Haunted House

Learning Goals: Literacy, Reading, Writing, Writing Conventions, Inventive Spelling, Phonological Awareness

The students decided to build a haunted house in their classroom during the month of October.

The educator provided a structure for the haunted house and had students play within the space to determine what they wanted to add to their haunted house.

As a class, the students generated a list of items they wanted to add to their haunted house.

Using recycled materials provided by the educator, the children worked together to create and add new features to their haunted house.
Halloween decorations

Cardboard, paper, pencils and markers to create signs, tickets, etc.

Blankets

String of lights
This example started as free play. The children independently started building the haunted house but this example became collaborative play once the educator got involved. The educator supported the children in writing signs and labels for their haunted house.

The educator helped the children decide how to use the materials to create what they wanted but the children did all of the designing, building, and labeling.

Literacy

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