Two Halloween projects that work across grade level: pom-pom monsters with writing activities and jack-o'-lantern math and writing displays.
This bulletin board works well for many grade levels from kindergarten through upper elementary.
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A sixth grader's completed monster project showing the pom-pom construction and analogy poem.
A second grader's version of the same project — showing how easily the activity adapts across grade levels.
This activity is very versatile — simply change the writing activity to suit your grade level or lesson. For kindergarten, you can ask students to dictate a sentence about Halloween and copy it onto their monster card.
Second grade students were proud of this project where jack-o'-lanterns serve as covers for math work displayed on the bulletin board.
Students worked math problems inside the pumpkin cover. The jack-o'-lantern opens to reveal the assignment.
Students cut construction paper shapes for eyes, noses, and mouths and glue them onto pumpkin shapes to create jack-o'-lantern covers. The covers open to reveal a student assignment inside. Here are some assignment ideas that work well: