Remember to complete five of the following nine items. Have your mom, dad, or grandparent initial each item on your photocopies RC. Don't forget to return the contract on or before October 31st.
List below the name, address, and phone number of three places where you and I could buy a costume for Halloween.
Create an Autumn Crossword. You may use this web site to assist you or devise your own template http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html
Write a Fall / Autumn poem.
Research Halloween on the internet or in a different resource format. Find out how this event began.
Research chlorophyll and discuss with your parents how it effects the changing color of a leaf.
Create an October Word Search. You may use this web site to assist you or devise your own word search http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/word_search/
Create a spooky Thumb Body cartoon with captions.
Also.....
Reading Contract
For October
I, _________________________ will read at home every day and will keep a log of my daily reading minutes in my agenda. My goal is to read ____400_______ minutes for the month of October.
My parents will check my reading minutes and sign my agenda at the end of every day. I will return it to school daily so my teacher can check it.
I understand that to be eligible for an end of the month Fall Festival / Black Cauldron Reading Celebration, I must read, sign, and comply with the terms of this contract.
Also, I will need to take a minimum of ____three or four____Accelerated Reading tests by Friday, October 31st with an accuracy rate of 80%. My reading range is _____________________________.
In addition, I will need to successfully complete five of the nine tasks listed on the back of this contract. My parents will place their initials next to the listed task after I have completed it.
Finally, I will need to create two Haiku poems centered around the theme of October. These Haiku poems must be accompanied with a visual display that can be put up in the classroom so I can verbally share them with my classmates and teacher.
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Student Signature
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Parent Signature
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Teacher Signature
Note: Signed contracts are due back in school no later than ____October 7th____.
Please return your contract and I’ll photocopy it and give it right back to you.
Write down the words to a Fall song. This web site may help: http://bussongs.com
Read a news article about a local Fall event. Discuss it with your parent(s).
