Halloween is often the first party of the school year, and after a busy back to school season, it can be challenging to plan out! I thought I would share a few of my favorite Halloween read alouds, activities, and some tips and tricks that I have used to make this crazy day a little less taxing!
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Halloween Party
Choose Your Snacks And Drinks
Many schools have health and wellness policies that spell out the types of snacks and drinks that you can serve. Often schools require that treats be store-bought or pre-packaged as well. Make sure you check these requirements before requesting items from parents.
Make sure to ask for parent volunteers as well. Determine how many activities you will have, and request a parent volunteer for each activity. You might also want to include a volunteer (or two) that focus on delivering and cleaning up food items.
Music Maestro
What's a party without music? I love using Kidz Bop in the classroom because I don't have to worry about inappropriate lyrics playing when I least expect it. Halloween is crazy enough without having to deal with parent calls after school!
Kidz Bop Halloween Hits is perfect for Halloween, and best of all, you can stream it for FREE if you are an Amazon Prime member.
Language Arts
Halloween Word Search Printables
Print out this fun Halloween Word Search puzzle and get your students ready for everyone's favorite spooky holiday!
Math
Halloween Color By Number Math Facts Practice
Color-by-number activities are ALWAYS a hit in my classroom, and Halloween is no exception! I love being able to get a little math fact practice in with my students with these color-by-code sheets.
FREEBIES - Download the previews of these resources for a free color-by-number worksheet!
Ghost Math Facts Craftivity
Eye Ball Math
You can make another great Halloween-themed math game with these spooky eyeballs from Dollar Tree. (If you can't find them, Amazon has a set of these eyeballs as well). Simply write numbers onto the eyeballs using a sharpie. You can practice skills such as:
- math facts
- double digit multiplication, subtraction, or addition
- long division
- rounding
While you are at Dollar Tree, grab a bag of candy corn to practice comparing numbers.
Reading
Halloween Read Alouds
One of the best things about Halloween is that there are so many great read-alouds centered around it. I buy most of my Halloween-themed books from Amazon - being a Prime member makes it so much easier since they arrive quickly even when I buy one at the last moment. I have also purchased from Scholastic and Barnes and Noble (which always has great holiday displays in their children's section).
I shared a list of my favorite Halloween read-alouds in this blog post.
Halloween Mad Libs
I love using Mad Libs in the classroom, and Halloween is no exception! There are quite a few options:
Miscellaneous Ideas
Make ANY assignment more festive by printing on Halloween orange paper.
What things do you do to celebrate Halloween in your classroom?
I would love to hear from you! ❤️
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