Halloween Bundle - ELA Resources for Next Week

Here's a great opportunity to grab all of my Halloween resources at one time for one low price. These activities are sure to provide opportunities to practice and develop important ELA skills while giving your students an opportunity to have some fun at the same time! 

This bundle includes:

 -Halloween Bookmarks

 -Halloween Cinquain (Poetry Activity) ($1.25)

 -Trick or Treat ELA Vocabulary Game ($2.00) 

 -"The Cremation of Sam McGee" ($3.00) 

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 ALL for just $4.50 for a limited time!

Just click {HERE} to find this great deal.  Please feel free to look at any individual product as it's listed in my store and check out its preview. I hope you will see what a great value this bundle is. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Freebie

This past weekend really put me in the Halloween spirit!  We went to our first costume party of the season and everyone - kiddos and parents alike - had a great time!  I was so inspired by the "spooktacular" event that I  decided to create a freebie that you might be able to use as treats for your students next Wednesday.

With or without an edible treat added by you, these BOOKMARKS will hopefully encourage your readers to "scare up" a good book!  With 4 different designs, just click the image or the link in the line above, copy (probably on cardstock, if possible, would be best) and cut apart to use these as a gift or prize on Halloween day.

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Trick or Treat

New Halloween themed product :

When looking at the ELA Common Core State Standards, regardless of the specific grade level, it is easy to see that the ability for students to understand some key words and concepts that are the foundation of the expectations of the CCSS would be extremely helpful.  I have pulled 28 terms from the standards that are common across 5^th through 8^th grade and created a study sheet that can be given to each child.  It is foldable so that children can quiz themselves by hiding the term or the definition  - just like flashcards, but on 1 piece of paper, rather than 28 separate cards for them to lose. (I Middle School!)

Next, I have created a review game called TRICK OR TREAT.  The setup and game play are both very simple, but the element of surprise makes this game one your students will want to play again and again!

Click {HERE} to visit my online store and get a closer look at this fun way to review the vocabulary that is necessary for our students to be successful with the Common Core.

Halloween Cinquain

Tomorrow's October 1st!  Wow, this year is flying by...and if the trend continues, you can be sure Halloween will be here before you know it!  If you're looking for a quick activity that follows the theme of the season and is, at the same time, a good review of the writing process and a little grammar, my Halloween Cinquain may be your answer.  Whether you are in search of a task for the whole class or an activity for a literacy station, this would work perfectly at the 5th and 6th grade level...and would be useful if differentiating for various skill levels in a 7th or 8th grade class.

This 2 page activity has an example of the poem your students will be writing and space for planning.

You will also find a guide for your students to use in writing their rough draft and questions to guide revising and editing.  The bottom half of the page above is for writing the final draft and, once separated from the top along the dotted line, can easily be used for publishing - sharing with an audience on a bulletin board or in a writing folder.

Click {here} to see more. :)