Halloween Story

Build vocabulary and get in the Halloween sprit with a collection of festive activities! Here, scholars take part in a holiday celebration, unearth the unknown in mystery feel-boxes, and create monster masks out of paper plates. 

What's that creepy noise? Listen closely and read even closer with a comprehension activity based on a short scary story. Fourth graders then answer a series of comprehension questions about theme, vocabulary, and elements of plot.

Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.

At the beginning of this Halloween lesson, learners generate a list of spooky characters and words that they will use when creating their original stories. Teams of 3-4 members create the stories together. The lesson includes a handy...

Get your ghouls and gals writing on Halloween! Learners write about what their jack o' lantern said when it suddenly came to life. A cute pumpkin graphic and a fun font spices up the resource.

Young writers can contemplate a cartoon zombie's brain while they write a creative story. The theme is Halloween and the issue is that the writer invited real monsters to his or her party. Big mistake! Or was it?

Pupils use an online tool to "carve" a pumpkin. Then they write a story about their pumpkin. They use technology to create a unique pumpkin face and write a story about the special characteristics of their pumpkin.

Bring some ghostly literature into your English classroom! Witches or The Raven will get your instructional activity started! After reading or listening to one of the suggested excerpts, learners write a scene from the text and perform...

Reading scary stories on Halloween is frightfully good fun! As elementary learners read several stories for the holiday, they choose a favorite and create a decorative garland representing the characters and setting elements found in the...

What better way to motivate reading than with scary stories, especially around Halloween. Using a Goosebumps series set of books, learners participate in daily reading of chapters from their book. Each day they focus on a different story...