How to Catch a Witch | Book Activities and Craftivity

HOW TO CATCH A WITCH

How to Catch a Witch by Alice Walstead is a spooky Halloween book for kids in Kindergarten and First Grade. It reads a lot like the How to Catch books in the series by Adam Wallace, so fans of those books will love this Halloween themed story! Your students are going to love developing their literacy skills with this read aloud, perfect for the Halloween season.

HOW TO CATCH A WITCH BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

The characters in this story are dressed in their Halloween costumes, and are ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Little did they know that a witch had some fun Halloween plans of her own!

As the characters collect candy, they notice something strange. Ghosts and goblins and ghouls are popping up everywhere! Where did they come from?

The children look up into the sky and see a witch! She begins to play some music, and the creatures come out to dance. The children soon realize that the witch brought these creatures to town. They decide to devise a plan to catch the witch, so the creatures will go back to wherever they came from.

The children set up traps all over town. But the witch is too wise, and cannot be captured!

The witch has thrown the Halloween party of the year! When it's over, she opens a portal and she and the creatures disappear through it...saying she'll be back next Halloween!

My book studies contain companion activities that help to connect engaging read alouds with important reading skills. The book activities in this unit will enrich your reading curriculum as students develop their literacy experience and reading comprehension skills while doing activities that are fun and engaging.

My book studies are packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, sequencing events, problem & solution, making text to self connections, and visualizing the story by making mental images.

The activities in this literacy unit are aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and VA SOL learning standards, and checklists for the standards are included in the unit.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

HOW TO CATCH A WITCH CRAFT

This craft makes a fun Halloween bulletin board display to showcase student learning. Students can draw and write about how they would catch a witch, with this Witch-Catching Plans craftivity.

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