Dem Bones Graph, Lessons, And Ideas!! K-3

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and Other Halloween Treats!!!

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Yes, this is where you will find the ORIGINAL Dem Bones Graph!!! Also you will find other ideas
to use while working with DEM Bones. I believe you can no longer buy Dem Bones, but Oriental Trading makes
bone candy which is the same thing as the Dem Bones candy. Go to Oriental Trading and search for skeleton
candy or bone candy and you will see the new packs.

Tired of Dem Bones? Want another treat to share with your
class that will encourage learning??? You will see some other foods that I have found that would be fun to
learn with on Halloween. Also, there are some free printables to match a few of the ideas found below.

Click Here to Print Your Free Dem Bones Graph! -
It has been updated in 2004! Now in PDF format!
The orginal was made in 1999.

New in 2005 - Kimberly, a member of the Teaching Heart Mailring, has kindly shared a sorting
sheet she made. Click here to download!!

Updated: September 15, 2007

Dem Bones Activities

Click Here to Print Your Free Dem Bones Graph! -
It has been updated in 2004! Now in PDF format!
The orginal was made by Colleen in 1999.

New in 2005 -
Kimberly, a member of the Teaching Heart Mailring, has kindly shared a
dem bones sorting sheet she made. Click here to download!!

Purchase Dem Bones candy made by Brach's Candies at a local drug store. I have found them at Ekerds, Rite Aide, and Target. Sometimes they are difficult to find. If you are having trouble you can order 24 small bags for under $4.00 from Oriental Trading. Follow the link and do a search on the site for Dem Bones! Get them early if you find them!

In the bags you will find sugar flavored skulls, ribs, bones, and feet. This is a great lesson to do in October. It doesn't scream the word Halloween. Still, it is fun to do around this time of year.

I have done the lessons below with a General Grade 2 classroom and grades k-3 in a Special Education Resource Room.

To start my lesson, I like to read the students books about bones. Two of my favorite are found below. If you click on the books you can learn more about them at AMAZON.COM! You can even purchase them there if you would like to!

Dem Bones
by Bob Barner (Illustrator)

Shake Dem Halloween Bones

Other books on Bones!

1.) After we read a few stories about Dem Bones. I like to pass out the Dem Bones Candy. There is so much you can do with this candy. The first thing I like to have my students do is sort the candy on a sorting sheet I created. Here is a small graphic of it. It is available in 24 hours with the purchase of our Fall Packet found at http://www.teachinghear.net/fallpacket1.html or you can make your own. Or if you would rather to have our packet on CD go to:
http://www.teachingheart.net/primaryteachertimesaver.html

The students lay the candy on the correct section of the sorting sheet. Then they answer questions about the candy.

I allow them to try the candy after they are finished. We talk about the different flavors. I draw a graph on the whiteboard and each student comes up and places a check next to their favorite flavor. Then we look at the results on the whiteboard and discuss them as a group.

2.) On the next day we get a new bag of Dem Bones and complete the Dem Bones Graph that I created and modify every year since 1999. Here is a small graphic of the graph that is found in our fall packet. This is a free one for you to download. Click the image and you will be taken to the word document. You can then print the Dem Bones Graph and use it with your class.

I have the students color the graph to match the bones in their bag. When they are done, they switch graphs with a neighbor. The neighbor completes the graph questions on their friend's graph.

3.) During Center Time I put out a Dem Bones Dice Game for Halloween week. Here is a small graphic of the Dice Game. This too is found in our Halloween Packet that is sent via email. To learn more click here

Roll and Eat Dem Bones Game – Print on cardstock, laminate, and cut game boards. Now that we have finished using our snack pieces, let’s play a game. Your teacher will break you up into groups and give your group dice. Sit in a circle and take turns rolling the dice & following the directions. Use the chart below to decode what each roll means. If you roll something that you can’t do, pass the dice on and do not do anything. The game is over when one player has no pieces left after their turn! If you wish not to eat the candy, throw it away instead. (1-3)

4.) The last thing we do to sum up our learning fun with Dem Bones, is to work on a mini book that I created for my students to fill out. To your right is a picture of the eight pages found in the book. This is a great way to end your graphing and sorting lesson. If you would like a copy of this and the other three printables click here to learn more or to order. All the Dem Bones Activities are found in our fall packet or on Packet CDROM Volume I.

When I taught in a K-3 resource room. I had each grade graph their entire groups candy. Each colored dot represents a grade level. We used the large graph seen here to decide which grade had the most of certain bones or how many total each grade had. Then we hung the graph and placed our finished graphs around the large graph.

Gooey Ghosts

Oriental Trading is sells a candy called Gooey Ghosts. Basically, a colored gummy candy shaped like ghosts.
If you would like to order the candy, fall the link below and search for Gooey Ghosts.

I have created a few activity sheets to match these. They are in PDF format and free to download. Click here
to print the free sheets!

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Gummy Bears and Scares.

I found this candy in 2003 and could not find it in 2004. Maybe some of you can find it. If you can, follow the link below to
more free printables to use with this candy.

http://www.teachingheart.net/gummybearsscaresgraph.html

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your students on Halloween? Click Here to Print some free goodies and to learn about our custom candy
bar wrapper!

Potion Pack

Here is another Halloween Gummy Candy that I found on Oriental Trading. There is only one of each gummy per pack. So, it would
be much for graphing. But you could have your students name all the parts & colors:

Yellow Ghost - tastes like lemon
Red Snake - tastes like cherry
Blue Spider - tastes like blueberry
Green Rat - tastes like red apple
Orange Bat - tastes like an orange
Purple Cat - tastes like grape

CREATIVE WRITING:
Each one has a different flavor. You could have them eat each one and write the following sentences in their journals.

I made a magic fall potion.
I put in a yellow ghost that tasted like a _________________.
I put in a red snake that tasted like a __________________.
I put in a blue spider that tasted like a _________________.
I put in a green rate that tasted like an ________________.
I put in an orange bat that tasted like an _______________.
Lastly, I put in a purple cat that tasted like _____________.
When I was done with my potion I gave it to ________________________ and __________________ to try.
They thought it tasted like...
(Have student comtinue on with the story)

Witch Warts

Here is another Halloween Candy that I found on Oriental Trading. It is a hard candy of different colors. You could have your students
sort the warts by colors. They could graph the colored warts. You could have them count the warts.

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Lucky Charms with Spooky Marshmallows!!!

Grab a box is this yummy cereal and some ziploc baggies. Place a handful or two of the cereal in one baggie.
Make enough baggies for each student. You can then have the students find the five kids of marshmellows in the box. Discuss the
shapes and colors. Sort by shape and color. Then complete this graph. Click here to print the graph in pdf format!!!

Print Graph

Learn About the Cereal

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Graveyard Ghoulees

I found these at Walmart. They are online at
http://www.oryans.com/graveyard-ghoulees-halloween-candy.html

Graveyard Ghoulees are a great Halloween gummy. You get all your favorite halloween ghouls; Spooky gummy bats, gummy pumpkins, gross gummy spiders and worms, and of course gummy skulls.

These little halloween gummies are alot of fun. They come in assorted fruit flavors and are made with real juice. Each bag of these grave yard treats has 60 packs of juicey gummies in assorted shapes and flavors.

Click to download graph and sorting sheet. - PDF