Pumpkins in transformation, pumpkins in space, pumpkins in advertising. Fantastic pumpkin-themed creative thinking and writing work for elementary/upper elementary students.
Cut out the shapes. There are three pages. The first page is a suggested cover page. Make copies of as many lined and/or unlined pages as you like in order to make a book. Use the lined pages for writing and the unlined pages for drawing/pasting pictures. Staple all
the pages together for a great shapebook in the shape of an ornament.
"Why do you think people are so generous and caring at Thanksgiving?" Five pages of thoughtful, Thanksgiving-related writing prompts on narrow-lined paper.
[member-created with abctools]Thirty-two pages of winter holiday-related words. Each word is in a Christmas stocking shape. Cut out and make a shapebook or decorate a bulletin board.
[member-created with abctools] A big Christmas ornament with prompts for kids to draw various Christmas-related pictures. These would make a cute Christmas tree bulletin board, or cut out and use as a shapebook.
A picture to color and space to write a very short story with Yom Kippur-theme words from a Word Bank. With primary lines. Yom Kippur begins at sundown on September 27 in 2009.
[member-created using abctools]
"Hold on to your reindeer, Santa, here it goes - " Write a list of good things you have accomplished this year with this form.
[member-created document] Trace and cut out. This Gingerbread Man-shaped shapebook has prompts for students to answer about a variety of seasonal and general topics. Nineteen pages.
[member-created with abctools] Star shape with simple writing prompt ("I can..."). Trace and cut out, and use to make a shapebook or to decorate the classroom or a bulletin board.