Ms. De Santis’ Blog

Straight from Teachers Love SMARTBoards- a whole host of Halloween related resources.  This is reposted from their site.  Puzzles, games, activities- there is something for everyone!

Games

Hangman – Fun graphics, more advanced word list. (3 stars)

Halloween Hangman – Good, simple hangman game for Halloween (3 stars)

Halloween Pairs Game – Zoomable and very easy to use (4 stars)

Stacking Pumpkins Game – Might be a fun way to reward your students (3 stars)

Halloween Math Games for K-6 – Great games courtesy of the Oswego City School District

PBS Kids Halloween Collection – Lots of games and activities from PBS Kids.

Spelloween - Practice your spelling by identifying correctly and incorrectly spelled words. You may want to bypass the part that asks you to type the word correctly since this is difficult to do on the SMART Board (middle / high).

Frankenbrain – Find the brain if you dare! (primary / middle)

Halloween, Halloween, What do You See? – Primary reading activity based on the famous book series (primary)

Jigsaw Puzzles

Animated Bat Jigsaw Puzzle – Fun
puzzle. Works great on the SMART Board

Advertising on this site is quite distracting. Please review before using in the classroom. (4 stars)

Bat Jigsaw Puzzle – Another bat
jigsaw puzzle created from Jigzone (3 stars)

Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle – More
good puzzles created from Jigzone (3 stars)

Another Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle -
More good puzzles from Jigzone (3 stars)

Informational Activities

Halloween Safety Game – Fun game
to play to educate your students about trick-or-treating (4 stars)

Interactive Halloween History Quiz – Nice game from the BBC (middle)

History Channel’s History of Halloween – Some nice resources including videos and slideshows. (all grades)

5 Minute English – ESL History of Halloween includes vocabulary with an online Halloween quiz.

Create Your Own Activities

A Horror Movie – Create your story by picking words. You’ll have to type in the words. (3 stars)

Creepy Coloring – Have fun coloring in a pumpkin (primary).

Monster Band – Create your own band! This is a flash file that can also be inserted into Notebook.