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As the crisp air ignites the excitement of Halloween, it’s the perfect time to bring some autumn magic into the classroom! Halloween reading activities not only tap into fall fun but also enhance literacy skills through fun and engaginglessons. Whether it’s spooky stories, creative writing prompts, or themed vocabulary exercises, these 15 activities are spooktacular for your students this fall!
1.Monster Mash Mad Libs
Use Halloween-themed Mad Libs to teach parts of speech in a fun and engaging way. Students can complete them independently or in groups and then read them aloud! Who doesn’t love Mad Libs?
2. Halloween Reading Centers
These reading centers are packed full of Halloween reading activities. From poetry to informational text, students will have tons of spooktacular practice!
3. Haunted House Descriptions
Read a story set in a haunted house or even students tell their own, then have them draw and write descriptions of haunted houses. Spooky!
4. Frightening Fact vs. Fiction
 Read a mix of factual and fictional Halloween texts and have students identify which is which and explain why. This Halloween reading activity keeps students on their toes!
5. Halloween Word Search
Students can practice reading and identifying words with a spooktacular word search! Find a spooky, pre-made word search in this Halloween Reading Comprehension Activities resource!
6. Halloween Readers Theater
 Students perform a play based on a Halloween story, enhancing reading fluency and expression. I love this Halloween reading activity because you can really challenge your students to make their play spooky!
7. Frightful Folktales
Explore a variety of Halloween folktales from different cultures and discuss their origins and morals. Such a fun cross-curricular Halloween reading activity! You can even follow this activity up with some comprehension questions or ask students to write their own mini folktale!
8. Halloween Text Structure Sort
This Halloween reading activity gets students comfortable with identifying text structure through a fun and festive worksheet! This activity is also found in the Halloween Reading Comprehension Activities resource!
9. Spooky Story Starters
Provide students with Halloween-themed story starters to inspire creative writing. You could even use Halloween pictures to inspire writing ideas! After students have a chance to write a Halloween piece, have them read them aloud with a partner!
10. Pumpkin Poetry
 Students write and share Halloween-themed poems, focusing on rhyme and descriptive language. This could involve spooky poems, rhyming poems, acrostic poems, and more!
11. Halloween Figurative Language
Use Halloween themed worksheets and words to teach figurative language in a festive way! Practice alliteration with a worksheet included in a festive Halloween reading activities resource.Â
12. Witch’s Brew Vocabulary
 Create a cauldron of Halloween words and have students read and use them in sentences or short stories. What a fun way to read tricky words and build vocabulary!Â
13. Monster Bookmarks
Have students create monster or Halloween themed bookmarks to use with their reading books. This Halloween reading activity is such a fun motivator to keep students reading!
14. Halloween Reading Passages
Students can practice their comprehension skills by reading and answering questions from holiday themed passages! Find a no-prep passage with questions here!
15. Creepy Character Profiles
Have students create Halloween characters like monsters, pumpkins or vampires and have them create character profiles! Students can write about what their character is like and the role they would play in a story.Â
Reading doesn’t have to be boring! I hope some of these spooktacular Halloween reading activities bring a fun fall spirit to your classroom and engage students in their learning this October! Embracing the Halloween spirit with themed reading activities can transform your classroom into a place of excitement and learning. So, grab your favorite Halloween books and get ready for a hauntingly good time in the classroom!
Hi, I’m Shelly! Thank you for being here. I love helping third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers with fun and engaging activities that require no to little prep! Let me help you by taking some of the stress and work off your plate.
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