October is one of my favorite times of year- First because of all things pumpkin spice, second because there are so many fun things to do with students during this month! From Columbus Day, to fire safety, to nocturnal animals and of course Halloween- There are so many fun units and topics to explore!
Here are a few of my October favorites!
October Writing Journal Prompts
Pumpkin Literacy and Science Activities!
Spider Literacy. Math & Science Unit
My students love to learn about spiders! We spend a whole week learning and reading about spiders! The math connections and literacy extension activities help us tie everything together into a week they’re really engaged in!
Bat Literacy Activities
What’s more perfect to complement the week of Halloween but learning about bats! In addition to some of my favorite stories (Stellaluna and Night Song) there is so much to learn about bats!
This resource includes an emergent reader about bats, sentence scrambles, writing pages and graphic organizers, and vocabulary word wall cards. There is also directions to a really fun bat mobile project for students to share what they’ve learned about bats!
October Word Problem Practice
This is an awesome spiraled math word problem journal designed to meet first grade standards.
October Sight Word Practice
This set of color by code and sight word games is a great addition to literacy centers and helps build sight word fluency.
Pumpkins Life Cycle and Research
From cut and paste life cycle activities to vocabulary to supporting materials for hands on exploration, this pumpkin resource is sure to be an October hit.
How to Carve a Pumpkin
This sequencing and procedural writing resource is perfect, especially if you’re working on how to writing!
