October & Halloween Children's Book List

Fall is a great time to pick up a book and read with a child.

Do you have favorite October or Halloween books?

I've included a list of five books from Amazon (my affiliate link is included). CLICK on the book to view it. My children read these books throughout the month of October. We honestly love all 5 of these books and hope your children enjoy them too! Here are our favorites:

1. The Gruffalo. When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with "terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to scare off his foes? After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo . . . is there? 

2. How Many Pumpkin Seeds? Mr. Tiffin and his students explore skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment! This book makes a wonderful read-aloud companion to any math or science curriculum, and it's a fun way to reinforce counting skills at home.

3. Room On The Broom. The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom.  But is there room on the broom for so many friends?  And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?

4. From Seed to Pumpkin. In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere: in the garden, in the supermarkets, and on doorsteps. But do you know how they grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin? This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.



5. Big Pumpkin. The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine.
It's so big the ghost can't move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there'll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day.
How can the tiny bat succeed where bigger and strong spooky creatures have failed? You'll be surprised!

Fall is one of our favorite times to engage in reading a good book. We have a book area set up in our home classroom for easy reading opportunities. We read at least 20 minutes a day and log all of our books in our October reading logs.

After reading for 20 minutes we fill out our reading log daily. Click HERE to download the Fall Reading Logs, Posters, & Prompts.  These reading logs help keep us on track to completing our monthly reading goals. We display the poster to show our accomplishment of reaching our monthly reading goal.

Click HERE to download the Fall Reading Logs, Posters, & Prompts. 

These reading tools can help your students be successful in setting and attaining monthly reading goals. Readers are leaders!

Happy Teaching!

Let's READ NO PREP Reading Logs

Often what I make and create for my classroom comes out of necessity. This summer has been pretty busy for my family and I wanted a way to engage my son in recording how much he reads {he reads a lot!}, remind myself to encourage more reading {I often forget with a baby that needs lots of attention that she deserves}, and reward my son for his reading. I really hope this is a useful tool for your classroom your students or reading at home with your children.

{CLICK HERE TO VIEW}

These Reading Logs are for Pre-K to fifth graders to record a their own reading. There is one set of weekly reading logs and one set of monthly reading logs for the 2016-2017 school year. Each Reading Log engages the students to record their own reading time {done with a parent or alone}.Included in this packet:

-1 set of Weekly Reading Logs

-1 set of Monthly Reading Logs

-Classroom Posters to Display Students with 4 STAR Reading Scores for reading at least 20 minutes a day!

-All reading logs have parent signature line

-Engages students in being active readers

-Kid friendly text

-Calendars for 2016-2017 School Year

-HIGH QUALITY clipart

-Ready to Print & GO!

We filled ours out for Monday and Tuesday. We read in the morning and afternoon, usually in between his creative playtime. My son loves to sit and read and this is helping me to better keep track of how much we are reading. Simply chart how many minutes of reading we do as we go. The reading logs are easy to PRINT & GO!

I'm using the monthly set and posting it on my white board in my home classroom. Here is a picture of what it looks like. I hope these reading logs are helpful for your students in keeping up with their daily reading too.