Halloween Math Fun!

Halloween is a great opportunity to have some fun in math while the children still do worthwhile activities!

 

Halloween and math make a great partnership! I doubt that there is any other theme that will motivate as much a Halloween will!

     

 

There are loads of simple games and ideas that you can use that will combine math and Halloween!

These simple Tic Tac Toe games are soooooo easy to create! You just need some plastic spiders or bats and a grid drawn on paper!

 

  

 

These math challenges are easy to create too! We used the poster above for 2 different activities.

1. Find as many combinations of 2 or 3 numbers that add to 31 (for October 31 of course)!

2. Find sets of 3 numbers where 2 of the numbers add to the third number!

Find as many as possible for each! Winner is the person with the most!

Our winners received a plastic spider! :)

 

     

 

These are our Halloween Math Place Value Friends! There are friends for 2 digit numbers to 5 digit numbers for each of the 6 characters. They come in both color and black and white for the children to color their own!

These are available at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-2164099

 

 

 

 

There are also lots and lots of printable games in these Halloween grade by grade collections!

You will find these at -

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Games-4-Learning/Category/Halloween

 

Here are a few -

   

   

   

   

 

Halloween Bump Game Freebies!

I also have some free Halloween Bump Games at -

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-906999 

 

So why not make this Halloween a Fun Math Halloween! At least this might take their minds off candy and trick or treating for a little while!!!!! :)

 





Halloween Writing Prompts!

Halloween is a fantastic motivator for getting kids to write!

That's why I have created a few things that you can use to get kids enthusiastic about writing this Halloween.

             

They can write spooky stories, recipes for witch's brews, safety hints for trick or treating, list ideas for Halloween parties or even facts and opinions about Halloween!

Sometimes all they need is a sentence starter to get their imaginations firing! 

Halloween Writing Quilt

If you would like to get kids writing and creating an interesting display of their writing, then you will love the Halloween Writing Quilt Squares.

Their are 7 quilt squares to choose from and can you use them all or use just one.

The children do the writing activity on the sheet then color the small quilt squares.

They then cut out the large square and these can be displayed with their classmates' squares to make a large Halloween Quilt display with their writing and their coloring.

The Halloween Writing Quilt Squares are available from my Teachers Pay Teachers store at
 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Writing-2135822

 


If you would like to create a Halloween Quilt with your class you can get the Halloween quilt squares at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Writing-2135822 . 

31 Spooky Halloween Writing Prompts

I have listed 31 Halloween Writing Prompts below the image but you can also download a pdf of this image from this link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B22L3xCcFjIydURKWmVQaFVaV0U/view?usp=sharing

1. Write a recipe for a witch’s brew.

2. Create an advertisement to sell a haunted house.

3. Write a letter to a vampire convincing it to come to your Halloween party.

4. Plan a Halloween party. List who you will invite, food and games.

5. Create a game to play with a pumpkin.

6. Design a haunted house.

7. Give 5 facts and 5 opinions about bats.

8. Give 5 facts and 5 options about candy.

9. Describe the ultimate Halloween costume.

10. You are going to interview a witch. Write 10 questions you would ask.

11. Would you rather be friends with Frankenstein or Dracula? Why?

12. If a jack-o-lantern could speak what would it say?

13. Halloween has been cancelled this year. Give 5 reasons why this might happen.

14. What is the best Halloween you have ever had?

15. Describe a perfect Halloween. What would you do? Where would you go?

16. Which of these would you like to have visit you, a ghost, a mummy or a skeleton?

17. Write an acrostic poem for Halloween, monster, Frankenstein or haunted house. 

18. A zombie is on the lose and you have to stop it. What will you do? 

19. Do you prefer Halloween or Christmas? Give 7 reasons why? 

20. Which would be the best pet for a witch, a spider, a bat or a cat? Why?

21. If candy were banned on Halloween, what could be given instead. 

22. If I could fly …

23. If I were a ghost I …

24. I was putting on my Halloween costume when I heard a howling sound. 

25. Suddenly the jack-o-lantern started to speak and I …

26. It was a dark and stormy night when we suddenly …

27. I couldn’t believe my eyes but standing in front of me was …

 

28. I ran faster and faster but the … was still chasing me.

29. If I had a flying broomstick, I …..

30. We were walking through the cemetery when we heard …

31. The strange sound was coming from under the bed so I … 

I hope this give the kids something to write about!

Halloween Literacy Freebies

Halloween can be one of the greatest motivators in the classroom!
That's why I have created some Halloween literacy activities that will get kids playing around with Halloween words and composing spooky Halloween stories.
I have 2 sets of Halloween Literacy Freebies and also a set of Halloween Literacy Puzzles and Games.

 

The Halloween Literacy Freebie contains two printable Halloween Word Puzzles.

The Halloween Literacy Puzzles Freebie has 2 Halloween Word Puzzles. It is available now at

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Literacy-Puzzles-Freebie-916326 .

In Who's Coming to the Party students are given the names of the who will be at the Halloween party but all of the vowels are missing. Some words will be easy but some are sure to challenge them!

This Halloween Word Search and Riddle puzzle is much more than just a word search. After children have solved the word search they are rewarded with a Halloween riddle but they will have to work out the answer for themselves!

 

 

Another great idea for Halloween is to have children compose some spooky stories. I have created a collection of Halloween Story Starters at

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-1501750 

      

There are 7 story starters for students to choose from. You can print each and display as is or cut around the webs and make a chart with them like I have done.

These spooky story starters are sure to fire up their imagination!

 

Here is another really simple idea for a Halloween Word Game.

The game can be played by 2 players or 2 teams.

Draw a grid of about 8x8 on a piece of paper or a whiteboard.

Fill the grid with Halloween themed words. You can read the words going across the grid in the photo above.

Now the players or teams take turns to make a word from the letters in the grid and cross off the letters.

The letters can be anywhere on the board not like a word search where the letters have to be in a line. In the photo above the first player has crossed off the letters for 'crow'.

The last player or team who can make a word is the winner.

This is a great game for spelling skills. 

 

If you want more Halloween Literacy, I also have a set of Halloween Literacy Puzzles and Games.

               

This collection has 7 Halloween Word Puzzle sheets and 5 Halloween Board Games with a literacy focus. You can seem more about it at -

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Literacy-Puzzles-and-Games-912209

 

Hope you like these Halloween Literacy activities!

Have a Spooktacular Halloween! 

Halloween Math Fun!

Halloween is a great topic to use to motivate kids in math!
Adding a little bit of Halloween to your math means adding loads and loads of fun too!

Halloween Fractions

Here is a really simple way to have some fun with fractions at Halloween.

Brainstorm a list of Halloween words then calculate the fraction of consonants and vowels.

This is a great activity for developing the concept of fractions.

Playing games is also a great way to incorporate Halloween into Math time. That's why I have created 4 new sets of Halloween Math Games for grades 1 to 4.

Halloween Math Games Grade by Grade

These sets allow students to practise and review basic math concepts for their grade while they have so much fun that they don't even realize that they are actually learning!
Each set contains 14 printable Halloween Games. The games are a mix of board games and No Prep game sheets for 2 players. These games are ideal for Halloween math centers, fast finishers or even Halloween homework. Let me show you a few games from each set.

 

These games are from Halloween Math Games First Grade.

The Count Dracula Board Game has children count their way around the board.

In Halloween Spooky Pairs Add to 10, the players take turns to color a pair of adjoining numbers that add to 10. The last player to color a pair is the winner.

 

You can see more of what is in this set at

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-Games-First-Grade-1448442 

 

These are from the Second Grade set of Halloween Math Games.

In the Halloween 13 Bats Board Game, the players take turns to cover 2 or 3 numbers that add to 13. In the Halloween Pairs 11, 12 or 13, the players color pairs of adjoining numbers that add to the total in the bat.

Halloween Math Games Second Grade is available at

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-Games-Second-Grade-1451722 .

 

 

 

 

 

These cute, cute games are from Halloween Math Games Third Grade.

Batty times Three, Four or Five is a multiplication game and Halloween Difference of 9 is a subtraction game. Trick or Treat Pairs and Trios will really get them thinking as they search for 2 or 3 numbers that add to 31. Batty Subtraction will test them on their subtraction skills.

 

Halloween Math Games Third Grade is available from

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-Games-Third-Grade-1457636.  

 

These are from Halloween Math Games Fourth Grade. Halloween Lucky Sevens has students divide by 7 and determine if there is a remainder or not. Halloween Multiply and Color has them search for sets of three numbers that can make a multiplication equation.

There are 14 printable Halloween math games in the fourth grade set.

It is available at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-Games-Fourth-Grade-1469370 

 If you want more Halloween math, make sure you also check out my set of -

Halloween Math Games, Puzzles and Brain Teasers

Halloween Math Games, Puzzles and Brain Teasers set that is loaded with
Halloween Math Board Games,
Halloween Math Puzzles Sheets and
Halloween Math Brain Teasers in a card format and worksheet format.

    

    

You can learn more about what's included at
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-Games-Puzzles-and-Brain-Teasers-330898

Hope you and your students have a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween!!!!!! :)