What Should My Teacher Be for Halloween? Writing Craft
Category: Education / Writing Prompts
Students write a strong opinion, design your Halloween costume and fill a bulletin board. 41 printable pages, two levels, K-5.
Watch your students giggle, think hard and write their strongest opinion paragraph yet as they decide what you should be for Halloween. This What Should My Teacher Be for Halloween writing craft gives kindergarten to 5th grade teachers a no-stress October week: children brainstorm, give real reasons, design your costume and proudly hang their work on a bulletin board everyone stops to read. It is a printable opinion writing unit with two levels, crafts and a ready-made display.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 1 ZIP file with 5 PDFs: 4 versions of the same 41 pages + a 2-page Print Guide
• Color, US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Black & White, US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Color, A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Black & White, A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Clickable table of contents and bookmarks
INSIDE THE 41 PAGES
Teacher pages
• Teacher guide with a simple 5-day plan
• Teacher example paragraph to model before writing
• Costume Idea Bank with 48 ideas in 6 groups
• Opinion Word Bank (opinion starters, reason words, describing words, closings)
• Anchor chart: How to Write an Opinion in 4 steps
• Class Costume Vote tally chart + "And the winner is..." box
Brainstorm and plan
• All About My Teacher (so reasons fit YOU)
• Brainstorm Web (Level 2) and Draw Your Ideas (Level 1)
• List It, Then Pick It (Level 2) and Circle Your Favorites with 12 pictures (Level 1)
• Opinion Planner with opinion, 3 reasons with details and closing (Level 2)
• My Opinion Plan with sentence starters and a picture box (Level 1)
Draft, check and design
• Rough Draft page with a "Did I...?" checklist
• Check My Writing checklists for Level 1 (with pictures) and Level 2
• Glow & Grow partner feedback slips
• Design the Costume sketch page (hat, mask, top, bottom, shoes, prop)
• Dress Up My Teacher: 2 teacher figures to draw the costume right on top, with label lines
Final copies
• 2 Level 2 final copies (with picture box / full page of lines)
• 2 Level 1 final copies on primary lines (with picture box / with sentence frames)
Crafts and display
• A Costume for My Teacher display page with a Halloween border
• Haunted Door Flap craft (2 pages: the door opens to reveal the costume)
• Pumpkin writing craft and Ghost writing craft
• I Vote! pennants for a garland
Bulletin board and extras
• Big title letters: WHAT SHOULD OUR TEACHER BE FOR HALLOWEEN? (4 pages)
• Bulletin board decorations to color and cut
• Costume vote ballots (6 per page)
• Happy Halloween coloring page
• Costume Designer Award certificates (2 per page)
• Teacher reveal poster: "The class has voted!"
• Terms of use
TWO LEVELS
• Level 1 (one star): primary lines, picture boxes and sentence frames for kindergarten, 1st grade, ELL and students who need more support
• Level 2 (two stars): regular lines and a full opinion paragraph for grades 2 to 5
PERFECT FOR
• Kindergarten to 5th grade classroom teachers
• Homeschool families and co-ops
• Writing centers, small groups and sub plans in October
• Halloween party day or a week-long writing unit
• Hallway and classroom bulletin boards
HOW TO USE
• Day 1: share the idea bank and brainstorm
• Day 2: choose one costume and plan reasons
• Day 3: write a draft
• Day 4: check the writing and design the costume
• Day 5: publish, make a craft, vote and reveal your costume
Every page is optional, so use the pieces that fit your time.
HOW TO PRINT
• Open the PDF with a free PDF reader or your browser
• Print at "Actual size" or "100%"
• Plain paper for student pages, cardstock (65 to 110 lb) for crafts and the bulletin board title
• Use the black & white file for copies and to save ink
PLEASE NOTE
• This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped.
• Colors may look a little different on different screens and printers.
• For personal and single-classroom use only. Please do not share, resell or redistribute the files.
• Illustrations were drawn by Printivora. This product was made with the help of AI tools (for parts of the text and the code used to build the pages), then designed, checked and finished by Printivora.
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