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There's a Ghost in this Classroom!

Grades: Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 1st Grade

Subjects: English Language Arts

Standards: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. (RL.1.3.), With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). (RI.K.7.), Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. (RI.K.10.), Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. (RI.1.7.)

Student Instructions

1. Use the to take a picture of somewhere in your classroom that a ghost might haunt! 2. Use the gray highlighter to color over the classroom picture to make it look black and white. 3. Use pen to draw a ghost in your classroom. 4. Use mic to tell about your ghost or read the sentence on the page. 5. When you're done, click check to send to your teacher!

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Teachers, use this activity after reading the story There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers. https://www.amazon.com/Theres-Ghost-House-Oliver-Jeffers/dp/0593466187 Adapted from an idea from Amy Westrope.

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There's a Ghost in this Classroom!