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See more spooky Storytimes for K-3
MADE ESPECIALLY FOR:
- new elementary librarians
- elementary librarians on the Specials rotation
- secondary teachers who are now elementary librarians
- busy parents who just don’t have time to create detailed storytime lessons
I have been all four of these at the same time! My storytimes are the lessons I would have wanted when I was a new, overwhelmed, and exhausted school librarian.
FAST FACTS
- Recommended for: Grades K-3
- Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.
WHAT’S IN THE FILE:
- 41-slide PPT + Google™ Slides
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- List of 12 Recommended Reads for Halloween (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Prep and set-up tips (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Lesson plan templates (7 pages, PDF and PPT)
- Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
- Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)
STORYTIME SLIDES INCLUDE:
- original song (“The Superstition Song”)
- American sign language sign (link to video)–“luck”
- introduction to superstitions–what superstitions are and that they are NOT true
- “Lucky or Unlucky?” group discussion game (in group discussion, students decide if seven common superstitions are lucky or unlucky)
- Every slide includes colorful photos and clipart
SUPERSTITIONS INCLUDE:
- black cats
- broken mirror
- horsehoe over a door
- number 13
- breaking a wishbone
- crossing fingers
- walking under a ladder
- maneki neko (Japanese/Chinese ceramic “waving” cats)
- nazar or nazar boncuğu (blue colored glass to ward off evil eye)
- crickets in China
- spilling and tossing salt
- “break a leg” in theater
- knocking on wood
ADDITIONAL SCROLLING SLIDES INCLUDE:
- Vocabulary: phobia, triskaidekaphobia, kismet, superstition, wishbone, maneki neko, nazar
- 2 “Would-You-Rathers”
- how to tell a cricket from a grasshopper
- whether you should hang a horseshoe like a U or like a lowercase N
- what to do if you spill the salt (bad luck)
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