10 Halloween themed lesson plans

September 15, 2014 by Kym Terranova Leave a Comment

Halloween is right around the corner, and what could be a more fun theme for your fall lesson plans? There are so many different ways to work Halloween into virtually every subject – pumpkins are perfect for science and nature projects; monsters add an element of fun to your creative writing projects, and concepts for interesting art projects are unlimited. Here are ten fun lessons to help you think outside the box for creative ways to work the theme into unexpected lessons. Paint pumpkins into little globes for a geography lesson. assemble a paper skeleton, or get help from your friendly neighborhood monster to learn money sorting skills. Your students will have fun and learn when things are just a little bit spooky in class!

Check out more fall fun with these roundups:

Bat Crafts and Learning Activities

Pumpkin Learning Activities

Fall Learning Activities

Apple Learning Activities

Check out these Halloween Activity Books we found on Amazon to keep the kids busy this Halloween season. The perfect grab and go books for outings, car trips and lazy afternoons.

“How to” writing and Non-fiction activities – The Lesson Plan Diva

Fall Science – Investigating Pumpkins – MPM Ideas

Día de los Muertos Calavera Collage – Modern Art 4 Kids

Eeeek Spiders! – Mrs. Petite’s Teaching Passion

Ghost Hunt: A Writing Activity with Prepositions! – Inspire Me ASAP!

Money Sorting Monsters – Halloween Coin Sorting Game! – MPM Ideas

The Skeletal System – Pinay Homeschooler

Pumpkin Geography – NEA

My Monster ~ An Informative Writing Project & Craftivity – Teachers Pay Teachers

Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing Activity – Printable and Lesson Plan – Printables A to Z

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Fall-Themed Literacy Activities

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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