Halloween Blog Hop

Welcome friends to the 1st Annual 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades Halloween Blog Hop! We have some super SPOOK-tacular TREATS just for you!

If you just knocked on Amber's "door" from her blog, Third Grade is Fun, then I hope you are pleasantly surprised to see me behind the "door".

I know you're here to collect some treats, and I hope you are excited about what I have for you today!

Keep reading so you can "knock" on the next door to find out who you will be visiting as you Trick-or-Treat on this blog hop!

First, I am excited to share with you my Halloween Fluency cards for FREE! Kids love them and they are a fun and different way to practice fluency and comprehension skills.

There are 4 sets of cards, and each set includes 4 steps to practicing fluency. Each set is intended for one week during the month. 

To find out how to use these task cards in your classroom, watch my quick YouTube video about these by clicking {HERE}!

To snag up these *Halloween Blog Hoppers* exclusive freebie, click on the Trick-or-Treat bag below! {P.S. - Keep reading IF YOU DARE for even more goodies and PRIZES for you!}

Next, I want to share with you my *favorite* Halloween activity to do with my kiddos! I've done this since my first year of teaching and my kids have loved it each time! It's great way to bring in Playdoh (...because who doesn't love Playdoh?!) in the upper grades as well as applying the skill of identifying character traits of a main character in a story.

I present to you, my gorgeous goblins and sweet spooks, Character Trait Tomb Stones. 

In 4th and 5th grade, I used an abridged version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow that I found free online years ago. We read the abridged version over the course of 2-3 days. We used lots of close reading skills to identify character traits, as well reviewing the skill of making inferences and identifying the parts of a plot. 

{Some abridged versions of this story you may want to check out are HERE and HERE. Here is the Disney video free HERE.}

Of course, you could use any spooky book when doing this activity! It's so versatile! 

After finishing the story and a few other activities focused on character traits and such, the students were given a little container of Playdoh. 

I used this pack from my TpT store after finishing the story with the students. This pack reviews character traits, plot, what an epitaph is, and how it is determined for each person. The pack includes reproducibles, directions, and a Powerpoint. The kids always had a great time reading this story and completing these activities. For more information about this companion pack, click {HERE}.

Finally, I have a chance for you to win the ultimate Teacher Treat bag!

Want a chance to win more TREATS, OOZING with Halloween fun?!

Check out the TREATS (no tricks here) that are EERILY EXCITING in this giveaway!

This CAULDRON of TREATS features fabulous TpT products for grades 3rd-5th, as well as a TEACHER TREAT BAG that is to DIE for!

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Knock on the door to see who you will be Trick-or-Treating with next! Get your treat bag ready, I have a feeling you’ll need it again!

{Click on the door image below.}

{Happy Haunting from Door to Door on our Halloween Blog Hop! Be sure to keep looping to collect each treat for your goodie bag!}

Show and Tell Tuesday Linky, Freebie & Last Day of Vacay!

Hi my sweet friends!

As I sit here on my hiney at 10:02 a.m. drinking my second cup of coffee in my pj's, I am soaking in every second of my last day of Christmas break. *SOAK....SOAK....SOAK* Lurve it!

Ok, with that being said, I've decided to join a linky party that my friend Denise from Sunny Days in Second Grade is hosting! Such a cute idea of Show and Tell! I mean, really, the last time I've had an "official" Show-and-Tell was way back in kindergarten when I was a "Red Crayon" which meant I had show and tell on Mondays with Scott Carter. Oh yeah. THOSE were the days! Now...on to the goodies {and in teacher world, that means FREEBIES}! :)

 So the FIRST cute little New Year's goodie to share is a *FREEBIE* from my cute little friend Kate from Second Grade Sparkle! Check this little muffin out! I can't WAIT to do this with my little friends tomorrow! {Oh...tomorrow....that's soon! GOOD THING all my babies are oober precious and I kinda can't WAIT to see their little squishy faces!}

iRing in the New Year! How creative and super fun! I LOVE IT! Thanks, Kate! Make sure to leave her some luhve if you download! Just click on this picture to go back to her site!

The second Show and Tell item I have to share is my New Year's Resolution ELA Mini Unit! I am using elements of this pack tomorrow and Friday to get the kid's moovin' and groovin' after their little brains have been on major sugar rush-shut down learning mode! 

Here is the writing craftivity we are doing tomorrow so we can post our "Hopes and Dreams" for the New Year! The template with two party hat writing prompts is included in my pack!

Click {HERE} to access a freebie worksheet from this file that is fun and interactive for the kiddos! It's a main idea & summary sheet! This is what is looks like...

Well, that was fun! I showed and I told! YIPPEE!! Thanks, Denise! :) 

Stop by again soon! Loves and kisses!

Until then,