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Topic/Language and Content Objectives
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Content:
Students will be able to ask and answer questions about key facts regarding Halloween.
Language:
Students will be able to identify the correct vocabulary for Halloween associated items.
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Key Vocabulary
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Halloween; candy; costume; pumpkin; carve; trick-or-treat. (Have these words posted prominently in the learning space along with large, easily seen photographs or illustrations of each).
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Introduce/Activate Background Knowledge
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Use a picture of a Halloween celebration (ideally, kids in costumes trick or treating at a house with a carved pumpkin somewhere in the scene) to have partners “turn and talk” about what they see, then share their observations (be prepared to support children’s home language and discuss translations of key words they share into English). Record what students already know about Halloween on a KWL or other chart. Explain that Halloween is an American holiday and ask if there are holidays in the students’ home cultures that have similar traditions.
Note:
For this lesson, select the version of the
Halloween
text that meets your class’ need. It is available either in English or as a bilingual text.
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Presentation
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Read aloud the LevelUp bilingual text
Halloween
chorally, modeling the simple sentences on each page and then having the children repeat them. Use a pointer or an electronic highlighter to support children’s eye movement while reading the text. Connect the text explicitly to the illustrating photographs and encourage students to share their own authentic observations and connections while reading.
If appropriate, re-read the text, this time in the other language.
Fill in the
Main Ideas and Details
graphic organizer together, using what students learned about Halloween from the text. Keep it simple—no more than two or three supporting details—and continually use the key vocabulary in authentic sentences while writing.
Have students engage in a picture-word matching activity as partners, using the same photographs and illustrations that are posted in the learning space.
Note:
For this lesson, select the version of the
Halloween
text that
meets your class’ need. It is available either in English or as a
bilingual text.
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Practice/Application
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Model and have students practice differentiated conversation prompts with a partner, based on their acquisition level. Examples might be “If I were trick or treating on Halloween, I would want __________ candies, because ___________,” or “On Halloween, I want to be a ______ [princess, cat, etc].”
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Review and Assessment
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Individually have students engage in the matching activity again and ask each student to orally pronounce the vocabulary word. Assess them for their pronunciation and accuracy of matching.
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