit individually!

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Bring reading, writing, and a love of vocabulary to your students! Introduce fun, new, thematic vocabulary words with this packet of Halloween themed vocabulary/spelling word work worksheets. These make a great supplement to Halloween activities or as a fun and educational way to countdown to the holiday!

This no-prep word work packet includes 2 sets of worksheets featuring words from our Fall Holiday Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards. Each worksheet set comes with 10 different types of worksheets, most in differentiated levels. This gives you 20 different activities and more than 55 worksheets! There are a few tracing versions of the worksheets included as a bonus for students who need review or for homeschooling families where younger siblings want to play along!

Words in this packet include trick or treat, candy bucket, witch, cauldron, potion, candy corn, candy apple, spider, bat, jack o' lantern, and more, plus Halloween costumes like a princess, a superhero, a mummy, and a vampire.

What's Included?

2 sets of each of the following:

-Write the Words - includes five versions to meet students where they are

-Alphabetical Order - includes four versions, one is a cut & paste

-Word Search

-Syllable Sort - includes two versions, one is a cut & paste

-Write the Plural

-Unscramble the Words

-Write and Draw - includes two versions

-Spinner Games - includes three versions

-Dice Games - includes three versions

-Write It 3 Ways - includes two versions for students to write with pencil, pen, and marker

Check out the preview above for visuals of each type of worksheet!

**Purchase of the Fall Holiday Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards is not required for this packet. The packet works as a stand alone product, but the Word Wall Cards are a nice addition to the packet and a great way to introduce the words used in the packet**

Look for other word work sets that match our word wall cards coming soon!

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Use this slideshow to let your ELL students present their scary stories with a fun backdrop! This also goes over student expectations while presenting as well as sentence frames for peer feedback.

Your preschool and kindergarten students will love Do-Over Teaching's P is for Pumpkin Unit with crafts, hands-on games, coloring pages, dot marker pages, academic worksheets. Add to your pumpkin, Halloween, Fall, Autumn, gardening and the letter P curriculum theme activities.

Included in this unit are:

Games and Activities: Counting Pumpkins, Word Cards

Academic Worksheets: A Pumpkin Patch of ABC's, Pumpkin Math, P Is For Pumpkin, My Pumpkin Story, and Pumpkin Emotions

Art Projects: Let's Draw A Pumpkin, My Pumpkin Storybook, Pumpkin Coloring Pages, Pumpkins On A Fence, and Pumpkin Template

Mat for Playdough or Letter Writing: P is for Pumpkin

Circle Time: How A Pumpkin Grows, Pumpkin Photo Cards, Pumpkin Rhymes and Songs

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Children's Books:

Big Pumpkin, It's Pumpkin Time, Too Many Pumpkins, Pumpkin Day, The Legend of Spookley The Square Pumpkin, Pumpkin Soup, Five Little Pumpkins, and Fall Pumpkins Orange and Plump

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Eerie story starters to get your students in the mood for writing scary stories! Great visuals with one liner story starters. Colorful and imaginative prompts for creative writing practice and peer workshopping. Includes: Perhaps we could become friends... Two eyes peered back at me... I've had a very interesting life! Come closer... Let me tell you how I ended up here... C'mon out...there's nothing to be afraid of! Meet my new friend The eerie glow of the pumpkin... I know what you did! Have a seat and let me tell you my story! The howl of the wolf scared me. Something went bump in the night I started up the winding road... The blaze lit up the night's sky... Let me show you my castle! "Help!" screamed the principal. We found the shipwrecked boat... Great Halloween writing prompts for practicing creative writing, storytelling, and peer workshopping skills!