Halloween is celebrated in many cultures, on different days, for different reasons. In the United States, Halloween is celebrated on October 31.
During the weeks leading up to Halloween, you will start to see many houses with decorations or Jack-o-lanterns in front of their houses. Some Jack-o-lanterns are funny while others are scary!
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Another way that Halloween is celebrated in the United States is dressing up in costumes!! People, especially children, get excited every year to dress up as someone or something else for the day. Many popular costumes include movie characters, superheroes, monsters, ghosts, witches, and animals. Some costumes can be scary, but it's important to remember that there is just someone dressing up for fun underneath the maybe scary mask. Some costumes you may see this year are Captain America, Joy, pandas, and witches. You can buy the costume or make it on your own!
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Vocabulary
holiday: a special day
celebrate: do a fun activity for a special reason
Jack-o-lanterns: a pumpkin the has holes cut in it to make a face or other picture
costumes: set of clothes that makes you look like someone or something else
Vocabulary Review
Choose the vocabulary word that completes the sentence.
1. I carved a scary _________________________ out of a pumpkin and put it on my front steps.
2. My favorite holiday to __________________ is my birthday because we have a party.
3. A special day such as Halloween is a ________________.
4. If I want to look like a fish, I would need a _________________.
Parts of Speech: Proper Nouns
We have learned that nouns are words that identify a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. Some nouns are special and identify a specific person, place, thing, or idea; these nouns are called proper nouns. Proper nouns start with capital letters. A person's name, the name of a restaurant, a specific city or street name are all proper nouns.
Some examples from this post of proper nouns are:
Halloween
Captain America
Joy
This is a great read, especially to help students become acclimated to American culture and our practice of Halloween.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! The vocabulary and content in this lesson will be helpful for ELLs as they assimilate into their new community.
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice, simple explanation of Halloween. What assignment could you give your students to practice using proper nouns?
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