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DAY OF THE DEAD ELA Art Integration | Sugar Skull Dia de los Muertos Halloween

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3rd - 12th, Homeschool
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20 pages
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Easily incorporate ART INTEGRATION and CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING into your classroom routine with this no-prep,20-page Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Reading, Research & Art Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate and understand the tradition of Sugar Skulls as it relates to Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). It also allows students to compare/contrast Halloween and Day of the Dead through online research.

The following resources are included:

Sugar Skull nonfiction passage, CCSS-aligned questions, & answer key

Create a Sugar Skull

•Choose whether to create it with paper or clay

•Choose whether to create it about you, about someone special, or about a book/story character

Rubric and Supplements for Sugar Skull Art Activity

Halloween and Day of the Dead Compare/Contrast Research Sheet

BONUS: Day of the Dead Word Mine

BONUS: 2 Sugar Skull Coloring Sheets

BONUS: Video links for background knowledge and extension


Related Resources

Check out the “Halloween” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

Halloween Resources:

  • Minute to Win It
  • STEM Challenges
  • Reading, Writing, Art
  • Online Research Sheet (compare Halloween with the Day of the Dead)
  • Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Art
  • Creation Stations (great for MakerSpace!)
  • Fun Sheets
  • Halloween MEGA Unit!
  • The ULTIMATE Halloween Party Game!

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Total Pages
20 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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