🎃 October Resource Round Up


Hey Teacher Friends!

October is one of my favorite months to teach — pumpkins, spooky crafts, and so many fun sensory opportunities! 🍂

This week on the blog, I updated a post all about my Spooky House Writing Activity — a hands-on, five-senses lesson that helps students in special education build descriptive writing skills while getting creative with a spooky twist.

👉 Check out the full post here:
Spooky House Writing Activity for Special Ed

Your students will love designing their own spooky houses, using their senses to describe what’s inside, and sharing their creations with the class.

🕸️ October Resource Roundup

Here are a few of my favorite fall and Halloween resources from my TPT Shop — perfect for the weeks leading up to Halloween:

🧙‍♀️ Witches’ Brew Writing Activity – a differentiated writing craft that helps students use sequencing and descriptive language.
🏠 Spooky House Writing Activity – hands-on, sensory-based, and available in print + digital!
🎃 Halloween Fine Motor Practice Pack – low ink, no prep fine motor activities made just for special ed classrooms.
🦇 October Task Cards– visual supports and interactive matching activities for seasonal vocabulary.

I hope these ideas help make your October lessons engaging, inclusive, and stress-free!


If you try the Spooky House activity, I’d love to see how it turns out — reply to this email or tag me on social media.

Happy (spooky) teaching,
💜 Ashlee

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