Lesson Plan

Halloween Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Read Irving, run a candy chromatography lab and argue the case for Halloween in school.

This is the Bigs Edition of Halloween: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What do old harvest fires, masks and candy reveal about how people think and behave?

The Week

• Mon: Sleepy Hollow and Samhain (Reading) • Tue: Masks, Candy and Arguments (Writing & Words) • Wed: Candy Chromatography Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Haunted House Shadow Box (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Present and Defend (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Halloween has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Candy Chromatography
• Sequence cards (The Pumpkin Life Cycle) and a cut-and-sort page (Physical or Chemical Change?)
• Writing page: Should Schools Celebrate Halloween?
• Hands-on project: Haunted House Shadow Box
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 3 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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