Halloween Lesson Plan Ideas

Teaching Tip: Lesson Plan Ideas For Halloween

By: Teachnology Staff

Thinking of Lessons for Halloween?

Here are a number of Halloween activities you might want to include in your lessons.

1. Read scary stories.

2. Tell Halloween classroom jokes.

3. Include pumpkins, bats, and scarecrows in your lessons.

4. Estimating candy is fun for any grade level.

5. Create a fictional cemetery to study history.

6. Create a classroom mystery.

7. Use candy trees to countdown to dates.

8. Take time to mention Halloween safety.

9. Do a candy sorting or graphing activity.

10. Have your class write spooky stories.

This Week in History

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Inspiring Teacher Quote "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein

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