Halloween Punch-A-Bunch!

Today, we had a wonderful time celebrating Halloween! I love all the Halloween freebies going around, including the WONDERFUL October Fun Facts by Denise at SUNNY DAYS. I was thinking about how to use these fun facts with my class. Somehow I got to thinking about Price Is Right and my favorite game was Punch-a-Bunch, where they punch a board and get the money that is inside. So I made my own punch-a-bunch board for my kiddos. Each student got to punch one, and inside they found candy and also a fun fact that we read to the class and discussed. It was so much fun!

To make the Punch board, I used styrofoam bowls, 2 layers of tissue paper, and tape. I taped the bowls to a science display board. It worked perfectly.

***However, if I were to do this again....I'd use the thicker Chinet brand bowls, they could be reused that way. You could of course use this idea for a review game for a test in any content area or skill. 

The board before the punches.

The students picked a punch....

Grabbed the goodies....

and read the fun fact to the class.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

October Readers' Theater

I love to have every student in my class participate in a readers' theater during the month of October. We practice a lot, have fun putting props together, and then we invite the parents in for a fun little show.

Each one of these scripts has 10 parts --- perfect to split your class in half. Depending on how many kids I have each year, I may assign the narrator parts differently.

They are challenging enough for your higher students, and there are parts for your beginning readers too. 

The first one I'm offering is Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman. This is a cute tale about a witch who can't get her pumpkin off of the vine and the friends that help her.

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This story is always a favorite! The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams is a fun story about a lady who is walking home and runs into a pair of shoes, a shirt, a pair of pants...and a HUGE PUMPKIN HEAD! The ending may surprise you!

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Have a great week, everyone!!