So those are just 5 fun ways to build literacy skills while reading a classroom favorite around Halloween! This idea is from OurFamil圜ode.com and is a perfect way to end your unit! For this little STEAM activity, students work to balance the broom as different animals hop on! Read more about it here! Room on the Broom Activities Ok… so I know this last one isn’t a literacy building activity perse… but I know your students will love it and it is super simple to do!

In the unit on TpT, there are three different writing options so you can make this work for all levels of writers in your classroom!) Balancing STEAM Activity This quick and easy writing activity allows students put themselve in the witches place and practice those writing skills! To make connections to the story, I had students write about who they would have room for on their broom if they were the witch. (Bonus if you read it with a witch hat on!)Īfter our final read, as a class we discussed how the witch in the story was kind and allowed all the animals have a ride on her broom (even if she didn’t think she had space!) At the end of the story, this kindness was repaid and all the animals worked together to save her from the mean dragon! One of the easiest literacy boosting activities you could do with this book is to go on a “Rhyming Word Hunt” as you read the story. Like I said early, this book is written in a sing-songy fashion and includes tons of rhyming words. Ok… so let’s talk about how you can use this book during your literacy block around Halloween! Rhyming Words The illustrations by Axel Scheffles (who has illustrated many of Julia’s books are the perfect vehicle for telling this story! Then, she encounters a scary dragon, and her friends help to save her! It is written in a sing-songy rhyming way that is easy and fun to read.

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