Halloween festivities are always great fun for children and an effective way to teach related vocabulary. This year we watched short informative videos on YouTube https://youtu.be/L_eAKG1paUk about the origin of Halloween and explained customs and traditions. But it didn’t stop there!
The following site gave me the idea of constructing a catapulting trick or treat basket and make a funny activity for my students. https://www.weareteachers.com/halloween-classroom-games-activities-crafts/
My educational scenario was the following: if you want to take a candy out of the box you need to throw a skull or a spider into the trick or treat basket using the catapult!
As a witch I got guided by a tricky spirit who got in my way all the time preparing my basket. Τhis functioned as a role play between the witch (me) and the spirit who wished to make the skill test more difficult! So as I was filling my trick or treat basket with candies, it prompted me to put spiders and skulls in the basket to discourage students to get the candies. This was actually a dialogue between me and myself as I was playing both roles by changing my voice but it made students laugh and cheer so it created a nice interactive atmosphere for the task. Progressively, all students tried their powers and managed to get their candies. They had three shots to achieve the goal and they were cheered on by their fellow students.
Needless to say that Halloween festivities lasted for three days as I’m teaching 3rd graders to 6th graders and all students wanted to test their catapulting skills and taste the candies!
For the 3rd graders there was also art and craft Halloween activity. We created ghosts, bats, black cats and halloween pumpkins for our in class poster and their personal cut-out on sticks to take home.
All in all, we really celebrated and had a happy Halloween this year!
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