Halloween 2024 Teaching Resources
Looking for Halloween classroom decorations, elementary student activities, holiday-themed art projects for students and more ways to have a spooky good time this October? From printable worksheets to hands-on activities, the teachers of Teach Starter have created everything you need to make this fall holiday one to remember!
Created by teachers for teachers, this teaching resource collection includes Halloween ideas for teachers from pre-school to kindergarten, first grade to sixth grade, with options for reading center activities and math center activities, Halloween coloring pages, curriculum-aligned games and more!
This teaching resource collection was designed to provide you with a mix of holiday-specific activities and curriculum-aligned resources that bring a little bit of the spooky theme to your traditional teaching (spider symmetry, anyone?).
Thinking about celebrating for the first time in your classroom this year or just need a few fresh ideas? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
When Is Halloween 2024?
We know teachers have a lot on their plate, so just a reminder: Halloween is celebrated on October 31 in 2024 (and every year). This year, Halloween will be celebrated on a Thursday, so Friday may bring tired students and a whole lot of candy into your classroom!
How Do People Celebrate Halloween in the Classroom? Fun Activities for Kids!
- Make Halloween slime (it's green) in your science classes to explore chemical reactions and the relationship between liquids and solids
- Make Halloween Page Biter bookmarks in the school library to keep the pages of books safe!
- Print Halloween bookmarks to hand out to trick-or-treaters in your school.
- Use pre-K and kindergarten students' hands and feet to create fun Halloween characters (think vampires, monsters, ghosts, and pumpkins) with green and orange paint, googly eyes, and more.
- Learn about nocturnal animals with a study of bats.
- Dive into the skeletal system with an exploration of bones — and some spooky skeletons!
- Explore our entire Halloween collection for more teacher-created Halloween ideas!
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Crazy Creatures – Counting Worksheet
Bring a bit of (not-so) spooky counting into kindergarten with a crazy creatures Halloween activity.
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Curious Creature – Whole-Class Art Activity
A collaborative whole-class art activity to create a curious creature.
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Build-a-Bat Report Writing Template
Research, write and create a bat report with a cut-and-assemble bat shaped writing template.
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A Book a Day Keeps the Monsters Away! — Bulletin Board Set
Print a monsters and reading-themed bulletin board bundle perfect for Halloween!
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Creature Creator - Verb Tense Task Cards
Create a mystery creature using past, present and future tense verbs.
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Mini-Mystery – Who Scared the Black Cat?
A logic-based Halloween-themed puzzle where students solve a mystery by reading clues.
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How to Draw for Kids - Monster
Teach your students how to draw a monster with this Halloween directed-drawing activity.
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Halloween Abbreviations Worksheet
Practice identifying the correct abbreviations for commonly used words with a printable Halloween-themed abbreviations worksheet.
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Halloween Interactive Assessment- Round to Three Decimal Places
Scare up some new assessment data when your student's round decimals to the nearest tenth, hundredth, and thousandth with a Halloween-themed rounding decimals quiz.
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Spooky 3-Digit Subtraction - Maze Game
Practice three-digit subtraction with regrouping skills with printable Halloween Subtraction Maze worksheets.
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Parts of Speech Worksheet - Halloween Nouns and Verbs
Identify nouns and verbs and put them in the correct pumpkin patch with this cut and paste Halloween Parts of Speech worksheet.
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3 Digit Subtraction With Regrouping Game Cards
Practice 3-Digit subtraction with regrouping strategies with a printable set of subtraction strategy task cards.
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Halloween Grammar Practice Worksheets - Apostrophe Practice
Practice using apostrophes of possession and in contractions with a set of spooktacular Halloween Apostrophe worksheets.
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Haunted House Worksheets - Descriptive Writing Activity
Draw and write about scary Halloween houses with a printable Halloween descriptive writing activity pack.
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Halloween Finish the Picture - Preposition Exercise
Finish the picture and create a fun Halloween scene with a set of preposition worksheets.
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Comparing Numbers Worksheets - Halloween Math
Count and compare numbers to ten with engaging Halloween-themed comparing numbers worksheets.
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Double Digit Multiplication Worksheets - Halloween Color By Number
Practice multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers with a pair of engaging Halloween color-by-number worksheets.
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Spooky Subtraction - 3rd Grade Halloween Math Game
Practice triple-digit subtraction with regrouping with an exciting 3rd Grade Halloween Math Game.
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1st Grade Halloween Addition Game - Roll-a-Potion
Roll and add to create a magic potion, then draw it in the cauldron with a printable Halloween game.
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Halloween Counting to 10 Worksheets
Count, write, and match numbers and objects with printable Halloween counting worksheets.
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Halloween Riddles - Codebreaker Worksheets
Crack the code and solve some seriously funny Halloween riddles with a set of printable Codebreaker worksheets.
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Halloween Contractions Activity - SCOOT! Card Game
Identify contractions and the words they replace with a set of printable Halloween Contraction task cards.
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Halloween Prepositions Interactive Game
Use this interactive Halloween preposition game to review some spooky grammar skills.
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Trick or Treat Digraphs Worksheet
Sort Halloween Digraphs and color them by code with a fun Halloween Phonics worksheet.
- Halloween 2024 Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Templates
- Halloween 2024 Craft Activities
- Halloween 2024 Games
- Halloween 2024 Labels Signs Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Writing Templates
- Halloween 2024 Bulletin Board Displays
- Halloween 2024 Color by Code
- Halloween 2024 Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Interactive Activities
- Halloween 2024 Task Cards
- Halloween 2024 Coloring Pages
- Halloween 2024 Dice Games
- Halloween 2024 Word Searches
- Halloween 2024 Mini Book
- Halloween 2024 Escape Room Games
- Halloween 2024 Classroom Door Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Word Walls
- Halloween 2024 Bookmarks
- Halloween 2024 Logic Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Crossword Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Tracing Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Active Games
- Halloween 2024 Sorting Activities
- Halloween 2024 Mazes
- Halloween 2024 Posters
- Halloween 2024 Fortune Teller Templates
- Halloween 2024 Banner Display Letter Sets
- Halloween 2024 Book Review Templates
- Halloween 2024 Pennant Flags
- Halloween 2024 for Pre-K
- Halloween 2024 for Kindergarten
- Halloween 2024 for 1st Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 2nd Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 3rd Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 4th Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 5th Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 6th Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 7th Grade