Halloween writing prompts are fun! Just ask kids about carving pumpkins. Soon they’ll be planning and penning the step-by-step process. This writing activity works well for third and fourth grade students. It focuses on good beginnings and endings, word choice, sentence variety, clear sequencing, and use of order words.
Directed Drawing October Fall Pumpkin Truck Leaf Squirrel Dog Learn How to Draw Step by Step Guide
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Celebrate Fall Trucks, Pumpkins, Fire Prevention Safety Week and more with these Month of October Directed Drawings! With these step by step drawing guides, kids learn how to draw a Firehouse Dog / Dalmation, a pumpkin, a squirrel, a leaf, a sunflower friend, and a fall truck full of pumpkins. This leveled set can be used for Preschool, Pre K, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade and + students. These directed drawings are a fun and engaging way for students to learn to focus, sequence, follow directions, develop fine motor skills and draw! My clear guides make it simple for students to follow the sequential order of drawing steps to create a completed drawing–on their own! And with 24 differentiated pages for each image, it is even easier for students to gain skill and confidence in drawing. No prep is required!
These drawings are a great companion for your fall, harvest, and October themed lessons, class projects and activities.
Directed Drawings can be completed as whole-group activities or by students independently. They are great for centers, morning work, Draw and Write, inside recess, distance learning, substitute teacher and early finisher activities, and your class art lessons. Writing and math activities can be integrated with directed drawing in creative ways. They make engaging writing prompts!
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DRAWINGS INCLUDED IN THIS SET (Drawings vary in difficulty):
* Pumpkin (24 differentiated pages)
* Firehouse Dog / Dalmation (Fire Safety Week) (24 differentiated pages)
* Fall Truck with Pumpkin (24 differentiated pages)
* Squirrel with Acorn (24 differentiated pages)
* Leaf (Back to School, 1st Day/Week of school) (24 differentiated pages)
* Sunflower (Fall Reading) (24 differentiated pages)
All Directed Drawing images are as shown.
Directed Drawing pages are 8 1/2 x 11 (those in portrait orientation) or 11 x 8 1/2 (those in landscape orientation) They are High-quality • 300 dpi • PDFs
The Directed Drawing pages can be printed on standard copy paper, but a heavier substance is preferable if using markers or paints.
DIFFERENTIATED PAGES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SET FOR EACH DRAWING:
* Drawing page (in 4 variations)
* Writing page with drawing window (in 4 variations)
* Primary writing page with drawing window (in 4 variations)
* Step-by-step drawing guide in black line
* Step-by-step drawing guide in black line with next steps highlighted in blue line
* Page-saver, step-by-step drawing guide in black line (prints 2 guides per page,
* Page-saver, step-by-step drawing guide in black line with next steps highlighted
in blue line (prints 2 guides per page, side-by-side)
* Step-by-step drawing guides with drawing window in black line (4 variations)
* Step-by-step drawing guide with drawing window in black line with next steps
highlighted in blue line (4 variations)
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THE 4 DIFFERENTIATED PAGE VARIATIONS FOR DRAWING AND WRITING PAGES
1. Drawing windows are unfilled and ready for students to make
2. Drawing windows contain the first step of each directed drawing. This establishes
size and placement of the drawing. Students will complete the remaining steps of
the drawings following the step-by-step guides.
3 . Drawing windows contain the entire image, of each directed drawing, in gray tone.
Students can trace the gray lines with or without following the step-by-step
instructions. (Note: some copy machines may not print gray tones well, or at all.
Please, check your copier before making copies of this set of pages.)
4. This variation is not a directed drawing activity but a coloring activity. The drawing
windows contain the full image of each directed drawing in black line. Students
will not draw with this set, but color in the images. This set has been included
primarily for when class time is short, or for students who were absent and need to
make up the project. These pages can also be used as samples to show students
what the completed drawings will be.
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DIFFERENTIATED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES
2 variations in step-by-step drawing guides add an additional layer of differentiation.
In addition to a black line only version, step-by-step drawing guides come in a version in black line with next steps to be drawn highlighted in blue line. Steps highlighted in blue line make it even easier for students to immediately discern which steps to draw next. Both variations contain 6 steps for each drawing.
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Violet and Thistle Directed Drawings are not for Commercial use. They are for personal and single classroom use only. Violet and Thistle Directed Drawings may not be shared, redistributed, or resold. You may not sell or share printed or digital copies of these directed drawings. You may not incorporate these drawing sets into other products to sell. You may not sell these directed drawings in any form. You may not use this resource as part of courses on sites such as OutSchool, Open Tent Academy, Udemy, or any similar site. You may not use this resource for profit in any form. You may not offer any part of this resource for free for promotional purposes. These directed drawings may not be used for promotional purposes, in any form. They are for your personal use only, and for your classroom use. These terms apply to both my free and for sale items and are protected under copyright law. Additional licenses for this product can be purchased at a discounted price.
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Ms. Sneed Improves Writing with a Halloween Prompt
Our favorite fourth grade teacher, Ms. Sneed, was explaining the next Halloween ELA activity to her student teacher, Mr. Grow. “My fourth graders can write in a variety of genres, but their explanatory style is loose. This Halloween writing activity tightens up their explanatory writing techniques.” She listed the steps for the prompt as she talked:
- Begin with an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention and introduces the topic.
- Use a step-by-step sequence in logical order.
- Include order and direction words.
- Choose specific (wow) words.
- Vary sentence structure.
- Wrap it up with a conclusion.
Planning with a Halloween Writing Prompt
The next day, Ms. Sneed taught the ELA block while Mr. Grow observed. She guided their planning with a series of questions:
- Let’s visit a pumpkin patch. Which pumpkin will you choose? Will it be tall and skinny or short and fat? Is it a perfect sphere or oddly shaped? Think about the shape of your pumpkin and draw it on your paper.
- What will the eyes look like? Are they triangles, rectangles, or hexagons? Maybe they’re stars or flowers or little slits. Do the eyes have any extra features like pupils or eyelashes or eyebrows? Draw the eyes on your pumpkin.
- Now for the nose. Think about the shape and size. Will it be big and wide, just a pair of nostrils, or snout-like? Imagine the nose you will carve on your pumpkin and draw it.
- Last we have the mouth. Will your pumpkin be smiling, frowning, sneering, or growling? The mouth will really give your pumpkin a personality. Can you see teeth? Draw your mouth.
When they finished drawing, Ms. Sneed rewarded their efforts with a virtual pumpkin carving activity from ABCYa.
“Hey, that was fun,” Mr. Grow remarked. “I don’t think they even knew they were planning for a writing project.” His eyes twinkled.
Developing
The next day, Ms. Sneed asked the students to list the steps for carving their pumpkin in order.
