Elementary Halloween Lesson Plans

Have a class full of kids excited about Halloween? Bring Halloween into the classroom. The net is loaded with ideas for classroom lesson plans for every grade. Here are a few brief suggestions for grades one through three that can act as a lesson plan in itself, or provide an entertaining filler.

Children love to tell stories, and the ideas here are limitless. Start with a scenario such as, "You are home on a Halloween night. The doorbell rings, and you take the candy bowl to the door, but no one is there. You see a shadow in the yard. What do you do?" Have them write five sentences of fun. Several directions can be taken here, from noun and verb usage, to house rules and home safety. Fit the subject to meet what you are teaching at this time in your school year. This is a very adaptable plan, and lots of fun for the children.

Word association games are fun as well. Have the children sit in a circle. Start with a noun. One student names a Halloween object, then points to another student who must come up with an adjective or verb to describe it, such as "scary monster" or "running pumpkinhead". See who can come up with the strangest combinations, but they must make sense. Write the best ones on the board, and have the students use them in a brief, five to eight sentence story.

Describe the scariest haunted house. What creatures are inside? Does the house itself have a story? Use as many adjectives as possible to describe this house. The result should paint an image in their classmate's head.

Become Dr. Frankenstein, and come up with your own Halloween monster. What is it called? What does it look like? Draw a picture and write about the creation. Staple the sheets together between colored construction paper, and make a book.

Math Cats - hide cutout of cats around the room. Each cat as a number on it. The students look around the room for the cats, and write down the numbers they see (leave the cats where they are hidden). When the students return to their desks, have them add the columns of numbers. The student with the highest number gets to write the columns of numbers on the chalk board/dry erase board. The class takes turns adding each student's column of numbers to check their work.

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