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Halloween | Poetry | Witch’s Spell Collaborative Poem | TEKS
🧙♀️ Halloween | Poetry | Witch’s Spell Collaborative PoemStudents collaborate to write and perform a spooky witch’s spell poem. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment (5–12)Learning Intention: I am learning how to collaborate with others to write a witch’s spell poem using imagery, repetition, and performance.Success Criteria: I can contribute lines with imagery. I can collaborate respectfully. I can perform with dramatic rhythm.Collaborative charts and group stanzas.YouTube
K - 12th
Poetry, Reading, Writing
Halloween | Social Studies | The Black Death Fear and Change | TEKS | K-12
📘 Halloween | Social Studies | The Black Death Disease Fear and Social ChangeStudents investigate the Black Death and connect its civic and cultural impacts to modern public health. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment (Grades 4–12).Learning Intention: I am learning how the Black Death reshaped society and civic life.Success Criteria: I can describe spread, analyze civic responses, and connect to modern parallels.DBQs, charts, role-plays, rubrics, and campaigns.🎃 Classroom
K - 12th
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
Reading Skills Create Global Christmas Village Project based Inquiry: Grade 1-3
Bring research skills into practice for your lower grades with this highly-engaging, concept based activity that is perfect for any IB PYP or inquiry-based classroom. You have EVERYTHING (map, images, text, graphic organisers) you need in this complete research based inquiry project to explicitly teach the fundamental research skills and enable student agency as the children are learning collaboratively. It ends with a fun, eye-catching display of traditional global Christmas characters t
K - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading, Reading Strategies
Picket Sign Protest Project | Any Subject | Student Voice | K 12
Picket Sign Protest Project | Any Subject | Student Voice | K 12Product Description Bring student voice to life with a simple hands on classroom project that works in any subject and at any grade level. Students identify issues they believe should change, plan clear picket sign slogans, explain their thinking in writing, and participate in a respectful gallery walk to practice communication and feedback. This resource is designed to be low prep and flexible so teachers can choose to have student
K - 12th
For All Subjects
Halloween | Social Studies | The Pumpkin Census Project Counting Communities
📘 Halloween | Social Studies | The Pumpkin Census Project Counting CommunitiesStudents simulate the U.S. Census by counting pumpkins to model representation and fairness. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment (Grades 3–12).Learning Intention: I am learning how the Census collects data and why it matters.Success Criteria: I can describe, explain impact, and complete a pumpkin census.Census charts, role-plays, debates, and rubrics.🎃 Classroom Use: Ideal for civics, government,
K - 12th
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
Halloween | Science | Haunted Ecosystem Project | TEKS | K-12
🌲 Halloween | Science | Haunted Ecosystem ProjectStudents design haunted forest food webs with producers, consumers, predators, and decomposers. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment 5–12.Learning Intention: I am learning how organisms interact in ecosystems.Success Criteria: I can build food webs, predict imbalance effects, and connect to civic responsibility.Worksheets, haunted species trading cards, debate prompts.YouTube: ecosystem + food chain videos.🎃 Classroom Use: Id
K - 12th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Other (Science)
Also included in: Halloween Science Bundle | 10 Spooky STEM Investigations for K-12 | TEKS
Halloween | Math | Pumpkin Weigh-In Measurement Project | TEKS
🎃 Halloween | Math | Pumpkin Weigh-In Measurement ProjectStudents measure, compare, and convert pumpkin weights while solving real-world word problems. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment for measurement & unit conversionsLearning Intention & Success CriteriaWeigh-in tables, worksheets, and conversion chartsYouTube pumpkin weighing + contest videos✨ Classroom Use: Great for applied math projects. 🎃 Student Benefits: Builds measurement fluency, proportional reasoning, and accuracy.
K - 12th
Algebra, Numbers, Other (Math)
Halloween | Social Studies | Spooky Historical Newspaper Project | TEKS | K-12
📘 Halloween | Social Studies | The Spooky Historical Newspaper ProjectStudents create spooky newspaper editions of historical events, analyzing media’s role in civic life. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment (Grades 4–12).Learning Intention: I am learning how newspapers retell history and shape civic responsibility.Success Criteria: I can create articles, identify media influence, and analyze sources.Templates, debates, DBQs, and rubrics.🎃 Classroom Use: Perfect for media
K - 12th
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
Labor Day Timeline Project | Exploring Workers’ Rights and History | For K-12
Description: Honor Labor Day with a hands-on timeline project that helps students trace the history of labor movements, reforms, and worker contributions. This activity blends chronological reasoning with civic reflection. Elementary: Place simplified event cards in order (e.g., 1882 Labor Day Parade, 1894 Congress establishes the holiday).Middle: Build detailed timelines with events like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Fair Labor Standards Act.High School:
K - 12th
U.S. History, World History
Halloween | ELA | Haunted Library Research Project | TEKS
📚 Halloween ELA— Haunted Library Research ProjectStudents research banned books and reframe them as “cursed tomes” in a haunted library exhibit. ✅ Includes: TEKS alignment for research + expository writingLearning Intention & Success CriteriaHaunted Library organizer + book fact sheetsYouTube spooky library ambience✨ Classroom Use: Perfect for research writing, censorship discussions, or library displays. 🎃 Student Benefits: Connects literacy to civic life and freedom of e
K - 12th
Other (ELA), Reading, Writing
Also included in: Halloween ELA Bundle | 10 Spooky Literacy Activities for K-12 | TEKS
Patriot Day Oral History Project | Honoring 9/11 Through Stories | For K-12
Description: Give students a powerful way to engage with Patriot Day (September 11) through an oral history project that develops empathy, listening, and historical understanding. Students analyze or create oral histories to connect with lived experiences. Elementary: Listen to age-appropriate oral history clips and draw/write responses about helpers.Middle: Analyze short transcripts from survivors or first responders with the Oral History Chart (speaker, details, emotions,
K - 12th
U.S. History, World History
Women's History Month Research Project
Looking for an extension project for Women's History Month? This product includes a list of women, from the past and the present, along with a graphic organizer for students to put their findings. This presentation is perfect to upload to your Google Classroom for online completion, or you can print it out for students to complete by hand. Do you have SeeSaw or use PicCollage? Upload this resource as a PDF for students to complete on iPads!
2nd - 6th
English Language Arts
2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Newspaper Project
Students work in groups to create a newspaper about the 2018 Winter Olympics. Topic ideas and student expectations are provided.
3rd - 8th
Writing, Writing-Expository
PBL Project Based Learning - genius hour DIGITAL google GATE / GT
Why GENIUS HOUR ? For K–12 schools, a large emphasis has been put on using technology to teach students future-ready skills. But some experts indicate that allowing students to explore their own interests with technology is key to fostering other important skills. That’s where “genius hour” comes in. Using this teaching practice, teachers set aside time for students to learn about whatever interests them. By adopting this self-guided learning practice, teachers find they can encourage active
3rd - 11th
For All Subjects
Thanksgiving Turkey Shape Craft
Thanksgiving Checkered Turkey Craft is a unique project for students to create during the month of November with the Thanksgiving Holiday approaching. The feather shape is one large rectangle with many squares that students color, in with a unique pattern with crayons. They also color the triangles and proceed to cut them out and glue them in a specifec pattern as well. When finished with this first step, students cut out the construction paper turkey patterns and put turkey togethter with
K - 4th
Pumpkin Catapults: Investigating energy and forces of motion
Pumpkin catapults is an awesome hands-on engineering project that can be used before, during, or after Halloween. Students will learn about simple machines, specifically levers as they explore, design, and test their pumpkin catapult. Students will also be given opportunities to modify their design and test for both distance and accuracy. During this investigation students will learn about Newton's 1st Law of Motion and the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. Many math connections
2nd - 8th
Measurement, Physical Science
Family Tree Rubric (Generic)
Here is a great rubric for a Family Tree Project. It is easy for both the teacher and student to understand. Once you have passed this out to each student have them staple it to their project when they turn it in. Makes grading easy-peasy!
A second page is included for working on their draft sentences. A great way to work together as a class and prepare. Some students may need the extra structure as a requirement while other students may be encouraged to venture "Above and Beyond" these sentenc
3rd - 12th
World Languages
Apple Jack O'Lantern Stamp Painting for Halloween
Apples make great pumpkin shapes for some Halloween art fun!
This is an easy stamp painting project for ages 2.5 and up. Students will learn to carve their own jack o'lantern faces with safe tools (popsicle sticks), stamp, and use the paint brush. This is a great project for Halloween parties, art classes and fun at home!
Thank you! Michelle Yother
PreK - 3rd
Visual Arts
Thankful Hands
This is a Thanksgiving themed art lesson which can be used in a general art class, regular ed classroom or gifted class. Students are guided through a complete project which is simple yet produces a work they will be proud of.
3rd - 6th
Visual Arts
Also included in: 6 complete no prep art lessons for General Art Class
Leprechaun Trap STEM St Patrick’s Day Science - Trap a Leprechaun STEM Activity
Bring St Patrick’s Day science to life with this engaging leprechaun trap STEM activity, designed to pair perfectly with How to Catch a Leprechaun. In this hands-on leprechaun trap project, kids use creativity, problem solving, and engineering skills to design and build a trap capable of catching a tricky leprechaun. With the added structure of a Leprechaun Lore List and clear design constraints, this activity goes beyond a simple craft and becomes a meaningful St Patrick’s Day STEM challe
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Other (Math), Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Santa's Sleigh S.T.E.A.M Challenge - Christmas - Winter - Summer
Get into the Christmas spirit with this fun & engaging STEAM activity. Students work collaboratively to plan, design and construct a festive sleigh for Santa and his reindeers! This hands on project integrates science, technology, engineering, art, and math as students explore principles such as aerodynamics, stability, and creative design. Throughout the challenge, students conduct research, sketch plans, and make use of the provided materials to bring their sleigh designs to life.
K - 5th
Science
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
Also included in: Christmas STEAM Activities Bundle - Winter - Christmas - December
Thanksgiving Science & STEM Fall Activity - Pilgrims & Native Americans Shelters
Fall Activities – Thanksgiving Science & STEM Shelter Challenge with Pilgrims & Native Americans - Wampanoag. Keep kids learning and creating with this hands-on Thanksgiving science and November STEM activity shelter challenge! Perfect for your fall activities lineup, this project blends engineering, history, and teamwork as kids design and build shelters to protect Pilgrims and Wampanoag people from harsh November weather. The Thanksgiving STEM Challenge:Working individually or in groups, kids
2nd - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Back to School After Winter Break Activity - Fun Winter STEM Challenge Activity
Re-engage students after winter break or fill the week before Christmas break with meaningful learning! This Winter STEM activity is the perfect mix of creativity, engineering, and geometry practice, ideal for back from winter break, January STEM projects, or even a day before winter break activity. ❄️ Frosted Forest STEM Challenge OverviewIn this challenge, students design and build the iciest tree in the frosted forest by constructing branches and attaching triangular icicles. It’s a f
2nd - 8th
Engineering, Geometry, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Halloween | Banned Books | Complete Lesson Bundle | TEKS | K-12
🏷️ Title Halloween | Banned Books | Complete Lesson Bundle | TEKS | K-12 📘 Bundle Description 📖 Overview This Halloween Banned Books Bundle includes all 5 engaging lessons: Ghost Reports — Haunted Book Reports Cursed Library — Haunted Gallery Walk Witch Trials of the Page — Debate on Banning Skeletons on the Shelf — Haunted Timeline Project Poltergeist Pages — Creative Haunted Writing Together, they provide a multi-faceted exploration of censorship in Texas and beyond, wrapped in
K - 12th
Balanced Literacy, For All Subjects, Library Skills
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