Just one week left before mid – term. I’m sitting here with a sore throat counting the days til we’re off. I’m exhausted – are you? Anyway – next week is a great chance to do lots of thematic teaching about Halloween so here are some ideas!
Literacy;
Halloween poems
Skeletons are Cool – Kaye Umansky
Halloween is nearly here – Kenn Nesbitt
Witches Stew – Garreth Lancaster
There is a pdf here with some nice Halloween poems.
More Halloween poems from Poetry for Kids
Writing;
Halloween stew
How to turn my teacher into a toad (procedural writing)
Halloween Taxonomy from Is Múinteoir Mé – great for vocabulary!
Halloween story
Michelle from Michelle’s Innovative Ideas has some fantastic ideas on her instagram page too! Check them out
Numeracy;
Colouring Multiplication here.
Free Halloween Math Worksheets from Kids Activities Blog here.
Halloween Games from Math Playground.
More Halloween Themed Maths Worksheets from Kidzone
Gaeilge;
Dán; An Púca (available here.)
Mata Focal Oíche Shamhna from Seomra Ranga.
Art;
Lots of art ideas here.
Origami Bat – Great for procedure writing/ following instructions!
Music;
Songs; Boneyard Rap – Wes Magee (Listen here.)
Monster Mash
Composing; get the children to work together to compose a short piece for a Halloween tv programme.
Drama;
Halloween drama – guided walk; Once upon a time in a land far away lived 5 children. One Halloween night, they were going trick or treating when they came to a large house with a blue door. They knocked on the door but no one answered so they knocked again and the door swung open…
The children then work in groups to show what happens next.
SESE;
Origins of Halloween/History of Halloween
How is Halloween celebrated around the world? What are the differences/similarities?
Powerpoint from Dúchas – which you can download here.
Useful powerpoints; World of Teaching, EL Civics, Twinkl,
Halloween Party Ideas for Friday
Nadine from Muinteoir N has put together a fantastic list of stations that you might like to try on Friday.
