$5 - $10 Halloween Activities (by price, low to high)

There's something special about classical music during the Halloween season. It's mysterious, suspenseful, and an exciting way to add music appreciation to any lesson!

Halloween Classical Music Listening Mats are fun and interactive listening activities for students. There are ten different listening mat designs with scenes that students can color.

This Halloween pack features 50+ of the spookiest music selections we could find! You'll find well-loved Halloween classics like "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King."

Listening mats invite students to draw a music-inspired scene, select Halloween-themed keywords, and more! There are no wrong answers, and no musical training is required. Just print and play! Music is available on YouTube or your preferred streaming service.

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of composers from different backgrounds
• observe seasonal/holiday influences within a composition
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within the music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

Halloween Listening Mats Included:

1. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Bach
2. Totentanz, Liszt
3. Mephisto Waltz, Liszt
4. Aquarium, Saint-Saens
5. O Fortuna, Orff
6. Gnomus, Mussorgsky
7. Night on Bald Mountain, Mussorgsky
8. Der Vampyr, Marschner
9. In the Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg
10. The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dukas
11. Dance of the Knights, Prokofiev
12. Danse Macabre, Saint-Saens
13. Beethoven's Silence, Cortazar
14. Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven
15. Piano Quintet in A Minor, Dvorak
16. Lacrimosa, Mozart
17. Scarbo, Ravel
18. Lake in the Moonlight, Tchaikovsky
19. Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods, Saint-Saëns
20. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Williams
21. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, KV. 550, Mozart
22. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, Mendelssohn
23. Scheherazade, Op. 35, Rimsky-Korsakov
24. The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave,) Mendelssohn
25. Coriolan Overture Op. 62, Beethoven
26. Sarabande, Haydn
27. Waltz No. 2, Shostakovich
28. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, Rachmaninoff
29. The Noon Witch, Dvořák
30. String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110, Shostakovich
31. The Magic Flute (Overture,) Mozart
32. Hallowe'en, Ives
33. Kreisleriana, Schumann
34. Mars, The Bringer of War, Rimsky-Korsakov
35. The Dark Forest, Williams
36. Night Creature, Ellington
37. Valse Triste, Sibelius
38. Symphony No. 10, Shostakovich
39. Atmospheres, Ligeti
40. Hedwig's Theme, Williams
41. Symphony No. 3, Shostakovich
42. Fantasia in F Minor, Mozart
43. Passacaglia in C Minor, Bach
44. Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven
45. Nuages Gris, Liszt
46. Cello Sonata No. 1, Brahms
47. Dance of the Goblins, Bazzini
48. Sonata for Two Violins, Ysaye
49. Caprice Op. 1, No. 2, Paganini
50. Symphony No 10, Shostakovich
51. Sonata No. 2 (Funeral March,) Chopin
52. Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz
53. Violin Concerto, Glass
54. Prelude in E Minor, Chopin
55. Cello Concerto, Elgar

Do you know how composers create the haunting sounds of Halloween? Check out our blog post The Hidden Secrets of Spooky Halloween Music to learn more!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

OCTOBER SIGHT WORD GAMES HALLOWEEN is a set of 60 sight word gameboards with an October theme. You'll have 6 gameboards times 5 levels of sight words (PreK, K, 1, 2, 3). 30 games in color and 30 in B&W. Print & Go, just add a die.

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Make learning fun this season with the Candy Corn in Disguise Write the Room Activity! Students will explore and find candy corns in different disguises while building essential reading and writing skills.

Contents:
This Candy Corn in Disguise Write the Room Activity includes:

1. 12 candy corn disguise images to hide around the room, each one featuring a different creative disguise. They can come with the name of image or without.
2. Four recording sheets for students to track their discoveries: two with images for early learners and two with primary lines for more advanced students.
3. Two word wall options: a set of word strips to cut and place in notebooks or around the classroom, and a poster with the images and names of each candy corn disguise for easy reference.
4. Comes in both color and black & white for versatile printing options, all on 8.5x11 inch pages.

How the Product is Used:
Teachers simply print the components they wish to use, cut out the candy corn images to hide around the room, and distribute the recording sheets to students. As students find each candy corn in disguise, they’ll document it on their chosen recording sheet. The word walls provide added vocabulary support, with both strips and posters to suit different classroom needs.

Why You’ll Love This Product:
The Candy Corn in Disguise Write the Room Activity combines movement, creativity, and academic skills in one fun-filled package. It encourages students to be active while reinforcing their letter recognition, reading, and writing skills. The whimsical candy corn disguises will keep students engaged, while the different recording sheet options ensure this activity works for various skill levels.

Features:

• 12 unique candy corn disguise images to hide around the room.
• 4 recording sheets: 2 for early learners (with images) and 2 with primary writing lines.
• Two types of word walls: word strips and a poster for classroom display.
• Available in both color and black & white on 8.5x11 inch pages.
• Easy, low-prep setup for teachers—just print, cut, and hide!

How This Product Can Be Used in the Classroom or Other Educational Settings:

1. Letter and word recognition practice: A fun way to reinforce reading and vocabulary skills while keeping students active.
2. Seasonal or Halloween-themed lessons: Add this activity to your fall or Halloween unit to bring extra excitement to your classroom.
3. Writing center activity: Students can combine this with writing prompts or reflective journals after completing the Write the Room.
4. Fine motor practice: Cutting, gluing, and using the word walls will also help students with fine motor skill development.
5. Early finisher task or literacy center: A perfect independent activity that can be set up in literacy centers or used as an early finisher task.

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Adaptive Books with a Halloween prepositions theme cover a variety of prepositions (in, on, around, behind, beside, above, and under. This set of adapted books includes three books!

Two books require your students to follow the directions to put icons in the correct place. Each book has eight different pictures to place appropriately in the book. As part of the preparation process, you will want to add multiple pieces of velcro to ensure students demonstrate understanding by their specific placement of the icons.

The third book require your students to complete a sentence. Each sentence is simple, such as "A bat is hiding ______ the cabinet". A picture is provided to help the students understand the sentence to choose the correct preposition.

These books, while requiring some prep work, are a versatile resource that you can use year after year. They are a highly motivating activity for students with a variety of skill levels, empowering you to use them for direct instruction, independent practice, student share outs, or with your Classroom Aides.

Looking for a fun Halloween project? This resource contains 4 cross-curricular art lessons inspired by Halloween that are perfect for fall.  These highly engaging projects are designed for Kindergarten - 5th grade students.  They are a great way to do a seasonal Halloween project without ghosts or witches.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 32 pages.  It includes: 

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 projects

• Drawing guide

• Instructions & tips for using glow-in-the-dark materials

• Project & material variations

• Cross-curricular & literacy connections

• Ideas for assessment

• Templates (reproducible)

• National Arts Standards & TEKS (Texas)

With a variety of projects, differentiation for your students is simple.  Assign different projects by class or grade, let students choose a project, or use these projects to inspire students’ creativity.  This lesson produces spectacular artwork for display. 

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Create together a Halloween scene! This collaborative coloring poster is ready for students to work together while noticing the symbols and imagery of this fun holiday! Filled with pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, candy and more! This spooky scene will delight kids!

This art activity is perfect for open house, early finishers, during a unit of study, indoor recess or just to show some cooperation skills. This poster will be a fun and unique addition to your school hallways or classroom!

Also comes with letter sized coloring sheet.

Includes:

• 24 coloring pages to make one large poster
• Size: Approximately 3.5 x 4 ft
• Letter size coloring sheet with the main image for individual completion.

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This Halloween Writing Prompts resource is perfect for the spooky season, these low prep activities let students create unique scary stories that will leave their readers on edge. There is nothing better that says "Happy Halloween" than a few scary stories!

This Resource will empower your students to weave the spookiest of Halloween tales, ensuring that no two stories are ever alike. It provides the perfect blend of structure and choice, allowing students to mold their Halloween narratives into something truly exceptional. With tools like character lists where students can choose their own characters, and story spinners that will give them many choices for characters, plot and setting. Lastly, spooky sentence starters that will take their narratives to the next level!

The resource also includes a Halloween themed story organizer to help your students draft their work before writing. These activities can be used in a writing center, as a whole class task, individual work, pair work or even group work. Hope your students enjoy these Halloween spooky prompts!

This Resource Includes:

A Colored Halloween Themed Story Organizer

3 Colored Halloween Character Lists

3 Colored Halloween Themed Story Spinners

A Colored Spooky Story Starters Sheet For Beginning, Middle, End

A B&W Halloween Themed Story Organizer

3 B&W Halloween Character Lists

3 B&W Halloween Themed Story Spinners

A B&W Spooky Story Starters Sheet For Beginning, Middle, End

8 Colored Halloween Writing Prompts

18 B&W Halloween Writing Prompts

Download the preview to get a closer look at the examples!

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Need an awesome Art Unit? I have just the thing for you! This creative Observational Pumpkin Drawing was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. For this assignment, I placed several plastic pumpkins and gourds at each set of tables for students to look at and draw. Students practiced drawing/coloring pumpkins and gourds in their sketchbooks or on small paper first. Next, students started a Final Copy drawing of one observational pumpkin and one gourd on 11 x 17-inch paper (horizontal). Students used oil pastels and watercolor paint. Plan to do this unit during the fall, between Halloween and Thanksgiving. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

In this product, students will learn the English vocabulary word for the 98 different Halloween vocabulary words presented over 229 pages.

This product can be used with students who are learning English. It can serve as an in class practice, review, or quiz.

Students will initially write each vocabulary word in their native language after learning the English word and being shown a picture. At the end of this section, students will have the opportunity to choose 11 Halloween vocabulary words and make up a sentence using each one. Students will also be provided with short answer questions regarding Halloween vocabulary words that were presented.

In the second section of the product, there is a Halloween vocabulary review that requires students to write the English word and the word in the student's native language based on the picture and sentence provided for each Halloween vocabulary word.

In the third section of the product, there is a Halloween vocabulary review that requires students to make up a sentence for each pronoun vocabulary word learned in their native language.

In the fourth section of this product, students will then be required to write the English Halloween vocabulary word and make up a sentence in English.

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This engaging Halloween escape room activity combines the thrill of gamified learning with important close reading skills. Students start by reading an informative passage, which they will refer back to while completing four unique challenges. Each challenge emphasizes a different close reading skill:

• Vocabulary Matching
• True/False Statements
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Paragraph Identification

As students complete each task, they collect a one-digit number. Once they have all four digits, they solve the final puzzle to complete the escape room!

Designed to keep students excited and focused, this activity encourages critical thinking and close reading practice in a fun, interactive way. This versatile resource is perfect for independent work, group activities, or engaging early finishers, helping reinforce reading comprehension and critical thinking while embracing the spooky holiday theme.

Key Features:

• Gamified tasks to maintain engagement
• Emphasis on core close reading skills
• Great for collaborative or independent learning
• Fun, Halloween-themed to excite students

Make getting your writing station in your literacy centers set up quick and easy with these fun and engaging October writing prompts! This set includes 20 different Halloween writing prompts for students to choose from in their writing center. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions make these writing prompts perfect for independent work and substitute days, too!

Lead your students to discover their writing ability by practicing it independently during center time. Students will love getting to choose which prompt they wish to respond to!

Here's what you'll get:

• 20 different writing prompts
• 3 styles of writing paper
• word bank

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, gather pencils, and you're ready for a fun and engaging writing center!

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AVID Fall & Halloween | October Early Finisher Activity Packet-With WICOR Skills: This engaging resource is great for the month of October! Use for early finishers, sub plans, or even as printable worksheets used in study hall. It combines fun activities with academic enrichment, offering a blend of autumn fun and educational content. Students will enjoy exciting challenges, goal-setting exercises, graphic organizers and a reading passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, and more!

Get this packet and one for every month of the year by purchasing the AVID Early Finisher Bundle HERE! :)

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Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the pack in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub plans in the month of October
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month of October

21+ Pages Included in This Packet:

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• Summary Vs. Reflection Passage & Questions
• Autumn Acrostic Goals
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• Non-Academic Goal Sheet
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• Halloween Costume Mix Up Riddle (possible TRF question)
• SAT Vocabulary Chart
• Halloween Coloring Page with Inspirational Quote
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• Self-Portrait Affirmations
• Halloween Word Scramble

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Get ready to transform your classroom into a "Spook-tacular" learning zone with our Halloween Ghost Bulletin Board Kit! This versatile resource is not just a festive decoration—it's a powerful tool for engaging students in creative writing and figurative language practice. Perfect for grades 3-6, this kit offers a seamless blend of education and Halloween fun.

What's Inside:

• Interactive Bulletin Board: Showcase your students' work with a vibrant, ghost-shaped and spooky season-themed display that captures the spirit of Halloween and brings your classroom to life. The lift-the-flap design adds a fun 3D effect, making it even more exciting for students as they eagerly discover what’s hidden underneath.

• Engaging Writing Activities: Inspire your students to craft their own spooky stories while sharpening their figurative language skills. These activities are designed to ignite creativity and make writing fun.

  • Layered Ghost writing paper is included as 2 page option, 1 page option, labeled figure of speech option, or blank options allowing for free write.

• Ghost-Shaped Figurative Language Task Cards: Whether used for centers, group work, or independent practice, these ghost-shaped, spooky season-themed task cards provide a hands-on way for students to master similes, metaphors, alliteration, and more—all while staying on theme with Halloween. Ghost themed recording sheet and answer key included. Task cards include: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Idiom, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, and Simile.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Creative and Interactive: Elevate your classroom decor while also providing a meaningful, educational experience.
• Lift-the-Flap Fun: The 3D effect of the flaps engages students, adding a layer of curiosity and excitement as they discover what’s underneath.
• Flexible Implementation: Use the writing activities and task cards in literacy centers, as homework, or for fast finisher activities.
• Student Engagement: With a mix of creativity and skill practice, this resource keeps students motivated and learning, even as the Halloween excitement builds.

How to Use:

1. Set Up the Display: Start by arranging the bulletin board with the ghost-shaped cutouts and display student work. Don’t forget to include the lift-the-flap elements for that extra touch of fun!
2. Incorporate Writing Activities: Integrate the writing prompts into your literacy lessons, allowing students to explore figurative language in a spooky context.
3. Practice with Task Cards: Use the ghost-shaped task cards for independent work, group activities, or even as a fun Halloween-themed review session. Print, Cut, Stack, and Staple to create lift the flap ghost task cards.

Bring a touch of Halloween magic to your classroom with this all-in-one bulletin board kit that’s sure to be a hit with your students while reinforcing essential language arts skills!

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This no-prep Haunted Locations Research Activity is designed for middle and high school history students, engaging them in both historical and paranormal investigations. This worksheet encourages critical thinking, research skills, and group discussions as students explore famous haunted sites. It is perfect for Halloween-themed lessons, blending history with folklore. Ideal for teachers looking for an interactive and engaging activity that stimulates curiosity and collaborative learning.

What’s Included:

• Lesson Plan - Individual and/or small groups lesson plan
• Haunted Locations Worksheets (Multiple historical locations included)
• Creative Writing Task: Ghost story or reflective diary entry
• Discussion Prompts: Compare historical facts vs. folklore

The haunted places included:

• The Bell Witch Cave (Tennessee)
• LaLaurie Mansion (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Alcatraz Island (California)
• The Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, California)
• Gettysburg Battlefield (Pennsylvania)
• The Myrtles Plantation (Louisiana)
• Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Kentucky)
• The Queen Mary (California)
• Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• The Stanley Hotel (Colorado)​​​​​.

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Critical analysis of historical and paranormal topics
• Research using valid sources
• Collaborative group discussions and presentations
• Creative writing based on historical settings

How to Use this Activity in Your Classroom:

• Start with an introduction on the historical significance of haunted locations.
• Distribute worksheets for individual research on randomly assigned locations.
• Encourage group sharing of findings, with a focus on historical vs. folklore perspectives.
• Wrap up with a creative writing task related to a haunted site.

Common Core Outcomes:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):

• §113.42 (28F): Use critical-thinking skills to organize and use information from valid sources​.

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with informative text is a perfect way to showcase what your kiddos have learned about this special holiday. This Dia De Los Muertos/ Day of the Dead Writing Activity is shaped like a sugar skull, making it a fun way to spice up your writing project.

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Are you looking for fun Halloween math activities for your preschool, prek, and kindergarten math centers? Your students are going to love these fun Halloween-themed counting, cutting, tracing, number matching the abacus, activities with craft dough, self-correcting clip cards on Google Forms, printable clip cards, and math mazes.

This activity counts Numbers 0-10 with the abacus. Your students will learn one-to-one correspondence with craft dough and the abacus, counting numbers 0-10, comparing numbers, tracing numbers, tracing number words, matching numbers with the abacus, and playing with craft doughs. Perfect for October, Halloween units or lesson plans as a hands-on math activity with the emphasis of the abacus in your preschool, preK, kindergarten, or special education classroom! 

***If you are printing double-sided, I added extra blank pages for the cutting pages.***

Activities include:

• Tracing Lines
• Scissor Skills
• Tracing numbers
• Tracing number words
• Numbers from 0-10 Dough activity and the abacus.
• Learn counting with the 10 frame
• Use craft dough to form the number.
• Numbers from 0-10 Maze: This is an activity with number, number word abacus recognition with space to create your own dough items as part of the maze.
• Trace number, then find the matching abacus
• Color and count activity, read the abacus and color the item to match the abacus number
• More trace the number and then match the number with the abacus-spooky pairs and match the haunting house with the ghost
• Number counting pumpkins
• Clip Card activity with a self-checking Google form
• Counting backwards activity
• Greater than activity
• answer key included

This Christmas 3rd grade math skills review packet includes 25 math worksheets that your fourth grade students need in their math centers to review essential third grade math concepts. This Christmas third grade math review packet covers everything your students need to review 3rd grade skills at the during 4th grade. These math printables are no prep, fun, engaging, and includes answer keys!

Do you think your fourth graders may have forgotten what they learned in 3rd grade?

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This Product Includes:

→ 25 student worksheets

→ 3rd grade math standards

→ Answer Keys

With This Product Your Students Will Review:

► Equal Groups

► Skip Counting

► Word Problems

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Elevate your students' emotional intelligence and equip them with coping skills year-round with this digital resource — add a special layer of fun during Fall and Halloween—with this "Feed the Monster" Google Slides™ activity!

Designed for elementary school counselors, teachers, and educators, this dynamic and interactive digital resource focuses on helping students cultivate critical coping skills and calming strategies.

With its whimsical monster characters, this game-like activity is not only relevant all year but becomes an especially engaging experience around Halloween time.

Students will be captivated as they "feed" the monsters an idea of how to calm down. Students will be so absorbed in this activity they won't even realize we are teaching them social skills, calming strategies, coping skills, and more!

Here's a detailed breakdown of what you'll find in this comprehensive Google Slides™ activity:

• Slide One: Introduction Page
  Start the experience with an inviting intro that sets the tone and outlines the objectives of the activity.

• Slide Two: Mini Social Story/Purpose of Game
  Orient your students with the game's goals through a short, relatable narrative that explains the 'why' behind mastering these essential skills.

• Slides Three & Four: Monster State vs. Calm State
  Utilizing vivid illustrations, these slides show the emotional contrast between feeling overwhelmed ("Monster State") and achieving calmness ("Calm State").

• Slide Five: Calming Strategies
  Discover proven techniques that children can utilize to transition from a 'Monster State' to a 'Calm State.'

• Slide Six: Outline of Activity
  A quick guide to help guide the experience.

• Slide Seven to Forty-Two: Scenario Slides with Student Activities
  Engage with real-world examples and role-play activities, enabling students to practice their newfound calming techniques and coping skills in a secure and enjoyable setting.

• Slide Forty-Three: Credits and Terms of Use Slide
  Acknowledgments and essential details for the appropriate use of this resource.

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If you already own the Feed the Monster printable version of this elementary school counselor game, please note that this digital version features the same enriching scenarios and activities, all optimized for an online learning environment.

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Celebrate Halloween while enhancing your students' language arts skills with our Halloween Fun reading comprehension passage! This 300-word non-fiction text introduces young learners to Halloween traditions like costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky decorations. Designed especially for visual learners, including students in autism and MD units, this resource features symbol-supported text and visual answer choices to aid comprehension and engagement.

With 8 targeted questions that cover who, what, when, where, and how, this passage supports critical thinking and vocabulary development in a festive context. Perfect for holiday-themed lessons or individual practice, Halloween Fun makes learning enjoyable and accessible, ensuring all students can participate and benefit from the activity. Download now to bring a touch of Halloween magic to your classroom while reinforcing essential reading skills and use for years to come!

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Make learning about apples super fun this fall season with this hands-on cross-curricular resource. This “Apple Crunch Day” resource includes materials to help you integrate learning about different types of apples into science, literacy, and math in your primary classroom. Perfect for first and second-grade students with many low-prep printables and engaging activities for student learning.

What's included:

• 22 printable activities available in full-page activity worksheets
• 5 different fall-focused writing activities
• Small group collaborative activities
• STEM-focused learning about apples and oxidation.
• Individual choice worksheets
• Making apple sauce from apples and creating a "how to" story.
• Full-sized vocabulary posters to teach the different parts of an apple.
• Directions for an apple pie treat.
• Student survey their favorite apples and chart the results.
• Unique story passage about the history of Apple Crunch Day with comprehension questions.
• Apple window art project for students.

You will have so much fun with your students while working through this engaging fall activity resource. Expand your students' academic knowledge while learning everything you need to know about apples with smiles and giggles along the way.

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