Fall in LOVE with Teaching!

I am so excited to be part of a big FALL blog hop with some awesome third grade teachers!!  I love third grade, and LOVE fall!  Living in Arizona I miss out on some of the amazing things that the rest of you have across the country, but we do like to pretend it starts to cool down here!


One of my favorite things about Fall is the creative writing that we are able to do!  I work at a school where we don't really talk about Halloween, but I like to bring in pumpkins, scarecrows, bats and more!  Plus, who doesn't love the beauty of the oranges, yellows and browns!

I love creating artwork that has to do with the month, or the season.  I am inspired to create artwork this year like my heart and cross pieces from last year!  To do this I am going to use a leaf from one of my many clip art sets and then have the students draw the lines.  Then I will have them color their leaves in red, oranges and yellows.  For the backgrounds I think I'll have them use browns so that way the leaves pop off the page.


Every year we have a Trunk or Treat event on our campus, so then I ask for candy to be brought in so we can use candy for math during the week after Halloween.  Kids are excited about candy, and parents are eager to get it out of their houses, so I embrace it.  We do a whole week's worth of activities using our Halloween candy!  It is a blast, and then we can explore so many different ideas too.


To help you prepare for the craziness of Halloween I am giving away my Candy Math pack!!  This will get you ready for the week and gives you a few different ways to use the candy that students will have with them anyways.




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24 comments

  1. What a smart way to put all of that candy to good use!
    xo Pamela
    Hedgehog Reader

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  2. Anything that involves candy is always such a hit! Great idea for helping to get rid of some of it!
    The Blessed Teacher

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  3. Super smart idea! I know as a parent, I would love to get rid of all that candy, and as a teacher this is a great way to utilize it. Candy is a great motivator.

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  4. This is a great idea! My favorite fall activity is our Veteran's Day program.

    Blessings,
    Becky
    CookingUpSuccess

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  5. I love carving pumpkins!! Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  6. I taught in Tucson for years, and I love fall in Arizona! I has a unique vibe! My favorite fall activity is Johnny Appleseed Day.

    http://teachbyfaith.blogspot.com/

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  7. How could I join your Fall Blog Hop? Or one in the future?

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  8. My favorite fall activity is carving pumpkins

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  9. The harvest festival at my old school; I'm looking forward to a real fall season having moved from So. Cali to Oregon this year.

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  10. I love candy, and so do most of our children. I think it's a wonderful idea to use something the children love to help them stay engaged in the learning process!

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  11. Great idea- get rid of the candy at home & keep kiddos super excited about math!

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  12. I love talking about Johnny Appleseed and doing various stuff with apples.

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  13. Would love to use this with my second and third grade math enrichment groups! :-)
    ~Brooke
    brookebrownteachingoutsidethebox.blogspot.com

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  14. I bought your math packet during the dollar deals-- and I'm really looking forward to using them this year! (First time to be excited for Halloween in school! haha!)

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  15. Fav fall activity is incorporating pumpkins bats etc into curriculum to make it more fun :)

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  16. My favorite fall activity at home is, making homemade fall lanterns for our home with our daughter. :) It is very fun.

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