Tails of Teaching: 6 No Prep Halloween Activities

There’s a chill in the air, leaves are falling, and students are buzzing about costumes. Yes, teachers, it’s almost Halloween! I always love this time of year and the fun activities I get to do with my students. We know this year is going to be different. With social distancing and distance learning being thrown into the mix, how are we supposed to Halloween activities with our kiddos? Read more and I will share with you the six NO PREP Halloween Activities I plan to do with my students this year.

No Prep Halloween Activities

The first no prep Halloween activity inside my October bin are editable spelling activities. I love having moth themed spelling activities to use with my kiddos! My students love the spooky spelling activities that they can practice and learn their spelling words with. I love that they are editable and easy to differentiate across my students tiered ability spelling lists. If you want to explore the Halloween spelling activities that I use, click HERE now.

No Prep Halloween Activities

Have you ever heard of Art Hub? This is an amazing art channel on YouTube.com that teaches children how to do different directed drawings. I love doing these with my class! Before we begin, I tell my students that all their artwork will look different and that’s the beauty of it. I also tell them to simply raise their hand if needed and that will be the cue for me to pause the video and give them some extra time. Last week we did the haunted house directed drawing and I tied it into our adjectives lesson. They had so much fun with this easy no prep Halloween Activity! I love that I can also share this activity with my students at home as well as at school (I’m currently Hybrid teaching). Click THIS LINK to check out some of their amazing Halloween themed directed drawing lessons now.

No Prep Halloween Activities

I think writing prompts are fa-BOO-lous. Typically, I use writing prompts as a warm-up activity before writing class or as an informal formative check-in on a specific skill I taught (ex. dialogue). In years past I have loved using these writing prompts as quick no prep Halloween activities. This year I needed to adapt. So I have transformed all of my favorite October writing prompts into digital prompts for Google Classroom. Now my at-home learners and in-class learners can do a Halloween writing activity too! Click HERE to check out the Halloween Writing Prompts I will be using.

No Prep Halloween Activities

Looking for more no prep Halloween activities? Well, my friend, check out this awesome FREE one! My students love worksheets like this. It allows them to write about their interests, as well as do a little coloring. If you are looking for a fun time filler or quick Halloween activity to do with you class, then click THIS LINK and grab it now!

No Prep Halloween Activities

I love helping my students grow in their craft as writers. So, any chance I get to engage them (like with Halloween spooky stories) and take them through the writing process, I am all about. This year I have created a Halloween digital notebook to do just that! My students will be using this no prep resource all week leading up to Halloween. From digital writing prompts, to word lists, this Digital notebook will take them through all the skills needed to write some SPOOK-tacular stories! I can’t wait to use this digital writer’s notebook with my students this week and read the BOO-tiful stories they write! To check out the Halloween digital writer’s notebook we will be using in room 204, CLICKHERE.

No Prep Halloween Activities

I love math games, but how am I supposed to play math games when my kiddos can’t touch the same game board or get too close? I think I’ve finally come up with a solution to my math game problem, roll and write games! I’ve created bright and colorful math games that my students can play while maintaining their required distance. Happy dance time!

This week, my plan is to give each partner identical game pumpkin multiplication boards, a dice, and game play pieces (I use pompoms). This way they can mirror each other game boards as they play! Interested in checking out my Roll and Write Math Games? CLICK HERE!

No Prep Halloween Activities

Alright, it’s all treats and no tricks time. Are you ready for a BONUS Halloween activity, a 7th and FREE no prep Halloween activity? We just finished a place value math unit in my classroom. So, I thought it would be fun to practice place value with an interactive pumpkin review! Click HERE so you can grab this Google Classroom ready, no prep Halloween activity for your kiddos now!