Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Halloween

Halloween
In the United States of America
A Brief History of Halloween
  • More than two thousand years ago the Celts who lived in Ireland celebrated a special festival called Samhain on 1st November. It was their New Year celebration. Later 1st November became known as All Saints Day or All Hallows. The evening before All Hallows became known as Hallows Eve and later Halloween or Hallowe'en.

  • The Celts believed that evil spirits would come out to harm them on Hallows Eve so they used to dress up in costumes to look like ghosts so that the evil spirits would think they were like them and not hurt them. 

  • People used to make lanterns by carving turnips and putting candles inside them. When many Irish people emigrated to America to escape the potato famine of 1846, they took the tradition of Halloween with them, except that it was easier to find pumpkins rather than turnips and this is what Americans used to make their jack o' lanterns.

  • Then the rest was history! Halloween progressively became more and more celebrated! Today, in 2020 Halloween is celebrated across the United States in various ways! 

Check out this video on The History of Halloween !!!

How is Halloween celebrated today?

Most American families celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes, attending parties, going to Haunted Houses, and carving pumpkins or gourds into jack-o-lanterns. Many choose to decorate their homes in dark, spooky fashion with props like fake spider webs, bones, and ghouls.

Trick-or-treating may be the most popular way to celebrate the holiday. Kids and adults dress up in character and go door to door exclaiming “Trick or Treat!”. This customary phrase implies that if the homeowner does not give a treat to their guest, a trick may follow. Of course, in the rare event that a child leaves empty-handed, he or she rarely makes good on this promise.

Most of all Halloween is a day where all things spooky, rather than being counter-culture, take center stage and are celebrated!


Halloween Activities
Carving pumpkins!
Trick-or-treating!
Visiting a spooky site, like a haunted house! 

These are all examples of some things someone might do to celebrate Halloween! Aside from all these fun activities, Halloween is a holiday filled with delicious treats! Below are some examples of treats a person could eat on Halloween. 

Halloween Treats!

 
  
Halloween in Half Moon Bay, California!
This is a picture of my sister and all ready to go trick or treating!
 
These are ghosts my mom made to decorate the front of our house.
 
My sister and I carving pumpkins! 

Here my sister and I are at pumpking patch to pick our pumpkins for carving.

In Half Moon Bay, there is a giant pumpkin weight off. This picture is with the winner in 2002!

My mom is dressed as a doll and I am dressed as an elephant. 

Can you match the picture to the Halloween vocabulary?

Costumes

Halloween parties

Trick-or-treating

Haunted houses

Spooky

Pumpkin patches

Candy

Corn mazes

Carving pumpkins

Ghosts

Graveyards

Jack-o-lantern

Try this English listening exercise! Listen to the song "This is Halloween" and fill in the blanks in the lyrics! If you miss any of the words scroll to the bottom of this post for the answers. :)

_________ and _________  of every age . Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will _________ . This, our town of _________________.

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. _________________ scream in the dead of night. 

This is Halloween, everybody make a __________ .  

Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright. 

It's our town, everybody ___________. In this town of Halloween. 

I am the one hiding under your _________ . Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing _________ . 

I am the one hiding under your stairs. Fingers like _________  and _________  in my hair. 

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Halloween!_________________! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call _________. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song. 

In this town, don't we _________ it now? Everybody's waiting for the next surprise. 

'Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can. 

Something's waiting no to pounce, and how you'll Scream! 

This is Halloween. _________ 'n' _________, and slimy _________. 

Aren't you scared? Well, that's just fine. 

Say it once, say it twice. Take a chance and roll the _________. 

Ride with the _________ in the dead of night. Everybody scream, everybody _________!

In our _________ of Halloween! I am the clown with the tear-away _________.

Here in a flash and gone without a trace. 

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"

I am the wind blowing through your _________. I am the shadow on the moon at _________. 

Filling your dreams to the brim with _________. This is Halloween, this is Halloween.

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! _________________ ! Halloween!

Tender lumplings everywhere. Life's no _________ without a good scare. 

That's our _________, but we're not mean. In our town of Halloween. 

In this town. Don't we _________ it now?

Everybody's waiting for the next surprise. Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back

and scream like a banshee. Make you jump out of your _________. 

This is Halloween, everybody _________. 

Won't ya please make way for a very special guy

Our man Jack is King of the ______________ patch. 

Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King, now!

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call _________. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song.

La la la ___ la la la ___ la la (Halloween! Halloween!)

La la la ___ ___ la la la la la (Halloween! _________________!)




Boys and girls of every age. Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see. This, our town of Halloween.

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Pumpkins scream in the dead of night. 

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene

Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright. 

It's our town, everybody scream. In this town of Halloween.

I am the one hiding under your bed. Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red.

I am the one hiding under your stairs. Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair.

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song.

In this town, don't we love it now? Everybody's waiting for the next surprise.

'Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can. 

Something's waiting no to pounce, and how you'll

Scream! This is Halloween. Red 'n' black, and slimy green.

Aren't you scared? Well, that's just fine

Say it once, say it twice. Take a chance and roll the dice.

Ride with the moon in the dead of night. Everybody scream, everybody scream!

In our town of Halloween! I am the clown with the tear-away face.

Here in a flash and gone without a trace. 

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"

I am the wind blowing through your hair. I am the shadow on the moon at night.

Filling your dreams to the brim with fright. This is Halloween, this is Halloween.

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Tender lumplings everywhere. Life's no fun without a good scare.

That's our job, but we're not mean. In our town of Halloween.

In this town. Don't we love it now?

Everybody's waiting for the next surprise. Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back and scream like a banshee. 

Make you jump out of your skin.

This is Halloween, everybody scream

Won't ya please make way for a very special guy

Our man Jack is King of the Pumpkin patch. 

Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King, now!

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song. 

Happy Halloween!


Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Parts of the Body

The Body

Each one of us has a body! Not only do our bodies make us look the way we do, but they allow us to live in and explore the world around us! Our bodies are made of a head, limbs, and a torso. Inside our bodies, we have a muscular system and a skeletal system. Our muscles and skeleton give our body shape and the ability to move and stay upright. We can bend our limbs because they are connected by joints. Some of our bodies' most important joints are our ankles, knees, wrists, and elbows. We have to take care of our bodies so they are able to provide all the amazing functions they so naturally do. What are some ways you take care of your body? 

Can you name the body parts? Try this interactive worksheet to see if you know where a few important body parts are located. Listen to the audios at the bottom of the worksheet to see if you know how to pronounce some common body parts. body parts worksheet.  



Here you can try to complete the crossword to unlock a secret message!

Review Questions: 

1) What are the three main parts of the body? 

2) Which two systems give our bodies shape and the ability to move and stay upright? 

3) What allows us to bend our limbs? 

4) What are the names of four important joints? 


The answers to the crossword exercise and review questions are below! 








1)The three main parts of the body are the head, torso, and limbs. 

2)The muscular and skeletal systems give our bodies shape and the ability to move and stay upright.

3)Our joints allow us to bend our limbs. 

4)Our ankleskneeswrists, and elbows are four important joints.  





























Friday, October 16, 2020

Plants vs. Animals

How are plants and animals different and the same? 

💚 PLANTS 💚



How are plants organized? Plants are composed of cells. Plant cells join together to form tissue. Each tissue in a plant plays a specific role: protection, transportation of nutrients, or supporting the plant! The organs of a plant are made up of the plant's tissues. The function of a plant's organs' is to soak up sunlight and C02 (carbon dioxide) for the process of photosynthesis

The yellow arrows indicate the most important parts of a plant!  

Food for thought: Why are plants important to us as human beings? What will happen to our world and our lives if the amount of plants in our world continues to decrease? 

💛ANIMALS 💛



How are animals organized? Animals cells join together to form tissue (like plants). Also like plants, each animal tissue has a specific function. Organs, in humans, are made up of different tissues. An example of a human organ is the human heart! Slightly different from plants, animals have various systems that are made up of their organs. These systems are groups of organs that work together for a specific function such as breathing in the respiratory system!

Food for thought: How are animals and people different? In what ways are animals and humans the same? Why do you think there is such a strong distinction between animals and humans? 


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