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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Roll to Create a Creature - Drawing Game
Use a die and a chart to create a creature to include in a narrative text or a comic strip.
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How to Make a Monster Reading Comprehension Activity
Read and comprehend a set of instructions to create a magical monster!
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Halloween Coloring Sheets — Mindful Coloring
Bring a bit of calm to the chaotic classroom this October with a set of printable (not-so) scary halloween coloring pages.
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Read and Draw - Halloween Worksheets
Practice reading comprehension skills with an exciting read-and-draw comprehension worksheet for 4th grade.
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My Little Halloween Color Book
Brighten your Halloween lesson plans with a printable Halloween color book for Preschool and Kindergarten.
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Roll to Create a Haunted House Halloween Activity
Have some spooky Halloween fun with a Roll-to-Create Halloween Art activity.
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Write About It! Pumpkins - Differentiated Writing Prompts
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled fall writing prompts about pumpkins.
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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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Halloween Escape Room - The Missing Treat Mystery - Multiplication and Division Facts
Solve the mystery of who stole all the treats from the Halloween Party with an interactive Halloween Escape Room featuring multiplication and division.
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Spooky Adjectives - Halloween Activity Sheets
Bewitch your students into learning about adjectives with Halloween printables for first and second grades.
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Halloween Reading Comprehension Passage and Task Cards - The Curious Crusader
Practice reading comprehension skills with an exciting Halloween reading comprehension activity for 4th graders!
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Halloween Spelling Practice Worksheets
Practice weekly spelling words with a spooktacular Halloween twist with a set of printable Halloween spelling worksheets.
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Roll to Create a Spooky Halloween Scene
Create a spooky scene to include in a narrative text using a die and a chart with this fun, hands-on Halloween activity.
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Halloween Narrative Writing Prompts — Finish the Story Writing Activity
Develop narrative writing skills this Halloween season with a printable “Finish the Story” writing prompt and craft.
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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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Funky Cat - Halloween Paper Craft
Print this fun Halloween craft activity and use Zentangle pattern art to create a cat with funky accessories.
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Funky Pumpkin Halloween Craft Template
Get ready for Halloween with this popular Zentangle art pumpkin craft featuring a customizable Jack-’o-lantern with funky glasses.
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2-Digit Addition Color by Number- Halloween Mystery Picture
Celebrate the coming of Halloween and practice adding 2-digit numbers up to 99 with a set of addition color by number worksheets.
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Halloween Spooky Eyes Portrait Craft for Kids
Craft the creepiest classroom decorations of all with our printable Moving Eyes Portrait Craft Templates!
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Area and Perimeter Haunted House Project
Design your own haunted house and practice finding the perimeter and area of rectangular figures with an exciting Halloween Math Activity!
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Scarecrow Division Color by Number Worksheet
Have fun with your Halloween math practice with a division color-by-number worksheet!
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Halloween Printable Coloring Pages - Zentangle Draw and Color
Bring some spooktacular zentangle art into the classroom with our printable pop art Halloween color pages.
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Write About It! Spiders
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled informational writing prompts about spiders
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The Escape From Millbrook Manor – Halloween Escape Room
Practice computation skills by solving puzzles with this differentiated Halloween escape room game.
- Halloween 2024 Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Templates
- Halloween 2024 Craft Activities
- Halloween 2024 Games
- Halloween 2024 Writing Templates
- Halloween 2024 Labels Signs Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Color by Code
- Halloween 2024 Bulletin Board Displays
- Halloween 2024 Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Interactive Activities
- Halloween 2024 Task Cards
- Halloween 2024 Coloring Pages
- Halloween 2024 Escape Room Games
- Halloween 2024 Mini Book
- Halloween 2024 Dice Games
- Halloween 2024 Classroom Door Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Word Searches
- Halloween 2024 Logic Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Word Walls
- Halloween 2024 Book Review Templates
- Halloween 2024 Mazes
- Halloween 2024 Crossword Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Pennant Flags
- Halloween 2024 Tracing Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Banner Display Letter Sets
- Halloween 2024 Fortune Teller Templates
- Halloween 2024 Posters
- Halloween 2024 Sorting Activities
- 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