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Special Days	Themes
Thanksgiving	Hallowe'en Theme Books
Hallowe'en	Bats
	Spiders
	Apples

Hallowe'en Theme Books

Lil Spooks Thematic Unit
Give your K-1 class a treat and bring Hallowe'en to life in your classroom with this Debbie's Unit Factory theme unit. Your students will learn about spiders, bats, owls and Hallowe'en safety and customs. There are many fun games to play and treats to make. You will find many hands on and fun activities to help your students celebrate Hallowe'en.

Black Bats, Cats and Witch's Hats
Celebrate Hallowe'en with your grade 2-3 class and help your students become aware of why we celebrate Hallowe'en and the customs and symbols associated with this spooky day. Your students will also learn about spiders, bats and owls. There are many challenging and fun activities to stimulate children's interest in this eerie day. Planning your school year? Take a look at other Debbie's Unit Factory theme units.

Apple Basket Apples-Teaching Ideas

Baskets Of Apples Theme Unit
Help your K-1 class learn how apples develop from blossoms in the spring time toapples ready for harvest in the autumn. Your class will learn what is inside an apple and will grow their own apple trees from seed. They will learn about the legends of Johnny Appleseed and John McIntosh. There are many science experiments, craft projects, recipes to make, books to read aloud and a play to perform.

Apple Tree Book
This is a lesson idea for children to make a book that describes an apple tree through the four seasons.

A is For Apple
This is an excellent resource for early primary grades. You will find poems, literature references, arts & crafts ideas, lesson ideas and so much more for your apple study.

Great Apple Activities for Young Children
This is a great collection of arts & crafts and math ideas. You will also find recipes to make some apple delights.

Apples
This is a cross curricular theme unit for the primary grades. There are many excellent ideas for teaching about apples.

Johnny Appleseed
This is a lesson plan for the lower primary grades about Johnny Appleseed. Children will develop mapping and critical thinking skills.

Apples- A Guide To Selection And Use, HYG-1402-92
Here is a fact sheet all about apples and their uses.

Apple Juice On The Internet-Johnny Appleseed
This site provides information on Johnny Appleseed and is written for younger students.

Johnny Appleseed Crossword Puzzle
This is an interactive crossword puzzle to be completed online.

Apple Bytes Online
At this site you can take a quiz, play hangman, solve a crossword puzzle, play a concentration game, or go on a scavenger hunt.

Apple Juice On The Internet
Here is a crossword puzzle to print and solve.

Bat Bats

Bats Bats Everywhere
Learn all about bats at this site. It is a great resource for your classroom.

Incredible Bats
Get lots of information about bats at this site. Many myths about bats are discussed and clarified.

Bats This is a resource for grades 2-3 and contains bat facts, lesson plans and a crossword puzzle to print and solve.

Bats
This is a teaching unit for grade 5. There are 9 activities/lesson ideas.

Bat Study For Early Elementary This is a theme unit on bats that incorporates literature, science and art for early elementary children. Bats: Creatures of the Night This is a theme unit for grade 2 complete with centers, lesson plan and evaluation ideas. Some of the goals of the unit are: identifying the bat's anatomy, learning the difference between bats and birds, identifying bat habitats and echolation.

Spiders
Access Excellence:Care and Feeding of Wolf Spiders This site tells you how to observe wolf spiders in your classroom.
Construction of a web Learn how an orb web spider makes its web.
Spiders Home Page - Lesson Plan covering spider characteristics, prey, life cycle,enemies, habitats, and Spanish translations This is a mini unit on spiders. Topics covered are spider enemies, habitats,spider traits and physical characteristics and their life cycle. This is an elementary grade unit.