Make Halloween learning frightfully fun with How to Catch a Monster activities! Spark imagination while strengthening key literacy skills with the included hands-on resources. Students will engage with the story, explore character traits, and dive into spooky-but-silly challenges that encourage critical thinking and creativity. With every activity, learners build confidence in their reading and writing while enjoying the playful spirit of Halloween. Add these activities to your routine for a monstrously good time that supports literacy growth and festive fun!

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Design a monster character.
• Sequence the story.
• Match rhyming pairs.
• Respond to writing prompts.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Social Skills: whole group prompts and activities included
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Design and create a mystery monster.
• Create a collaborative surprise monster.

From sequencing and rhyming to imaginative role play and creative monster-catching fun, these How to Catch a Monster activities make literacy learning exciting and festive!

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About the Book

Get ready to laugh along in this fun children's monster book as a brave young ninja heads into the closet to meet the monster that's been so scary night after night! But what if our monster isn't scary at all? Maybe our hero is about to make a friend of the strangest sort...

Don’t have the book yet? Grab your copy and join the monster-catching mission!