Writing Prompts for October

• Students write acrostic poems using the word "Halloween" or "Pumpkin."

• Students write their own pig poems.

• Students research the beginnings of 4-H or some other youth organization and report their findings to the class.

• Students write accounts of their favorite Halloween customs.

• Students write and perform skits about the animals on Columbus' second voyage.

• Students use online or library resources to research and write reports on Norman E. Borlaug and the Green Revolution.

• Students use online or library sources to research the impact of the invention of barbed wire on the American frontier.

• Students write detailed instructions for making popcorn.

• Students write detailed descriptions of a pumpkin.

• Students keep journals describing the trees in the schoolyard or in their own yards as the leaves begin to change colors.

P.A.S.S. for These Activities

• Grade 1: Writing—2.4,5
• Grade 2: Writing—2.2,3,4,5
• Grade 3: Writing— 2.1,2,3,4,5,6
• Grade 4: Writing—2.2,3,4
• Grade 5: Writing—2,1,2,5,6,8
• Grade 6: Writing—2.1,2,3,8
• Grade 7: Writing—2.1,2,3,8,9
• Grade 8: Writing—2.1,2,3,4

Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom is a program of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma State Department of Education