On October 31st we celebrated Halloween, a popular holiday in the United States. We prepared several spooky activities for different ages so that the students could learn about Halloween, practice English, and have fun!
Sara prepared a Power Point presentation for all ages with photos from her childhood celebrating Halloween in the United States. The children really enjoyed getting to see photos of Sara as a child dressing up in costumes, and they got to learn about the American custom of going "trick or treating." Sara presented with several classes, including 5 year olds, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 6th grade.
The next activity was an art project we did with the 1st and 2nd graders making "Jack O Lanterns" with collaged paper on plates. With this activity, the students got to learn about the American practice of carving faces into pumpkins during Halloween, and they practiced vocabulary relating to parts of the face like eyes, nose, mouth, and teeth. The results are sometimes funny and sometimes scary! The students enjoyed the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild.
Next, with the 4th graders, we made Halloween themed recipes. Some students made sweet recipes, some preffered savory, but all of them had a great time making spiders, pumpkins, ghosts, and other spooky things out of the food.
Some of the 5th graders also brought some yummy Halloween cookies and cupcakes to share with their classmates.
On the day of Halloween, we played some games with different groups of students. In 2nd grade, we played a Halloween game where the students sang a Halloween rhyme in English and pretended to be zombies, which they loved.
In 5th grade, we played a game where the students practiced Halloween vocabulary and other English skills in order to win Halloween stickers!
And last but not least, the main event of the day! The 6th graders came to school on Halloween prepared to dress up in all of their scary costumes. During the last period of the day, they changed into their costumes and even put on makeup, hair dye, and masks! Then they went around to each classroom, starting in preschool all the way up to 5th grade, passing out candy to the rest of the students at school. The 6th graders went all out to transform themselves into creepy characters, and the rest of the students had a great time getting visited in class and recieving the candy.
Overall, all of the students had a great time and learned a lot! We can't wait for next year's Halloween festivites!
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