[momabaarjo]

I am wanting to go into the classrooms and do a read aloud/shared reading with my K-3 teachers in the month of October. What are some of your favorite Hallween theme type books that you use to teach specific reading skills during a shared reading/read alouds?

Tell us the name of the book and what skill you teach from the book...

[cdeteacher]

Happy Haunting Amelia Bedelia-predict what Amelia Bedelia will do, build vocabulary

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat-sequencing

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/hol...en/kids-books/
This site has a list of Halloween related books you could browse.

HTH!

[friendlypoofy]

Pumpkin, Pumpkin is great for retelling w/correct sequence

[dallasdeb]

Halloween Pigs, by Rita Balducci

Prediction, retelling and inference

[ritabook2]

I used "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" in 1st grade as a sequencing activity. I brought props (boots, pants, shirt, etc.) and the kids took turns acting out the sequence of the story.

This year I think I will use it to introduce onomatopoeia in writing and we will try to write our own stories. It is a great example of using sounds to make a story interesting!