Welcome to the Halloween page of Busy Teacher! There are currently 214 worksheets and excellent articles available on this spooky holiday. Planning your Halloween lesson just got a lot easier! Take a moment to browse through the section to find something that's appropriate for your class. Whether or not your students are familiar with Halloween, they are sure to enjoy the creative activities you do in class. You can make the experience more authentic by encouraging students to dress in costume and by handing out candy but make sure these are both acceptable at your school!
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Halloween word unscramble - a fun activity to do with your class for Halloween! Can you help the spider unscramble the letters in the webs to solve the riddle? Riddle: What do witches cook in ...
The word Halloween is linked to the Celtic festival 'Samhain' which means 'summers end'. Halloween was originally called All Hallows' Eve which means the evening before All Saints' Day. Students r ...
This is a Power Point presentation about Halloween. Students have to look at the pictures and choose the correct option. There are twelve Halloween words illustrated in this PPT: ghost, vampire, w ...
This activity is fantastic to introduce Halloween and learn basic vocabulary about it. It consists of a listening exercise from a song by A.J. Jenkins (fill in the gaps). You can also explain Hall ...
Worksheet on Halloween vocabulary. It can be used for introducing or revising words in connection with Halloween. Students are asked to match the words with the pictures, find some Halloween word ...
This Halloween worksheet is designed to get beginners speaking without having to read. It includes key points about Halloween. Halloween is Oct. 31. People like to decorate by carving pumpkins. ...
A power point mainly for kids but that can be used for adults too about the origins and traditions for Halloween. When it started in Ireland, England and Northern France, what happened when it spr ...
An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. All lines in the poem should describe the topic word. This worksheet can be used when learning about the topic 'Halloween ...
This worksheet can be used as an extra resource when teaching the topic 'Halloween'. There are 14 words and 14 pictures. Students must fill in the missing letter to each word and trace over the re ...
This handwriting practice is a great activity to do when learning about the topic 'Halloween'. Students read the word first, then practice tracing over the letters. Words include: cat, bat, hat, p ...
This Halloween resource can be used as an extra activity when teaching the topic 'Halloween'. Students must look at the pictures and put a circle around the odd one out in each row. Illustrations ...
This Halloween maths worksheet includes simple addition sums with illustrations. The pictures include witches' hats, pumpkins, spiders, and bats. Students must count the number of objects and writ ...
I downloaded several worksheets about halloween from your wonderful website, I mixed them up and I added two small games. So in this worksheet you have a summary of Halloween history and ques ...
This is a writing activity to practice simple present third person singular. After a short warm up reading, the students are invited to write about a day in the life of Dracula. It's a fun way to ...
This is a wordsearch puzzle for teaching Halloween related vocabulary. At the bottom of the page is a list of words. The words are hidden in the puzzle. The words have been placed horizontall ...
This is a pretty simple matching activity for teaching Halloween related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the words given with the pictures. The answer key is ...
This worksheet can be used as an extra resource when teaching the topic 'Halloween'. Students must try and make as many words as they can using the word jack-o-lantern. They can only use each lett ...
Halloween flashcards can be used in various ways. My idea: after learning halloween words a teacher gives each student a flashcard and he/she needs to hide it behind his/her back. Students go roun ...
This is a short Halloween story for revising the past simple tense at elementary level. Students are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. The answe ...
Dear Busy Teachers! Halloween is coming, so today I'd like to share with you my Halloween mini-book, that contains 2 pages of Halloween vocabulary, trick or treat poem, coloring page, Halloween ...
This creative writing worksheet can be used as an extra activity when learning about the topic 'Halloween'. Students are asked to write a story titled 'The Friendly Monster'. Try to encourage stud ...
This creative writing worksheet can be used as an extra activity when learning about the topic 'Halloween'. Students are asked to write a story titled 'The Wise Wizard'. Try to encourage students ...
This activity can be used when learning about Halloween. The worksheet asks students to draw a line from the pictures on the left to match the pictures on the right. There are eight pictures to ma ...
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