5th grade Halloween creative writing lessons

Activities, Printables, Lesson

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Animal Adaptations l Science, Writing, and Art {Create a Creature Project}

Created by

The Knitted Apple

Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of animal adaptations? In the Create a Creature project, students combine science, writing, and art to create an animal (or adapt an existing one) to survive in the new environment.The Create a Creature resource includes:Lesson plansSmall group activity to review environments and animal adaptationsProject Assignment to engage studentsTwo versions of student planning pagesFour versions of the final project pagesGrading rubri

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Science

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Rubrics, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.2

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays

, W.4.2

, W.4.5

, W.5.4

...

Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle

Full-Year Writer's Workshop Writing Curriculum Grades 3-5 Interactive Notebook

Created by

Rockin Resources

Grab your full-year curriculum for grades 3-5 (upper elementary)with interactive notebook. This printable writing program is everything you need for writer's workshop. Do you want to transform your reluctant writers into ROCKSTAR WRITERS®? This printable WRITING UNITS BUNDLE for GRADES 3-5 is filled with our signature STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® lessons with INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS. It is a COMPLETE WRITER'S WORKSHOP PROGRAM with all the tools needed for the entire year. You will find simple yet engagin

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.1

, W.3.2

, W.3.3

, W.3.4

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Expository

...

Elementary Writing Workshop Resources Bundle - Teaching Without Frills

Created by

Teaching Without Frills

This bundle includes all of the K-5 elementary writer's workshop resources I've made to accompany the videos on my Teaching Without Frills YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/c/teachingwithoutfrillsI'm currently in the process of updating many of the products to include new videos, slides, and other resources. Grab the bundle now before the price increases!14 resources are included. See each individual resource listing and previews for more information! :)Recently Updated:Personal Narra

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

Halloween Readers' Theater Activity: 3 Fun Scripts to Improve Fluency

Created by

Deb Hanson

Are you looking for something fun to do for Reading during the week of Halloween? This set of THREE Readers' Theater scripts will certainly spice things up! A bonus page for teachers includes a page that lists the number of lines by characters and an explanation about how I schedule this to be a weeklong Readers' Theater activity.This BUNDLE contains three separate Readers' Theater scripts:1. Trick-or-Treat- This script contains 9 parts (although you can easily split the narrator into two parts

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RF.4.4

, RF.4.4a

, RF.4.4b

, RF.5.4

, RF.5.4a

...

Also included in: Readers' Theater BUNDLE: A set of 32 Scripts

Tim Burton Inspired Self Portraits Halloween Art Lesson - Spooky Selfies

Created by

Art With Trista

This Tim Burton-inspired portrait art lesson is a perfect Halloween lesson for your intermediate elementary art students or middle school artists. Students will be able to recall information about artist Tim Burton, create a self-portrait in the style of Tim Burton and use value to create a self-portrait that looks 3 dimensional. The PowerPoint slides include: objectives, standards, vocabulary (style, value and self-portrait), materials, class discussion questions and art critique, step by step

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Halloween, Visual Arts

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

Also included in: Student Favorites Art Lesson Bundle - Food Truck, Dragon Eyes, Tim Burton ...

Starry Night Pumpkins : Art Lesson Plan - Halloween - Fall - Autumn

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Here is an art project that highlights the arrival of autumn while also discovering Vincent Van Gogh and other impressionist painters. Your students will create artwork with pumpkins/squash while using superimposition. They will work in the manner of the impressionists to colour their projects. The technique of using oil pastels and tempera paint gives an incredible result. Level:Grades One and upTechniques:DrawingPainting Visual Language:Warm and cool coloursDifferent kinds of lines : (curved

Subjects:

Art History, Autumn, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

Room on the Broom Halloween READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

Is there room on the broom?Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM activity in which students investigate the design of a broom! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.In this STEM Challenge, students design and build a broom to hold as much candy as possible. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.A writing extension is i

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Science

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

W.2.1

, W.3.1

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

, W.3.1a

, W.3.1b

...

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Halloween READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE

Coco Movie Guide | Day of the Dead Activities | Questions | Differentiated

Created by

Mr Hull's Movie Guides

This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Coco (2017)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great to watch to learn more about Mexican culture and Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Steeped in Mexican culture and folklore, the movie follows young Miguel whose dreams of becoming a musician are hampered by his family's ban on music. Magically entering the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks on an ex

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, SL.2.2

, SL.3.2

, SL.4.2

, CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 2 Pack Day of the Dead Movie Guide Bundle | Questions | Activities

Fall STEM Bins® Teambuilders - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Autumn STEM Activities

Created by

Brooke Brown - Teach Outside the Box

★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ Fall STEM Bins® Teambuilders are a wonderful STEM Activities to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during October and November!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LISTThe following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins®, found at the following link:★STEM BINS8 fall themed Challenges are provided for you to set up in s

Subjects:

Autumn, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

Also included in: STEM Bins® Teambuilders BUNDLE - End of the Year, Summer, Back to School, Fall

Zendoodle Hand Self Portraits Art Lesson Middle School Art Lesson

Created by

A Space to Create Art

DescriptionStudents discover who they are through art in this hand-self portrait lesson! Get to know your students as they write about their beliefs and who they are as a person. Students will use the creative process to design and apply elements using repetition and variety in their handprint piece. Students create their own self-portrait using their handprint, Zentangle designs, and a narrative describing who they are. The art lesson centers around creating a piece of artwork based on a core

Subjects:

Back to School, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

Also included in: ELA with Arts Integration Bundle - High School Art and ELA, AP ELA, AP Art

Poetry Unit - 4th Grade and 5th Grade

Created by

Jessica Zannini

Teach students to love poetry with this 6 week 4th and 5th grade unit? This easy to use resource has everything you need to make teaching poetry exciting any time of the year. ***Now updated for Distance Learning with a Google Slide Student Handbook, Digital Poetry Vocabulary Book, and a Digital Poetry Portfolio to easily upload to Google Classroom. The 31 day unit includes over 300 pages of resources for you and your students to learn to love poetry. What’s included:31+days of lesson plan on

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Poetry, Reading

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

Assessment, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.5

, RL.4.6

...

Also included in: 4th & 5th Grade Writing Unit Bundle - Personal Narrative, Fiction, and Poetry

Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors - Monster Lab Project

Created by

The Knitted Apple

Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of inherited traits and learned behaviors? Try out the Monster Lab project! This wild and wacky science, writing, and art project asks students to dream up a parent monster and its offspring, jotting down the traits and behaviors they inherited. This inherited traits project includes:Lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group activity to review inherited traitsProject Assignment to engage stu

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Science

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Rubrics, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.2

, W.3.4

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

, W.4.2

, W.4.4

...

Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle

Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}

Created by

The Knitted Apple

Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Rubrics, Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.1

, W.2.5

, W.2.6

, W.3.1

English Language Arts, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

...

Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}

Halloween Reading Comprehension - Superstitions Nonfiction Articles & Questions

Created by

Presto Plans

Halloween Reading Comprehension - Superstitions Nonfiction Articles & Questions is a ready-to-use Halloween resource that will engage even your most reluctant readers. Students will read four high-interest nonfiction texts about widely-held superstitions including the number 13, black cats crossing your path, walking under ladders, and breaking a mirror. Students will show their comprehension with these Halloween reading comprehension texts through the included assignments with questions abo

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.10

, RI.7.1

, RI.7.10

, RI.8.1

...

Also included in: Halloween Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle

Fictional Narrative Writing Unit - Writing Workshop

Created by

Ashleigh

This comprehensive unit addresses all your fictional narrative standards! A traditional PDF version is included, as well as a link for Google Slides. ************************************************************************This is a 6-week unit that is broken down to day-by-day lessons. Each lesson contains directions for a mini lesson, independent work time, and share time. There is also an additional handout or guided practice activity for each of the lessons.You'll also find rubrics, monthly l

Subjects:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Also included in: Writing Bundle | Print and Digital | Informational, Opinion, Narrative

Art Sub Lessons - Silly Sandwich Art Lesson Art Sub Plans .pdf .pptx

Created by

Art Sub Lessons

Do you need elementary or middle school art sub plans ASAP? How about a fun, no-prep, fully scripted art activity that uses simple materials? Would you like an easy to use drawing lesson you can keep in your emergency sub folder? If the answer to any of these is, "yes," check out this art sub lesson called, "Silly Sandwich."In this activity, students use their imaginations to create a drawing of a silly sandwich. It may be presented as a projected Powerpoint or a printed out .pdf and shown close

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.3

, W.3.2

, W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

...

Haunted House Writing Lesson

Created by

Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

UPDATED WITH A DIGITAL VERSION! {2020}UPDATED WITH WRITING SAMPLES {2019}This is a fun, engaging, and Halloween-inspired writing project. This download includes a lesson plan, writing booklets, and writing papers. The actual art project directions featured in this picture can be found on my blog.There are several options for this writing plan.You can choose from the Direct Instruction lesson that is paced out in an included PDF, or you can customize your own PowerPoint using the PPT file that is

Subjects:

Halloween, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.3

, W.3.3

, W.4.3

Halloween Opinion Writing - Topic: "Candy Corn"

Created by

Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a Halloween focus question about candy corn. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Is candy corn the ultimate Halloween candy?" Eight carefully-selected facts about candy corn are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience.Printable Version Includes:• Lesson Plan• "Poll Question" to engage students• Fact Cards and Sorting

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.1

, W.5.1

Fractured Fairy Tale Writing- Lesson on Perspective w/organizers, rubric, more

Created by

Keep Calm and Teach

This writing project requires students to use traditional fairy tales as a guide to write a new version of that fairy tale. To do this they will write from the perspective of a character who is different than narrator of the original version. Once all of the stories have been written, there are materials included for students to turn their story into a book or for a class book to be made. It's very comprehensive with several teacher and student tools- organizers, rubric, writing paper, and mo

Subjects:

Activities, Rubrics, Lesson

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.3.4

, W.3.10

, W.4.3

...

Also included in: Creative Writing Set with Rubrics + BONUS resource

Writing Lessons - 10 Mini-Lessons, Writer's Workshop, Prompts (Paper & Digital)

Created by

Brain Waves Instruction

What’s the best way to help your students to become stronger writers? With targeted writing instruction, of course! That’s where this set of 10 writing lessons comes in! These lessons can be easily incorporated into writing workshop, writing units, writing centers, or your everyday writing instruction. Each are designed to be quick and engaging. They can be taught in succession as a single writing unit or you can pick and choose lessons to teach at different points throughout the school yea

Subjects:

Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Workbooks, Lesson

CCSS:

W.4.3

, W.4.4

, W.4.5

, W.4.10

, W.5.3

...

Also included in: Writing Lessons and Units - Building a Writing Curriculum

Halloween Writing: Opinion Writing - Two Focus Questions

Created by

Two full lessons to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with Halloween-related focus questions. Digital and Printable versions included!This product is a bundle of the following two resources:• Opinion Writing for Halloween {Costumes}• Opinion Writing for Halloween {Candy Corn}Click on each product above for previews and details!The focus questions included are: "Store-bought or Homemade: which type of costume is better?" and "Is candy corn the ultimate Halloween candy?" Eight carefull

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.1

, W.5.1

Also included in: Opinion Writing BUNDLE (18 Seasonal/Holiday-Related Resources) Print & Digital

Quotation Marks in Dialogue Digital ELA Google Slides Punctuating Dialogue

Created by

Differentiation Corner

Teach your students to use quotation marks when writing dialogue in creative writing with these no prep Google Classroom activities! Explicit teaching slides and practice slides for writing and punctuating dialogue with commas and quotation marks are all included. This resource provides many different writing activity types to promote the transfer of these writing skills to their own work.Quickly assign in Google Classroom for writer's workshop mini lesson plans, emergency sub plans or literacy

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