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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students carve pumpkins, draw pictures and label layers of a seed, and write steps needed to carve pumpkin.
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The 13 Days of Halloween

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice counting from one to thirteen. They create a Halloween counting webpage.
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Hatchet

For Teachers 6th Standards
Accompany a novel study of Hatchet by Gary Paulson with a unit consisting of 16 lessons focused on physical and emotional survival. Reading the story along with a variety of informational texts, scholars compare and contrast reading...
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HALLOWEEN - HOLIDAY FINE ARTS ACTIVITIES

For Teachers All
The pupils will demonstrate their understanding of crescendo; to achieve dramatic effect in singing the Halloween Song (basic technique used to provide mood in Music).
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Earth Day

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students complete a variety of Earth Day activities. In this recycling and the environment lesson, students listen to Earth friendly music, create a car out of juice boxes, use soda cans and bottle caps to create a Halloween picture, use...
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Mexican Holidays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars celebrate Mexican holidays. In this global studies lesson, students collaborate to research the Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo. Young scholars present their findings about the holidays and host classroom celebrations.
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Mother's Day Craft

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a flower pot for their mom on mother's day. They use pictures found in magazines to create a collage on the flower pot. They are to follow instructions to complete this lesson.
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Pop Up Card

For Teachers K - 8th
Students design and create pop-up greeting cards for a special occasion in this art lesson for Kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. The lesson includes resource links for pop-up "arm" ideas and can be accomplished in one day.
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Pumpkin Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, as trick or treaters. move around the gym performing various locomotor movements. The witch moves on a broomstick. If the witch tags a trick or treater they turn into a ghost and must stay where they are and move like a ghost.
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Haunted House

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students partake in a fun and active Halloween activity.
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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners engage in a variety of pumpkin activities. This lesson is especially rich for ESL students, who probably have little experience with this holiday and custom.
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Painting in Pink and Red

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars mix red and white to make different hues. In this color mixing lesson plan, students make a Valentine's Day project with a variety of shades of red and pink. They find the ratio of red and white and the color it creates. 
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Masking: Honoring Animals, Ancestors, and Gods

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners analyze the role of masks in African culture. In this African masks lesson, students read about the importance and meaning of imagery of African masks. Learners observe animals in local ecosystems and create a mask combining the...
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M&M Math

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research number values by participating in a candy exercise. In this math function lesson, students utilize baking ingredients to create cookies and multiply how many M&M's will go into the batch if you want a certain amount...
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Cow Parade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create individual works of art using cow cut-outs as their canvas in this hilarious instructional activity ideal for the High School Art or Art History classroom. The instructional activity includes resource links and can...
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When is a Block, not a Block?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. In this stamped art lesson plan, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.
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Clowning Around: Drawing

For Teachers K - 1st
Kids create a clown out of shapes. They work to show emotions while practicing their drawing skills. Pupils use circles, triangles, squares, oil pastels, and their imagination to draw, color, and decorate a sad or happy clown. Tip: Have...
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EarTwiggle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this counting leaves worksheet, students assist EarTwiggle in counting all the leaves found within a piece of art and then place their answer in the box provided at the lower right hand corner.
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Winter Crayon Resists

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In need of a quick art project to chase away those winter blues? In just six steps you'll know how to instruct learners on creating winter scenes using crayon resist. 
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Patterned Leaf Cloths

For Teachers K
Students identify and reproduce simple patterns (e.g., red blocks alternating with blue blocks; clap-clap-stamp) and create and extend simple patterns using a variety of materials or actions (e.g., popsicle sticks, pebbles, stickers,...
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FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the rhythm instruments as part of a rhythm band to accompany the well-known poem, "Five Little Pumpkins." They study instrument names, playing techniques, and playing at the appropriate time. They study how to...
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A Monster's World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Marathon Trick or Treating

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use fitness skills to solve basic math problems.
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Haunted House Challenge Fitness Stations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students rotate through ten physical fitness stations. They perform various stretching and strengthening activities for three minutes at a time.