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!
- Plus Plan
The Substitute Monster - Halloween Craft and Write
This Halloween, inspire your struggling writers to write toe-curling tales using our Halloween writing prompts and craft templates.
- Plus Plan
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.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Parts of Speech- Cut and Paste Worksheet
Have a bit of spooky fun identifying parts of speech by sorting Halloween nouns, verbs, and adjectives with a cut and paste worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Halloween-Themed Division Word Problems - Task Cards
Use various strategies to solve division word problems with a set of Halloween Task Cards.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Collaborative Coloring Sheet
Create a Halloween bulletin board with our collaborative Halloween coloring sheet.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Division Mystery Picture - Multi-Digit
Have a bit of Halloween math fun with a division color by number worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Write About It! Halloween Costumes
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled Halloween writing prompts about Halloween costumes.
- Plus Plan
Switching Sounds - CVC Sound Substitution Interactive Activity
Practice switching sounds to spell new words with a fun fall pumpkin patch interactive.
- Plus Plan
Using Greater Than and Less Than Symbols - Halloween Worksheet
Practice using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols to compare two-digit numbers with a fun Halloween worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Count and Compare Worksheet
Have a spooktacular time practicing number comparisons with a count and compare Halloween math worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Comparing Numbers-Halloween Word Problems
Practice comparing numbers using base ten blocks with a Halloween Math word problem worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Comparing Numbers Worksheet - Ten Frames
Model and compare numbers to twenty using ten frames with a fun and engaging Halloween math worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Printable Spider Book
Bring a bit of creepy into the classroom this Halloween with a printable leveled reader about spiders!
- Plus Plan
All About Bats Mini Book
Go batty for informational text with a printable emerging reader mini book for first and second-grade readers.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Writing Prompts - Bats
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled Halloween writing prompts about bats.
- Plus Plan
Write About It! Spiders
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled informational writing prompts about spiders
- Plus Plan
Halloween 3D Objects
Build some spooky Halloween characters with this set of five 3-D net templates.
- Plus Plan
Write a Spooky Story - Scaffolded Writing Project
Inspire your struggling writers to write spooky stories that contain all of the story elements with a set of scaffolded writing activities and final draft paper.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Word Scramble
Have a bit of word-friendly fun with a Halloween Word Scramble worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Multiplying Decimals – Interactive Picture Reveal (Halloween)
Sharpen computation skills by multiplying decimals with an interactive Halloween picture reveal.
- Free Plan
Halloween Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty Halloween-related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
- Plus Plan
Red Ribbon Week and Halloween Door Decorating Kit
Decorate for Halloween and Red Ribbon Week at the same time with our Halloween door decorations!
- Plus Plan
Curious Creature – Whole-Class Art Activity
A collaborative whole-class art activity to create a curious creature.
- Plus Plan
Halloween Math Activity - Number Ordering Puzzles
Practice counting with a fun set of spook-tacular Halloween number puzzles!
- Halloween 2024 Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Templates
- Halloween 2024 Craft Activities
- Halloween 2024 Games
- Halloween 2024 Writing Templates
- Halloween 2024 Labels Signs Decorations
- 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 Mini Book
- Halloween 2024 Dice Games
- Halloween 2024 Escape Room Games
- Halloween 2024 Classroom Door Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Word Searches
- Halloween 2024 Logic Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Word Walls
- Halloween 2024 Bookmarks
- Halloween 2024 Tracing Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Sorting Activities
- Halloween 2024 Mazes
- Halloween 2024 Banner Display Letter Sets
- Halloween 2024 Fortune Teller Templates
- Halloween 2024 Book Review Templates
- Halloween 2024 Crossword Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Posters
- 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