I think if you include a simple and quick craft for students to make and attach to their writing prompt, they'll get more excited. I've included 24 scarecrow-themed writing prompts for them to choose from. As you can see by the photo, there are 2 ways to display children's work. Completed projects make an awesome bulletin board, or look sweet hanging back-to-back from the ceiling.
Make Patrick, the paper chain scarecrow and hang from the ceiling to review patterning, counting, subtraction etc. Make enough links in an ABAB or ABC color pattern, for however many days are in October. Tear off a link as each day passes. Via discussion, have students count how many days are left 'til your Halloween party, field trip to the pumpkin patch or whatever. A raffia bow adds that finishing touch. If you have time, have students make their own scarecrow in a variety of colors. Suspend from the ceiling or along a hallway wall for a lovely autumn display.
Students will enjoy creating this cute scarecrow-themed welcome fall banner, as they practice their writing skills. Glue writing prompts on the back. (There are 3 options.) Suspend completed projects from the ceiling.
Review a variety of 2D shapes with this quick, easy and fun paper plate scarecrow craft. There's a poem to glue on the back that helps practice rhyming words, as well as incorporating another genre for your students to learn about.
Get students excited to write with these interesting writing prompts. Includes a class book, travel journal + diary pages.
After reading several stories about the Pilgrims, so that your students have some knowledge of their life and times, an interesting November writing prompt would be to have them write a letter to a Pilgrim child on the Mayflower.
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18 pages. Common Core State Standard: 1.MD.3a
Use these themed turkey cards to teach/review digital and analog time to the hour and half hour. This is a special FREEBIE in my TpT shop. Click on the link to grab your copy today: It's Turkey Time packet
Make the large turkey head shapes and use them for a cute November bulletin board, review or interesting way to assess. Students can choose their favorite shape and turn it into the body of a turkey by adding the construction paper parts.
Students pick a partner and take turns spinning. Whatever shape they land on , they color the matching shape on their turkey. The first child to color in all of the turkey's feathers is the winner.