Today I suspect you have one of two situations going on—you’re either having a teacher workday or your day is complete insanity. Whether or not you’re having a holiday celebration in your classroom, students will still be wound up because it’s Halloween. Honestly, I’m a little wound up on Halloween as well, so I can’t…
Halloween
I Scream, You Scream
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Halloween! I think this phrase usually features ice cream. However, since Halloween is this Friday, I couldn’t resist! Is your week packed with pumpkins, bats, and spiders? Or perhaps you and your students are investigating the skeletal system this week? Hey, speaking of bones, check out these…
Halloween Evolves: 1973–2013
In the time of wide lapels, enormous cars, and disco music that we fondly call the 1970s, going to school on Halloween without wearing your costume was about the biggest faux pas a kid could commit. And the only night more exciting than Halloween was the night before Halloween, which we called Mischief Night—an evening…