All Hallows Eve!

Learning about Halloween on a school day. As many teachers know, Halloween is a very hectic day. Many of the students are all hyped up and in their costumes, and not exactly in the mind set to learn. All the commotion and sugar makes it difficult for teachers to control their class. Larry Ferlazzo has some excellent ideas on how to teach students about the significance of Halloween in his blog.

The History Channel  offers an excellent video about what students might not know about Halloween. I would show this video in class and then I would have them complete a few questions, and then tell me 2 new things they learned from the video.

I could also assign each student a different country and ask them to make a small presentation at the end of the day explaining what they learned. Learning about how different countries celebrate the same holiday is extremely interesting, and it will have the students thinking critically. 

5 Minute English also offers a great little story and questions to be answered after. The reading comprehension is very important in elementary school.