Design a Haunted House Project

There are lots of great Halloween themed projects and activities for younger kids, but not so many as students get older.

This project to design and market a haunted house from Appletastic Learning is so cute and looks like it would be a lot of fun for older elementary/middle school kids.

They draw out the floor plan for their house (measuring area and perimeter along the way, of course!) and design a brochure to encourage people to visit, which allows them to practice informational and persuasive writing.

This is part of a packet of fun Halloween activities you can grab from Teachers Pay Teachers, including concession stand math, building a spooky playlist, scary selfie drawing and much more.

[Photo: Appletastic Learning.]

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Activities and Ideas for the 100th Day of School

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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