According to my
classroom calendar, there are at least 8 attention worthy holidays and celebrations that EFL/ESL teachers can build their classes around in October. Here are my
ideas, suggestions and resources for English classes in October.
You can talk about students’ favorite music on
International Music Day (October 1). You can
learn lyrics of one of today’s popular songs with middle and high school students. You can
sing some simple songs with pre-school and elementary school kids.
We usually
refresh school-related vocabulary (school subjects, classroom objects etc.) on
World Teachers’ Day on October 5. I have a set of relevant worksheets to suggest to you.
Columbus Day is a national holiday in the United States. My middle school students learn more about this holiday and Christopher Columbus through my Columbus Day
reading comprehension set that includes some printable worksheets.
National Farmers Day, October 12, offers a variety of topics for English classes dedicated to this celebration. I have a couple of
simple songs about farm animals on my YouTube channel which my elementary students sing on this day. Of course we
learn or refresh English names of farm animals, their homes and babies. We read a simple
reading comprehension passage about a cow that belongs to my animals reading comprehension kit. My middle school students
learn English names for farmer's tools which I display on a printable vocabulary poster (sometimes I use this one for
Labor Day classes too).
On October 14,
National Dessert Day, we talk about kids’ favorite desserts and ingredients needed to make them. I have a
reading comprehension text about cakes that I offer to my young students to read on this day.
On
International Artist Day, October 25, I ask elementary school students to
draw quick pictures by my descriptions. Something like “a big black dog and a small red cat are eating a long sausage together under an apple tree”.
Another big holiday of the month of October is, of course,
Halloween. I have a lot of ESL printables dedicated to this day. Here are some of them.
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