As I have mentioned before Fall is one of my absolute favorite times of the year! So it goes without saying that I like to go BIG in my classroom to make Fall a special season! I want to share with you some of my favorite activities and classroom decor that can easily be used in your classrooms for the month of October!
OCTOBER CRACK THE CODE
I wrote a whole blog post HERE about the October Crack the Code which is part of the year long Crack the Code Growing Bundle! The reason I love this activity so much is because it challenges students in all academic areas with a high level of engagement! There are 6 challenges students work through in the areas of math, reading, writing, stem, puzzles, and a secret decoder!
OCTOBER GUESS THAT WORD
GUESS THAT WORD OCTOBER is one of my favorite games to play with students! This activity will have your entire class laughing and is part of the GROWING GUESS THAT WORD BUNDLE!
All students have to do is get their classmate to say the large word at the top of the slide. Sounds easy enough right? Well it gets a lot harder when they can’t use the 3 bullet-ed words as part of their description! Students will have a blast as they work hard to describe to their classmates what the projected word on the board is. The student who is guessing the word will certainly feel the pressure while playing GUESS THAT WORD! Context clues, synonyms & antonyms, and describing words are just a few of the ELA standards that you can touch on while enjoying this activity!
This is a NO PREP game! Simply open the file and you’re ready to play! There are 30 word displays in this game so each student can have a turn being in the hot seat! Have all students sitting at the carpet/their seats while the student in the hot seat stands/sits in front of the smart board with their back to it. This ensures they won’t see what word is projected.
There are 4 GAME OPTIONS so it’s perfect for every grade level! Use the game where students can’t say the 3 bullet-ed words to make it the most challenging, or 2 bullet-ed words to make it slightly easier. There are also options for only 1 word the students can’t say, and an option with just the projected word and a visual picture for our pre-k and kindergarten friends to use!
This is a GROWING BUNDLE and a brand new GUESS THAT WORD will be added on the first of every month!
OCTOBER DIGITAL CLASS REWARDS
With all of the excitement happening in October, digital class rewards are a great way to keep students on track and motivated to work on their behavior daily! With 15 templates to choose from (and growing), students will work hard to earn items to be placed on each template such as placing sprinkles on a donut! Each template has move-able pieces to be added to the template for good behavior (items listed below).
This is a GROWING RESOURCE!!! Before the 1st of each month I will add 4 new templates for that month so you can have a new class rewards template every week of the month. Every month once the new templates are added the price will increase so don’t miss out and grab it now! Check out the SPOOKTACULAR October templates!
This resource walks you through both the CLASSROOM set, as well as the Guest Teacher set! These are perfect for when a substitute/guest teacher is in your classroom!
OCTOBER BITMOJI WATCHES
A favorite of mine is also handing out paper watches to students for earns! These adorable (and editable) Bitmoji Watches can be customized with your Bitmoji to make the perfect earn for students! There are over 200 patterns to use throughout the year, with patterns for holidays/birthdays/events and more! Here are some of the October themed watches! Use these to recognize when students are working hard, following directions, and being a great friend etc. To make it easy, simply print and cut into strips and then as students earn them they can cut them out themselves!
OCTOBER Light Box Inserts
Decorating your classroom for the month of October can be easy too by using LIGHT BOX INSERTS! Switching out your light box inserts is a nice and easy way to give your classroom a SPOOKY and motivating look! You can grab a Light Box HERE on Amazon for $19 and then simply print on transparency paper!
OCTOBER Event Door Reminders
Pumpkinfest coming up? Send home this door sign reminder to let parents know when and where events in your classroom are happening! Students can color the door sign reminders in as they are packing up for the bus at the end of the day and then hang them up when they get home! Grab the BUNDLE of Door Sign Reminders HERE.
OCTOBER BOOKMARKS FREEBIE
I also love handing out themed bookmarks for the month! This helps students get excited about reading and can also be a very useful placeholder while they’re working in their Reader’s Notebooks.
I hope you all love the October activities and decor , and as always if you have any special requests or would like to know more about an item leave me a message below!
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