Lesson Plan
A Colorful Halloween
Happy Halloween! Celebrate the spookiest day of the year with this fun-filled lesson on colors and the difference between real and pretend.
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to recognize color words and determine whether certain objects are real or pretend.
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Show students your Halloween mask. Put it on and ask the class if they think you're scary.
- Ask them whether you're really what the mask is (e.g. whether you're a real goblin) or just a pretend version.
- Discuss real vs. pretend, or actual vs. fake, while presenting your real and pretend props. For example, show students how a real orange is edible, while a plastic, pretend orange is inedible. Explain that on Halloween, people dress up to play pretend.
- Read your Halloween-themed book aloud to the class.
- Ask students to determine whether certain things in the story are real or pretend. Discussion questions will depend on the book you choose, but could include questions like: Is this child in a ghost costume a real ghost or a pretend ghost? How can you tell?