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Ideas for a spooky Halloween or Dia de los Muertos

Ideas for a spooky Halloween or 

Dia de los Muertos


I know!  It's around the corner!  
Halloween is October 31st and 
Dia de los Muertos is November 1st and 2nd.
Your Door

Your classroom door is the first place to 
set the mood for your decor.  
Here is my pinterest board for ideas. 
I love to set the mood with a beautifully decorated door.  I use my dia de los muertos decor set 
for the interior. 

Read Alouds

Here are my favorites...
-Creepy Carrots
-Halloween Hustle
-There was an old lady who swallowed a bat
-Calavera Abecedaria
-Funny Bones: Posada and his Day of the Dead Calaveras
-Just a minute: A trickster tale and counting book

Any of these books would be a great addition 
to your classroom library.
Activities

Tissue box monster:  One fun activity is to have kids turn a tissue box into a scary monster.  Just use white construction paper to make the teeth for the opening.  Decorate the rest.  Use egg cartons parts to make eyes for the top!

Halloween in France:  Take this opportunity to learn about other cultures!  Use this book to learn about how it is celebrated in France.  

This a fun time of the year to learn about other cultures.  Have fun!

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How can I make your job easier this year?  Let me know in the comments.  If I use your ideas for a blog post, you will win $10 to Teachers Pay Teachers.  Even better, if I use your ideas to make a resource in my store, LisaTeachR's Classroom, I'll send you a free copy of that resource! 

Latino Heritage Month ideas and resources

Latino Heritage Month 

is here!

The dates for Latino Heritage month are September 15th until October 15th.  September 16th is on Mexico's independence day.

Museums and Cultural Centers

One good thing about the pandemic is that it made everyone look outward and consider how to share knowledge with the world.  Virtual field trips abounded.  Two local places (for me) I want you to be aware of are La Plaza and the Museum of Latin American Art.  La Plaza focuses on Mexican and Mexican-American culture.  Molaa is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin and Latin-American Art.  Also, there is a federal site dedicated to this month!
Check them out!
Researching famous LatinX people

What better way to celebrate than to research some famous Latinos?  People like Frida Kahlo, Eva Peron and Lin Manuel Miranda!  As a matter of fact, there are 34 pennants to choose from in both color and black and white. 
Great picture books

I have a lot of favorite LatinX authors I read aloud to my students.  Some of my favorite authors and illustrators are:
  • Yuyi Morales
  • Rafael Lopez
  • Gary Soto
  • Isabel Quintero
  • Pam Munoz Ryan
  • Alma Flor Ada
  • Margarita Engle
  • Matt de la Pena
  • and many many more
If you need some help using these books, here is a link to my store.  There are a lot of resources to help you this month. 

What ways will you promote 
this month in your classroom?

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You can find me on these platforms (as well as my blog!)
  

How can I make your job easier this year?  Let me know in the comments.  If I use your ideas for a blog post, you will win $10 to Teachers Pay Teachers.  Even better, if I use your ideas to make a resource in my store, LisaTeachR's Classroom, I'll send you a free copy of that resource! 
You can find me on these platforms (as well as my blog!)
  
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