The Jack-o'-Lantern Candy Pail
Students read a nonfiction passage about the history of trick-or-treat bags and the plastic jack-o'-lantern pail, written at 6 reading levels (1st grade to 6th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a chronological passage about how Halloween treat containers changed over time
- Explain how a plastic pail is formed in a mold and why factories can make so many
- Find details that show why glow sticks and reflective bags make trick-or-treating safer
- Explain how the author compares older containers to the plastic pail