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No part of this packet other than the specified blackline masters may be reproduced mechanically, electronically, photocopying or any other means without prior written consent, except in the case of book/web reviews. The specified blackline masters may only be reproduced for the user’s individual classroom use and may not be used for school-wide or district distribution or sale without prior written permission from ABC Schoolhouse. Additional information and publications are available online through the ABC Schoolhouse website. ABC Schoolhouse P.O. Box 746 Ramona, CA 92065 Website: www.abcschoolhouse.com www.abcschoolhouse.com Tracy Jarboe and Stefani Sadler are both Kindergarten teachers with over 25 years combined experience working with children. They are also authors, illustrators and national presenters dedicated to serving educational colleagues, parents and children. ©abcschoolhouse.com Pumpkin Art & Sentence Building Make a copy of the pumpkin and sentence for each student. Have the students’ color or sponge paint the pumpkin. When they have finished, they can cut out the word blocks and arrange them to build the sentence – A pumpkin is orange and round. After you have checked to ensure that they have built the sentence correctly, the students can glue the sentence on or below their pumpkin. Student Made Book – “Bats” Copy and quarter fold a book for each student. Have the students read the book to you. Be sure that the students touch tap each word as they read. Then have the student’s color each page and print their name on the cover. Class Book – Costume Parade Have each student write their name and what they will be for Halloween on the page. Put the pages together to make a class book. ie. Mark will be a fireman for Halloween. ©abcschoolhouse.com ©abcschoolhouse.com ©abcschoolhouse.com Directed Drawing Direct the students in drawing the different jack-o-lantern faces on their pumpkin. There are six faces: happy, angry, sad, frightened, sleepy, and silly. Numeral Order Have each child trace the numbers on the pumpkin and then glue them in order on a sentence strip. The skill concept is ordering by 2’s - even numbers. Halloween Graph Cut out the autunm pictures and place them in a Halloween bowl or plastic pumpkin. Give each child a graph. Have them put their name and date on the side. Then look for a quiet child to reach into the bowl and pull out a picture. Have the student’s color one square above that picture on their graphs. Continue until all pictures have been pulled from the bowl and graphed. Then count the number of colored squares in each column and write that number above the column. Put a circle around the number above the column that has the least and a square around the number above the column that has the most. Ex. Cindy has pulled an apple out of the bag. Everyone take out your red crayon and color a square above the apple. Scott has pulled an acorn out of the bag. Everyone take out your brown crayon and color a square above the acorn. Continue on in this manner asking which column has the most, least or equal amounts as you go. ©abcschoolhouse.com ©abcschoolhouse.com ©abcschoolhouse.com ©abcschoolhouse.com ©abcschoolhouse.com October— October—Science Pumpkins Save the pumpkin seeds from your class pumpkin and allow each child to plant a few in a milk carton. They will sprout quickly. You can transplant them into clay pots that the children have painted at the art center. These plants grow and change almost daily. They are fascinating to watch. Display 4 or 5 different types/sizes/colors of pumpkins at your science center. As a class compare, contrast, and describe their differences and similarities both inside and out! Write about your discoveries. Okay... How much are you willing to suffer in the name of science? Try letting a pumpkin rot in your room! It is very cool to watch. Do not move or disturb it in any way and use a baster to remove juices. You will have to suffer through about two weeks of stink, but you will have created a memory and a wonderful learning opportunity. Pumpkin Bagels Mix orange food coloring into cream cheese until it makes pumpkin orange. Have each child spread some of the cream cheese mixture onto a bagel half. Decorate the pumpkin with raisin eyes, nose and mouth. Enjoy! Try using mini-bagels to make more pumpkins. ©abcschoolhouse.com October Recipe Have the children make a sandwich using two slices of white bread and a filling of your choice – peanut butter & jelly, cheese, turkey, or whatever you like. Then have the children place a ghost shaped cookie cutter on the bread and push down, tear away the crust and surprise, they have a ghost shaped sandwich. I like to use Wilton’s Comfort Grip Ghost Cutter. They are far superior in quality and can be purchased at Michael’s, Walmart and most cake decorating supply stores. Use the crusts to feed the birds with! October Art Paint each child’s foot using white tempera paint. Have the child carefully step onto a piece of black construction paper. Let the footprint dry. Once the paint had dried, use a black marker to add a ghost face. The heel of the foot is the head and the toes of the foot are the bottom of the ghost. Place this poem on the paper above, below or next to each footprint ghost. ©abcschoolhouse.com Book Recommendations Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Big Pumpkin Cassette Tape Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! ©abcschoolhouse.com Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! Buy It Now! It’s As Easy As A-B-C Buy It Now! ©abcschoolhouse.com