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1-2-3 Come Do Another "Room On The Broom" Activity With Me

Do you read “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson?

It’s one of my students’ favorite Halloween stories.

Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberWith that in mind, I thought I’d design an activity to go along with this cute tale.

“There’s Room On My Broom” is a quick, easy & super-fun booklet craftivity.

As always, there are black & white patterns for students, as well as colorful templates so that teachers can quickly and easily make a sample to share.

Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberThere are 2 pattern options for the second page of the “booklet”.

Students can simply color the broom, or teachers can opt to make this a bit of a keepsake.

If you have some classroom help, then painting a child’s hand brown, and pressing it on the broom handle, turns out adorable. As a mom I love these types of craftivities that my children brought home. 

Another option is to have students pick a partner, then take turns tracing each others hand, on a piece of tan construction paper. Cut it out then glue it on the end of the broom handle.

You decide what’s best for your students & the time you have available, then run off a class-set of the patterns. Easy "Print & Go!"

There are 20 animals for children to choose from.

Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberTo save paper & printing time, I designed the top of the worksheet as the “booklet” portion of the pattern, while the bottom part - - with animal choices, is easily snipped off.

Children color, cut & glue, whatever animals they want to ride on their broom.

Whenever I’m doing an activity, I always try to think of what else I might be able to include in the lesson, that will easily practice additional standards.

Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, graphing activities for room on the broom, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberI thought other teachers would like that too, so besides the broom booklet, I’ve also included three graphing extensions. 

With a show of hands, teachers write the names on the graph of which animal from the story "Room on the Broom" they'd also like to have ride their broom. 

There's also a graph with 5 animals (lion, gorilla, unicorn, skunk & elephant), which asks "Which animal would you definitely NOT want on your broom?" Have a fun discussion of why not. 

greater than and less than activities, Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberMath skills, as well as group cooperation are practiced with a “Greater Than/ Less Than” worksheet, where students compare there “loaded brooms” with 4 other classmates' brooms.

For language arts, there’s also an ABC order worksheet.

The second part of our 2D shapes standard, involves  “spatial directions”; so I designed a "Where's Your Animal?" activity. 

spatial directions activity for room on the broom, Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberBefore students glue down their animals, they choose one.  Slowly read each direction from the worksheet. 

Students then place their animal above, below, beside, on etc. You can quickly & easily see who's having difficulty as you whole group assess this standard.

I've also included a witch manipulative you can use to give a quick spatial direction review, before you begin the assessment. If your students are like mine, they will really enjoy this extension.

sequencing & sorting by size, Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberAnother thing children can do before they glue their animals to their broom, is to sort & sequence them according to size (smallest to largest or the reverse), which allows you to practice this standard as well.

Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberStudents could also use ordinal numbers to label their animal riders, and as you can see by my sample, I also practice patterning by having my students choose 2 crayon/marker colors to write their name with, and then fill in the letters of the title, showing an AB-AB color pattern.  

Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for OctoberCompleted projects make a cute bulletin board, so I’ve also included 2 posters to add some extra pizzazz to your display.

To see my other "Room on the Broom" resources, click the LINK.

free apple telling time cards to the hour half hourToday's featured FREEBIE is an apple-themed "Telling Time to the Hour & Half Hour"packet.

It's an easy-peasy "print & go" activity that you can use for a variety of center activities. 

I’ve included a tip list of ideas including the “Kaboom” game.

Digital, as well as analog time to the hour and half hour are practiced.

I've also included two assessment templates, plus a blank set to program with other times, as well as a black & white set of cards, plus a cover, so that your kiddos can make an “Itty Bitty” Telling Time booklet.Halloween activities, Halloween stories to read, Halloween Party Day ideas, Activities for Room on the Broom, broom craft, literacy center activities for October

Thanks for stopping by.

It's in the high 40s today, with a wicked wind; giving us a taste of winter that will be here all too soon.

Despite the chill, I will be going on my morning walk with my faithful pup Chloe.

There's a sprinkling of vibrant, fall colors splashed here and there, making a brisk nature hike especially interesting. 

Wishing you a fun-filled fall.  Hope you enjoy "making room" on your classroom brooms.

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” - Dr. Seuss

1-2-3 Come Do Some "Room on the Broom" Measurement Activities With Me

Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for Halloweenroom on the broom book, Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenDo you read “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson? It’s one of my students’ favorite Halloween stories.

It occurred to me, while thinking about the many animals that are being added to the broom, that I could really make this lesson come alive, by having students figure out how many of THEM could fit on a broom.

Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenI had an absolute blast creating these quick, easy & fun activities, all of which have to do with measurement, and are easy-peasy “print & go”.

I know that your students will truly enjoy these hands-on “experiments” using a real broom.

Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenThe activities can be done as a whole group with younger kiddos, or in groups of 3-5 students.

Decide what format is best for your class, and pick the various "Room on a Broom" challenges accordingly.

If you’re looking for an educational & engaging activity for your Halloween party day, I think you’ll find this to be an absolute winner.

There’s plenty of options, so you can easily diversify your lessons.

activities for room on the broom, Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenActivities will help practice cooperation, estimation, measurement, addition, “thinking outside the box”, graphing, brainstorming, data collection, observation & analysis.

Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenStudents can also compare & contrast whether using a pool noodle, provides more room on a broom than a regular broomstick.

yes no graph for room on the broom, Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenI made a "yes/no" graphing extension for this. Kiddos come up and write their name in the appropriate column.

Not too surprising, almost all of my students thought you could fit more kiddos on a pool noodle. 

I think this is because they see it as "fatter," thus there should be more room.

This is much like the fact that my Y5s have a hard time remembering that a nickel is worth 5 cents, while a dime is worth 10.  They think that the nickel should be worth 10 cents because it is bigger. Makes perfect sense to me!

Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenThis leads us into a wondeful discussion about length and how that's the most important variable when loading people on a broom.

There’s also a bonus challenge (“The teacher wants to ‘drive’ the broom...") to extend the math lesson if time permits, or simply add this activity to another day.

“Something to Think About….” is another extension activity: here a new student has just arrived along with the dragon! You must fit them on your already full broom! How can you do that?

Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenA “Save the Day!” activity, gives students yet another option to try out for “making room on their classroom broom.” In the end, will they have enough room to save the principal from the dragon as well?

"Delving Deeper!" and "Let's Make Convertions" ( inches to feet, feet to yards...) provide for more measurement activities.

Taking pictures as your children do the various activities, combined with the “challenge worksheets”, makes for a great bulletin board or hallway display.

room on a broom measurement posters Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenI’ve included several posters to add some extra pizzazz.

If you'd like your students to listen to the story again, YouTube has a nice 8-minute read aloud.

After your measurement activities, you could watch the Netflix “Room on the Broom” video, which takes just 24 minutes.

Woo Hoo; some quiet time at the end of a fun-filled day.

room on the broom slider activity, Activities for Room on the Broom, Halloween activities, Measurement activities for fall, small group activities for HalloweenIf you’d like to practice sequencing & retelling the story on another day, check out the LINK for my “Room on the Broom Storytelling Craftivity”.

10 little pumpkins song with manipulatives, pumpkin activities, halloween songs, halloween games, pumpkin songsToday's featured FREEBIE is "10 Little Pumpkins" song-poster with manipulatives. 

It goes to the tune of "10 Little Indians" . My kiddos really enjoy this activity. 

It's also an easy & quick way to practice +1 addition, as well as counting backwards from 10-1.

I hope you find it useful.

pumpkin activitiesWell that's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.

The rain has finally stopped and Mr. Sunshine has made an appearance.

I'm excited to buy some pumpkins and cornstalks to go with my mums. Love decorating for fall.

Wishing you and the little "punkins" in your life, a frolicking & fun-filled day. 

"Skill to do, comes of doing." -Ralph Waldo Emerson