2nd grade Halloween rubrics

Balanced Literacy, Halloween, Poetry

Halloween Poetry for Mental Images

Created by

Renee Hardin

Don't be scared of poetry! Have a spooktacular time teaching mental images through fun Halloween poems. Using the poems: "I'm Dressing Up for Halloween" and "There's a Spider on the Ceiling," you can teach children how to create their mental images from sensory words in the poems. Use these poems to introduce, *rhythm, rhyme and repetition in poetry *stanzas and lines Rubrics are provided if you wish to use these as assessments. This is a great activity for the holiday season! Enjoy!!!

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Rubrics, Lesson, Centers

Halloween Music Game for Sol-Mi

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Looking for a fun, engaging way to practice melodic concepts with your students (especially during Fall/ Halloween)? This set includes: *A slideshow with stick notation for sol-mi, including the rhythms ta and ti-ti. You can view the PDF like a slideshow by going to "view," then "full screen." The slideshow comes with a title page with 12 cute Halloween images. Either throw a squishy or koosh ball at your SMART board, or have students tap the picture of their choice, and read that pattern! Each

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Halloween, Visual Arts, Writing

Jack-o-Lanterns For Sale- Halloween Persuasive Opinion Writing

Created by

Turner's Learners

This is a fun Halloween writing activity that is festive, but still teaches Common Core Standards. I have loved doing this with my students at Halloween! First, each student decorates a jack-o-lantern, using the printable pumpkin and colored paper, stickers, glitter, markers, pipe cleaners etc. Then, they write a persuasive opinion piece trying to convince others to “buy” their pumpkin! This allows for a lot of creativity and development of opinion writing skills. Everything you need is in t

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.2.1

Halloween Activities Writing Prompts Grammar Worksheets 2nd 3rd 4th & 5th Grade

Created by

Teaching With A Vision

These engaging Fall or Halloween Activities for 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th grade include 6 Writing Prompts, 3 Halloween Grammar Worksheets that focus on Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives that your students will simple love. These no prep Halloween or Fall Activities are a terrific way to get reluctant writers eager to write as it includes 6 writing prompts with word banks, narrative writing graphic organizers to support struggling writers, narrative writing checklist, a narrative writing rubric, and 3 H

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Grammar, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Rubrics, Centers

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.3.4

, W.3.5

, W.3.6

, W.4.3

...

Halloween Music Game for La

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Looking for a fun, engaging way to practice melodic concepts with your students (especially during Fall/ Halloween)? This set includes: *A slideshow with stick notation for la, including sol, mi, and la, and the rhythms ta, ti-ti, and rest. You can view the PDF like a slideshow by going to "view," then "full screen." The slideshow comes with a title page with 12 cute Halloween images. Either throw a squishy or koosh ball at your SMART board, or have students tap the picture of their choice, and

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Halloween, Visual Arts, Writing

Monster Descriptive Writing Halloween Activity - Visualization

Created by

In Our Teacher Era

The objective of this activity is to enhance students' descriptive writing skills while encouraging their creativity and imagination. By engaging in this activity, students will also practice their reading comprehension, visualization, and interpretation skills.Materials Needed:- Paper and drawing materials for each student- A collection of descriptive vocabulary words (optional)- Examples of descriptive writing (optional)Instructions:1. Introduce the activity by explaining to the students that

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Rubrics

Halloween October Writing Bulletin Board Activity

Created by

Back to the Basics by Danielle

I use this bulletin board in October next to my calendar. I use it as a challenging activity for those students who are always finished with their work early. The printable pieces are meant to be cut out and laminated. I back my cut-outs with construction paper before I laminate them. This gives them extra color and support. Students choose a hook (story starter) and create a rough draft that meets the rubric requirements. I edit it and return it to them for a final copy. Once they make a final

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Rubrics

Book Character Dress Up Assignment and Presentation

Created by

Show and Tell with Ms Brownell

You can use this assignment on Halloween, Dr. Seuss Day, or on any other day so that students can demonstrate their comprehension, speaking, and listening skills. With this resource students will create a costume based on a book character they love. In costume, students will give an oral presentation describing their character and the character's story. Guidelines for the presentation as well as a rubric are included in this resource.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Literature

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Rubrics

FRENCH Create a Monster Halloween Reading & Writing Assessment

Created by

Miss Hunt's Classroom

This assignment typically takes about a week to complete (completing rough draft, instructor correcting rough draft, completing good copy, practicing reading description and presentations).This is a great activity for a writing and reading assessment!Includes:Vocabulary words to describe your monsterRough draft pageGood copy pageExample page so students know what is asked of them. I have my students complete the rough draft designing and describing their monster, I correct their rough draft and

Subjects:

French, Halloween, World Language

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Rubrics

Halloween Music Game for Do

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Looking for a fun, engaging way to practice melodic concepts with your students (especially during Fall/ Halloween)? This set includes: *A slideshow with stick notation for do, including sol, mi, la, and do, and the rhythms ta, ti-ti, and rest. You can view the PDF like a slideshow by going to "view," then "full screen." The slideshow comes with a title page with 12 cute Halloween images. Either throw a squishy or koosh ball at your SMART board, or have students tap the picture of their choice,

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Halloween Persuasive Letter Writing

Created by

Learn for the Long Haul

Looking for a great way to motivate your reluctant writers this Halloween? Turn your class into pumpkins and watch them write, as they try to convince you not to pick them for your jack-o-lantern this Halloween! Includes: * Planning templates * Writing frames * Complete writing rubric * Printable mini Halloween dictionary This unit will keep your students engaged and happily writing for days! Learn for the Long Haul Check out more spooky resources by Learn for the Long Haul: Coraline Cha

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Rubrics

Halloween Writing Activities w/ Organizers and Rubrics

Created by

Everyday Learning

Have no fear, we've just made your October writing lessons a little bit easier with two Halloween-themed writing activities. In this packet, students will have a chance to practice writing directions (a great lesson for reluctant writers), as well as creating dialogue for a ghost story.Each creative writing activity includes:Instructional tips to help your students succeed with the assignmentWell developed writing prompt to get the creative juices flowingGuiding questions to help students with t

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Rubrics, Lesson

Halloween Music Game for Re

Created by

Looking for a fun, engaging way to practice melodic concepts with your students (especially during Fall/ Halloween)? This set includes: *A slideshow with stick notation for re, including the solfa sol, la, mi, re, and do, and the rhythms ta, ti-ti, and rest. You can view the PDF like a slideshow by going to "view," then "full screen." The slideshow comes with a title page with 12 cute Halloween images. Either throw a squishy or koosh ball at your SMART board, or have students tap the picture of

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

For All Subject Areas, Halloween, Science

Simple Machines Project: How to Catch a Goblin

Created by

SKooL Gals

Goblins like to sneak around, make messes, and play tricks on people. For this project, students are going to use their knowledge of SIMPLE MACHINES to design and build a goblin trap. PACKET INCLUDES (docx): • COVER PAGE • PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS • SCORING GUIDE • TRAP FACT SHEET • PARENT SIGNATURE PAGE COMMON CORE STANDARDS ADDRESSED: •Identify the simple machines in common tools and household items •Compare the measures of effort force (measured using a spring scale to the nearest Newton)

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Rubrics

Halloween Workbook

Created by

Michelle Moniz

This Halloween workbook has students using their imaginations to create their own spooky monster. The students learn to write 3-4 sentences describing their monsters then bring them to life with their visual arts project. This workbook is equipped with all connected Ontario curriculum expectations, a self assessment for their rough draft, a checklist to mark their rough drafts, a rubric for their final copies, and a rubric for their final art project. All of the primary teachers used this workbo

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Visual Arts

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Rubrics, Lesson

Informational Writing - All About Pumpkins

Created by

Jenny Carroll

*I would love it if you would rate this product after downloading! I appreciate the feedback so much!* This product includes differentiated graphic organizers, writing paper, and a writing checklist covering the informational topic of pumpkins. In my classroom, we show that you can gather facts through experience by showing a real pumpkin in class so students can observe various parts of it. This template may also be used with informational books or videos about pumpkins. The graphic organize

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2

Halloween Music Game for Tika-Tika: Ghost Rhythm Reading Patterns

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Looking for a fun, engaging way to practice rhythmic concepts with your students (especially during Fall/ Halloween)? This set includes:*A slideshow for tika-tika, including eighth notes, quarter notes, quarter rest, and sixteenth notes. You can view the PDF like a slideshow by going to "view," then "full screen." The slideshow comes with a title page with 22 cute ghosts. Either throw a squishy or koosh ball at your SMART board, or have students tap the ghost of their choice, and read that patte

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Graphic Arts, Halloween, Writing

A Pumpkin Persuasive- Halloween Writing/Art Activity

Created by

Styles Files

Do you find it difficult to stray away from the standards and rigor of our daily lessons to squeeze in some holiday fun? This is a great way to incorporate Halloween, art and some persuasive letter writing all into one activity that your students will LOVE! Although I use the Pumpkin Persuasive writing for my 5th grade students, it could easily be adjusted for the younger grades as well. This is a PDF download and includes samples, templates, directions, and a rubric for grading.

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.2.3

, W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

Thanksgiving Rhythm Patterns {Quarter Rest}

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Looking for a fun, engaging way to practice rhythmic concepts with your students for Thanksgiving, during the month of November? This set includes:A slideshow for quarter rest/ ta rest: Either throw a squishy or koosh ball at your interactive white board, or have students tap the owl of their choice, and read that pattern! Each owl will bring up a different slide. Comes in standard and stick notation, in PowerPoint and Google Slides.A reading assessment with directions: This can be done in cent

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types: