8th Grade Halloween Printables (by date, oldest first)

This resource pack has fun, quick, fall-themed activities for middle school kids! Half page printables with fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving themes are ready with no prep...just print and go. Use as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of fall fun to your classroom or home! Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Word search, acrostic poems, fall bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing, and more!

Included:

• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer keys

This resource, as well as Winter Activities for Older Kids, and Spring Activities for Older Kids are available in a money saving bundle, Seasonal Activities for Older Kids Bundle. Save 20% by purchasing the bundle!

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Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet

I Am Thankful - Freebie

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit: Middle & High School

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This bundle includes Fall Activities for Older Kids, Winter Activities for Older Kids, and Spring Activities for Older Kids at a 20% discount! These resource packs have fun, quick activities for middle school kids. Use these half page printables as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of seasonal fun to your classroom or home! Recipe math, acrostic poems, fall/winter/spring bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing and more! Ready with no prep...just print and go.

What's Included?

Fall Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: fall/autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 pages total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer Key

Winter Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: winter, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer key

Spring Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: spring, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mardi Gras
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer key

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Looking for other middle school resources?

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet {plain and themed versions}

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle/High School

Holiday Toy Trends Mini Research Unit

Christmas Around the World - Who is/What is Cards

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Set of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by Edgar Allan Poe from The Raven to be used as gifts, early finishers, addition to sub plans, and more.

Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonderful way to engage readers and explore the themes and characters of the story. Here are some ideas on how to use them in your classroom, library, or at a book club:

1. Book Club and Classroom Discussions: Use the bookmarks as prompts for book club discussions.

2. End-of-Term Gifts: Consider gifting the finished bookmarks to students at the end of the term as a personalized and meaningful memento of their time in your class.

3. Use bookmarks book club member rewards/gifts.

4. Attach bookmarks to a pack of coloring pens or a book for a small gift.

5. Homemade Gifts: Encourage students to give their colored bookmarks to classmates, friends, or family members who enjoy reading.

6. Collaborative Coloring: Set up a collaborative coloring station where students can work together to create a large, colorful bookmark collage, using bookmarks featuring quotes from different books.

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7. Use coloring bookmarks as a relaxing downtime activity.

8. As an addition to subplans and for early finishers.

9. Add to cards and letters.

10. Use as decorations for scrapbooks or reading journals.

11. Coloring during read-at-loud times.

12. Classroom Decor: string together the colored bookmarks to create a unique and personalized classroom decoration that reflects the artistic talents of your students.

Files include: 1 Pdf US letter-size pages 8.5” by 11”. Four different bookmarks in two sizes: large bookmarks measure about 8." by 2.4",

and smaller set 7" by 2"

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Autumn months of the year seasonal hot cocoa mugs coloring pages, one for each month of fall, with seasonal items to color, leaves, apples, and pumpkins, these could be used as seasonal classroom decor, early finishers, brain breaks, and other no prep activities.

Files include:

1 Pdf file with 3 US letter-size pages 8.5” by 11”.

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Need an awesome Art Unit? I have just the thing for you! This creative Ghostly Self Portraits Unit was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. It is best to use grey newsprint paper if you have it, but if you do not you could use white drawing paper (if you give the white paper a grey-ish look ahead of time). I used pencil to sketch everything out in student sketchbooks and on final copy newsprint paper. I used black crayon OR black oil pastel (depending on grade level) to first outline the major features of the pencil drawing. The older students used oil pastels. After outlining, white crayon OR white oil pastels were used for the self-portrait eyes, and a few other areas. Pattern was a focus throughout the composition whether it showed up on the person or in the background. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

This is a cross curricular project which combines art, math, narrative writing and geography. Suited for grade 6 to 8. The project includes graphic organizers, a story plot diagram and rubrics for all work. This ties in with the curriculum for each subject area. It is also good for Halloween time or any time.

Teach biomes with Halloween creatures! This lesson is perfect before or after Halloween. Students will analyze graphs and use context clues to figure out which biome each creature belongs to.

Includes...

• Worksheet for students to fill out
• Script for kicking this engaging and fun activity off
• Keys in the speaker notes

Teacher note: I would print these, laminate them and put them in file folder with the creature file number on them to make them more mysterious and really get students excited about it! Each group gets one creature and then must identify which biome it belongs to. Buy the bundle for the slides that go along this activity!

Tennessee States Standards

• 6.LS2.4 - Using evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors in different biomes, specifically the tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, rainforest, marine, and freshwater ecosystems.

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-3 - Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Teach biomes with Halloween creatures! This engaging and fun lesson is perfect before or after Halloween. Students will analyze graphs and use context clues to figure out which biome each creature belongs to.

This bundle includes...

• Instructions for in class and virtual learners.
• Worksheet for students to fill out
• Answer key
• Tips in the speaker notes
• Script to jumpstart the lesson and get students excited
• Printable Google docs for in class instruction
• Slide for distance/virtual learners to randomize which creature they get

Tennessee States Standards

• 6.LS2.4 - Using evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors in different biomes, specifically the tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, rainforest, marine, and freshwater ecosystems.

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-3 - Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Engage your students with these fun, retro-themed Spanish Halloween coloring pages. Perfect for bilingual classrooms, these printable activities enhance vocabulary while celebrating Halloween. Ideal for elementary Spanish learners, this resource is great for holiday-themed lessons and keeping students entertained with creative activities!

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What's Included

• 3 coloring pages with inspirational quotes in Spanish

Quotes Included

1. No temas a los fantasmas, ellos solo están aquí para la fiesta
2. Halloween es la excusa perfecta para ser raro
3. Halloween es la única noche en que está bien ser un poco espeluznante

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Halloween Retro & Preppy | 3 Groovy Early Finishers Coloring Pages for SEL: Explore a fun and creative Halloween activity with these retro Halloween coloring pages! Perfect for classrooms and home use, these printable pages are perfect for early finishers, indoor recess, Halloween parties, writing prompts and more!

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What's Included:

• 3 Halloween coloring pages with unique backgrounds and Halloween inspirational quotes

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Halloween Reading and Vocabulary Activities - The Landlady by Roald Dahl: Use these vocabulary activities for The Landlady by Roald Dahl to get your AVID or ELA middle school students in the Halloween spirit! These resources can be used during the Halloween season, but can also be used at any other time during the year! These resources include before reading, during reading and after reading vocabulary activities.

Great for: sub plans, vocabulary practice, Halloween fun, reading strategies

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WHAT's INCLUDED:

Before Reading

• Google Doc with the story, The Landlady by Roald Dahl (includes an essential question, margin for any note-taking, and a place for a summary at the end)
• Editable Vocabulary Awareness Chart in Google Sheets
• PDF Vocabulary Awareness Chart with vocabulary words from The Landlady

During Reading

• Vocabulary and Definitions Chart: students will read the story and write the definitions for the vocabulary in their own words
• Vocabulary and Definitions Chart Key: includes simplified definitions to help you guide students

After Reading

• The Landlady crossword puzzle: students use their definitions and apply their learning by reading the definitions of their vocabulary words and adding them to the crossword puzzle
• The Landlady crossword puzzle Key: includes the answers to the crossword puzzle

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Halloween Team Building and Public Speaking Card Game Activity- Connect the Dots: This Halloween AVID inspired Card Game is the ultimate public speaking and team-building resource for AVID students (or any content area) - This engaging and educational card game is designed to help students develop their public speaking skills and build teamwork in a fun and interactive way. It is perfect for AVID classrooms and beyond! It's suitable for use in AVID classrooms, as well as any classroom that values public speaking and teamwork. Students will draw 2 Halloween-themed cards and try to connect the 2 words by telling a story with them.

Connect the dots boosts confidence, enhances communication, and fosters collaboration. Through playing this card game, students will gain the confidence and skills necessary to succeed in public speaking and work effectively in teams, setting them up for success both in and out of the classroom.

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How to Play Connect the Dots

• Print, cut, and laminate the 200 cards provided.

• Put the word cards into box or non-see through bag.

• A player picks two cards and then must immediately begin telling a story connecting both words together convincingly. The story should only be 1-2 minutes, complicated, or true!

• Once your class is comfortable with connecting two words, add to your word collection and increase the number of cards selected to three or even four.

Skills

• Moving from one idea to another smoothly, in a way that can be readily understood and followed by your audience, is a must-have public speaking skill.

• Connect the Dots gives people the opportunity to practice. Finding a way to conenct the words and practicing the ability to make those connections will become stronger and stronger.

• An added benefit of the game is listening and learning from each other.

What's Included

• Directions page
• Skills page
• Example story
• 200 word cards
• blank cards to write your own words

*This resource is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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This Halloween Think Fast Game is a fun and engaging activity designed to encourage quick thinking and creativity among students. Perfect for classroom Halloween parties or as a time-filler, this game will have students racing to name items in categories like costumes, candy, spooky sounds, and more. Suitable for a range of grade levels, it can be a great addition to your Halloween lesson plans or party-planning resources!

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What's Included

Halloween Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 things you find in a haunted house, 3 things a witch might have, 3 classic Halloween monsters

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This Halloween-themed Spanish vocabulary game is perfect for practicing quick thinking and Spanish fluency. Students will have 1 minute to come up with answers to fun prompts like Halloween costumes, animals, and foods. This Spanish Think Fast activity is ideal for classroom warm-ups, brain breaks, or holiday-themed lessons!

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What's Included

Halloween Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 things that are orange, 3 things a witch might have, 3 Halloween animals

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Halloween Retro & Preppy | Groovy Early Finishers Coloring Page for SEL Freebie: Explore a fun and creative Halloween activity with this retro Halloween coloring page! Perfect for classrooms and home use, this printable page is perfect for early finishers, indoor recess, Halloween parties, writing prompts, and more!

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What's Included:

• 1 Halloween coloring page with a unique background and Halloween inspirational quote

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Bring out the Halloween spirit in your classroom with this Roll a Monster Story resource. Perfect for creative writing activities, students roll dice to craft unique stories while meeting writing standards. This resource is ideal for 5th-12th grade!

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What's Included

• Pre-Filled Roll a Monster Story Board
• Editable Roll a Monster Story Board
• Story Planning Board
• Vocabulary Page
• Writing Pages
• Editable Rubric in Google Sheets

Directions

Step 1: Roll the Dice

Begin by rolling the dice to determine the key components of your story. Use the chart below to match each dice roll to the corresponding element for your story. Record your results:

1. Monster Type (e.g., Alien, Ghost, Dragon, etc.)
2. Monster Appearance (e.g., Glowing red eyes, Slimy, Multiple heads, etc.)
3. Monster Power (e.g., Telepathy, Fire-breathing, etc.)
4. Monster Weakness (e.g., Bright light, Water, etc.)
5. Story Setting (e.g., Haunted mansion, Spaceship, Ancient cave, etc.)
6. Plot Twist (e.g., The monster is friendly, The monster needs help, etc.)

After rolling, students will have a list of elements to include in their story.

Step 2: Plan The Story

Now that students have their monster’s characteristics, setting, and plot twist, they will take a moment to brainstorm how these elements will work together in your narrative. Students should think about:

• How does the setting affect the story's tone or mood?
• What motivates your monster? What challenges will the monster face?
• How can the plot twist surprise or change the direction of the story?

Create a brief outline, if needed, to help organize your ideas.

Step 3: Write The Story

Using the elements from their dice rolls, students begin writing their story. They should make sure their narrative has a clear beginning, middle, and end. As they write, students will focus on the following:

• Incorporate all of the rolled elements into the story in a meaningful way. For example, if your monster has a weakness to water, this should play an important role in the plot.
• Use vivid descriptions to bring your monster, setting, and events to life.
• Develop your characters (including the monster!) by giving them motivations and emotions that will drive the story.
• Remember the plot twist—use it to surprise your reader and add depth to your story.

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Use this Halloween activity as an icebreaker with your AVID students or for any class or content during the fall season! This team-building game promotes good communication skills which allows for AVID families to build trust and relational capacity. It also helps students prepare to be successful in their future college and career endeavors. This engaging game will allow AVID students to continue to develop those peer relationships as well as develop necessary skills!

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What's Included:

• cover page
• directions page
• 48 Halloween-themed drawing cards

Directions:

• Print and laminate multiple sets of image cards.
• Divide the class into multiple groups.
• Group members take turns drawing a card from a pile.
• The person who drew a card must not show their team the image or use words to describe it. Ie if it is a rainbow you can only use shapes, lines, and location to describe the drawing and cannot say things like, "it forms after the rain."
• The group member describes and gives directions on how to draw the image.
• The team then tries to use listening skills to copy the drawing based on the directions given.
• Repeat until all cards have been used.

Uses:

• teambuilding
• communication practice
• listening practice
• framework Friday

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This no-prep Dia de los Muertos vs. Halloween ELA activity worksheet guides middle and high school students through a cultural and historical comparison of these two holidays. Engage students with reading passages, comparison activities, and critical thinking questions that explore death and remembrance.

Explore the fascinating cultural and historical differences between Dia de los Muertos and Halloween with this no-prep ELA worksheet. Designed for middle and high school students, this activity encourages critical thinking through thematic analysis and comparisons of how different cultures view death, remembrance, and traditions. With reading passages, comparison charts, and guided questions, this resource is perfect for introducing students to the unique significance of both holidays.

What's Included:

• Informational Text on Dia de los Muertos and Halloween (1 page)
• Venn Diagram for comparing the two holidays (1 page)
• Critical Thinking Questions (1 page)
• Answer Key for teachers (1 page)

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Cultural Awareness: Helps students understand and appreciate cultural differences in holiday traditions.
• Critical Thinking: Encourages analysis of the thematic elements of death and remembrance.
• Comparative Analysis: Strengthens the ability to compare and contrast cultural practices.

How to Use the Activity in Your Classroom:

1. Begin with the informational text to introduce Dia de los Muertos and Halloween.
2. Have students use the Venn diagram to compare the two holidays' traditions and themes.
3. Use the critical thinking questions to prompt classroom discussions or individual reflections.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.9: Analyze documents to compare and contrast key themes.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Outcomes:

• ELA.9.7(F): Analyze and compare themes across texts.
• ELA.9.12(C): Evaluate how different cultural backgrounds influence text meaning.

Dive into the world of Edgar Allan Poe with this no-prep, Halloween-themed activity resource designed for middle and high school students. This unit focuses on Poe’s Gothic masterpieces, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven. Students will analyze these stories' themes of madness, death, and the supernatural, all while exploring 19th-century American history. Ideal for building critical thinking, literary analysis, and engaging students during the Halloween season. This lesson plan provides everything you need to connect Poe’s dark themes to the broader cultural anxieties of his time.

What's Included:

• Text Analysis Worksheet for The Tell-Tale Heart extract
• Text Analysis Worksheet for The Raven extract
• Class Discussion Questions

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Literary Analysis: Strengthens students' ability to identify themes, symbolism, and literary devices.
• Historical Understanding: Links literature to societal and cultural developments in 19th-century America.
• Critical Thinking: Encourages students to analyze how Poe's works reflect the anxieties of his time.
• Creative Writing: Provides opportunities for students to craft their own Gothic-inspired pieces.

How to Use the Activity in Your Classroom:

1. Use the slide deck to introduce Edgar Allan Poe and 19th-century America.
2. Assign extract The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven for reading and use the analysis worksheets to guide discussion.
3. Facilitate a Venn diagram activity comparing the themes of death, madness, and fear across both works.
4. Lead a class discussion on Poe’s works and their reflection of 19th-century anxieties.
5. Use the creative writing prompts for a fun extension activity where students write their own Gothic short stories.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Outcomes:

• ELA.9.4(A): Analyze the use of literary devices such as irony and figurative language.
• ELA.9.8(B): Analyze the cultural significance of Gothic literature in Poe’s time.

Uncover the Welsh origins of Halloween and trace its journey to becoming the modern, commercialized holiday celebrated in the U.S. today. This no-prep activity worksheet for middle and high school students delves into the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, its adaptation by Welsh, Irish, and Scottish immigrants, and how it transformed into the Halloween we know today. Through engaging reading passages, comparison activities, and critical thinking questions, students will analyze the cultural evolution of this holiday and its shift from honoring the dead to costumes, candy, and fun.

What's Included:

• Reading Passage: The Welsh Origins of Halloween and Its Journey to the U.S. (1 page)
• Critical Thinking Questions on cultural adaptation and commercialization (1 page)
• Venn Diagram for comparing ancient and modern traditions (1 page)
• Discussion Prompts on key Halloween changes (1 page)
• Solution Key for teachers (1 page)

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Historical Analysis: Encourages students to explore the cultural transformation of traditions.
• Critical Thinking: Fosters analytical skills by comparing ancient and modern holiday practices.
• Cultural Awareness: Helps students understand how immigration and commercialization shaped modern U.S. holidays.

How to Use the Activity in Your Classroom:

1. Begin with the reading passage to introduce the Welsh origins of Halloween and its evolution.
2. Use the Venn diagram to compare traditional Samhain with modern U.S. Halloween.
3. Assign the critical thinking questions for in-class discussions or independent reflection.
4. Engage students in discussing the cultural and commercial shifts of Halloween using the provided prompts.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2: Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasoning.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Outcomes:

• ELA.9.7(F): Analyze the influence of historical and cultural contexts on literature and traditions.
• ELA.9.9(B): Analyze how cultural traditions evolve over time.