Fun with Halloween grammar and language activities!
I’m pretty sure that I love Halloween as much as most students (if not more), so I am always looking for an excuse to incorporate Halloween grammar and language activities into my lessons! I also love creating lessons, so I am often inspired by my favorite holiday to come up with new activities.
Halloween Story Starters Writing Prompts
A really fun way to incorporate the holiday and get students developing their creative skills is using story starters. Simply give them a sentence or two to get the story started and let them use their imaginations to decide what direction the story will take. Not sure what kind of story starters to use? You can find a few ideas HERE, including a FREE sample of story starter prompts.
Prefer to have ready-to-go writing prompts in printable and digital options? Check them out here:
Halloween Grammar Fun
It can often be a challenge to give much-needed grammar practice in a way that is fun for students. That’s why including a Halloween theme while teaching or practicing grammar can be a great way to engage them in learning!
One of the biggest grammar and writing challenges I have with my students is avoiding sentence fragments! So I have put together a resource that will give students a quick refresher on what fragments are and how to avoid them plus practice activities. This resource contains printable and digital options to offer flexibility in your teaching. You can check them out below:
Digital Boom Cards
Are you using Boom Cards with your students? If so, you will love these fun Boom Cards to practice homophones, homographs and subject-verb agreement. If you are not familiar with Boom Cards and how they work, see this blog post to find out why students and teachers love them!
Fun word puzzles
Something that I love as much as Halloween is word games and puzzles! So I love to make activities that include both a Halloween theme and a fun game or puzzle!
Puzzles are a perfect way to practice spelling, critical thinking skills, and more!
My students absolutely LOVE these cryptogram puzzles and rhyming puzzles (hink pinks and hinky pinkies)! If you want some fun Halloween activities that will really get them thinking, try these puzzles!
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One of my favorite quick, no-prep activities for Halloween is this picture word search puzzle. This is more challenging than just circling words because students have to first build the list from the pictures (great spelling practice!) and then find the words in the puzzle. When the puzzle is completed, hidden words are revealed. I have created a bundle of seasonal and non-seasonal picture word search puzzles, but you can get a free sample of the puzzle for my favorite holiday!
Click the image below to grab this FREE resource and keep reading for even more fun Halloween themed grammar and language activities!
For more ideas for using games and puzzles to practice spelling, check out this blog post.
Halloween Escape Room
No student can resist the fun of an escape room, and they will be so engaged they won’t even realize they are learning! In this this all-digital escape room, students will use context clues to discover the codes to escape a haunted mansion.
Halloween fun for the whole class!
Other fun activities for building critical thinking skills are these Halloween themed Bingo Game and Would You Rather questions.
The bingo game includes several options for differentiation, including versions to practice listening and inferencing skills. The Would You Rather activity is a fun way to get students to discuss their preferences and give their reasoning. These are perfect activities for a fun October treat or Halloween party!
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