Monsters and Halloween Week 3

This week's focus on monsters includes Jack-O'-Lanterns in anticipation of the upcoming Halloween holiday. Jack-O'-Lanterns and their wide variety of expressions allow for extended classroom conversations about emotions. They also lend themselves well to a review of basic two-dimensional shapes, which is also a focus of the suggested materials for Week 3 of the Monsters and Halloween theme. Of course, Jack-o'-Lanterns are carved from pumpkins so this week's color is orange and its letter is P. In addition, this week's literacy activity, based on the book Go Away Green Monster, challenges children to categorize vocbulary words according to whether they name a color, a size, or a body part.

Language Arts:

Focus Book: Go Away Green Monster by Ed Emberley

Go Away, Big Green Monster!

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Go Away, Big Green Monster Literacy Activity	Green Monster Writing Craft	Orange, Things That Are Orange	Things that Begin with "P" Pie Game
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Jack-O-Lantern Faces - Emotions	My Pumpkin Book	Count down to Halloween	Jack-O-Happy Emotions Rhyme
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Colors/Shapes:

Color Word: orange	Orange Monster Coloring	Shape Monsters Coloring	Shape Monsters Trace
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Math:

Number 10 Monster Prewriting	5 Jack-o-Lanterns Decompose Number 5	Shapes Pumpkin	Pumpkin Folder Game
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Pumpkin Jack-o-Lanterns Match Game
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Crafts:

Funny Faces Pumpkins	Pumpkin Paper Lantern	Playdough Jack-O-Lantern	Paper Bag Pumpkin
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Movement/Songs/Felt Stories:

Go Away, Big Green Monster Felt Story	Jack-O-Happy Rhyme	Where Is Pumpkin? Felt Rhyme	Pumpkin Hop
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