This library storytime for Halloween walks you through a K-2 lesson on skeletons, bats, spiders, and other Halloween symbols. Includes presentation scavenger hunt and printable list of recommended reads.
Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you!
This lesson has 65 slides & pages, and includes:
- 43-slide lesson presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
- All text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
- 22 slides are for the read-aloud and/or guided lesson
- 20 slides are “scrolling presentation” slides that are great for extending lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.
- List of recommended Halloween-themed read-alouds (1 slide/page, 6-7 titles each for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade)
- All 20 recommended books in the presentation are also listed on a separate “Recommended Reads” printable list.
- Picture / “I Spy” Scavenger Hunt activity (1 page)
- Editable lesson plan (6 pages) with:
- AASL National School Library Standards (2018),
- National Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, and
- TEKS
- Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
- Directions for using this lesson with an elementary “specials” rotation (10 pages, PDF)
22 Lesson Slides:
- 2 nursery rhymes: “Five Little Pumpkins” and “Bat, Bat, Fly Under My Hat”
- Sign language slide and how-to sign link (“Halloween”)
- Explanation of Halloween origins and history in the United States (U.S.)
- Halloween symbols: bats, spiders, costumes, candy, colors, ghosts, skeletons, and black cats
20 Scrolling Slides:
- Fun facts and information about jack-o-lanterns, candy corn, bats, spiders, and skeletons
- Vocabulary words: guano
- 2 “Would-You-Rather?” question slides
- Halloween joke
- 2 trivia question slides with answers
IMPORTANT! Due to copyright law, read-aloud videos of the books are NOT included. You will have to record yourself reading the book, or do a live stream of the read-aloud for students to access the book. If your library owns the ebook(s), you could also share how to read or access ebooks through your online catalog or ebook management platform.
Standards Addressed:
AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.
- Inquire – A.2. – C.1.
- Collaborate – A.2. – D.1.
- Explore – A.1.
- Engage – A.1. – B.2.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
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- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.6. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.2.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.1. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.5. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.2.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.2. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2.
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