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11 Halloween Math Activities to Keep Your Upper Elementary Students Excited

BySadia

Halloween is just around the corner, and I believe it’s the perfect time to have a little spooky fun insides of our math classrooms using exciting Halloween math activities!

We all know that keeping kids engaged is the biggest challenge we face, especially on a day when they have costumes and candy on their minds.

But trust me with the right activities, you can turn this festive season into a enjoyable and exciting learning experience.

Want to know how? Here is a list of 11 spooktacular Halloween themed math worksheets and activities that will have your students excited to solve difficult math problems and practice their math skills.

1. Halloween Math Activities: Place Value Game Show

Kicking off the list is the “Pick a Witch” game, a digital Fun review that makes learning place value as exciting as a Halloween party.

It is an interactive game in which students are will identifying six-digit numbers and choose the answer correctly using their place value knowledge.

The digital game is more like a game show that can bebised as a whole class activity or as a centers activity. “Pick a Witch” theme on the main slide adds the Halloween twist to the game and keep kids hooked.

Students have to select witches to reveal the problem they need to solve. And once tbey have solved the problem they record their answers on the recording sheet.

Using a digital Halloween math game show can be perfect for reinforcing place value concepts in a fun, engaging way.

Basically it’s a proven option to keep their attention on the task at hand in a spooky festive way!

2. Spooky Fraction Scavenger Hunt: A Halloween Adventure in Math

If there is any activity that never let’s me down is scavenger hunt activities.

But if the hunt includes a holiday theme it’s like math fun but on steroid.

If you want to turn your math classroom into a haunted house of learning, using a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt is a good option.

This Halloween fraction activity will get your students moving around the classroom, solving math problems uncovering clues that takes them to the next challenge.

Each problem they solve brings them one step closer to completing the hunt. And it’s a great way to combine physical activity with learning, all while embracing the Halloween spirit.

3. Haunted Order of Operations: Solve the Room Halloween Activity

Order of operations can sometimes be a tricky concept for students to grasp, but this “Solve the Room” activity but it can be turned into an exciting learning experiance.

Imagine all your students excited to solve math problems without you instructing to keep them focused on task. Best way is to get your classroom filled with math problems displayed in spooky places, just waiting to be solved.

As students move around the room, they must use their knowledge of the order of operations to solve each problem correctly.

now you might be wondering how is this activity different from Scavenger hunt.

Here’s how: Solve the Room activity is not self checking and you might need to help kids while solving problems to develop their problem solving approch to the problem dat hand.

Whereas scavenger hunt is a self checking activity. Every next problem card displays the answer of the previously solved one .

This is super helpful for kids because they get to know if they did the previous one right.

I normally use scavenger hunts first to get them thinking and solving problems and helps build their practice muscle.

Whereas Halloween Solve the Room is used as a quick fun way to assess my kids concepts and the area they still lag behind.

Why use both? Because this activity not only reinforces their understanding of BODMAS but also adds excitement and competition that maks it perfect for a Halloween-themed 5th grade math lesson.

4. Halloween Color by Number: Math Practice Meets Creativity

Who says math can’t be creative and Fun?

With Halloween themed color by number worksheets, students can practice their math multiplication and division facts skills all while creating festive artwork.

These worksheets cover include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. As students solve the math problems, they reveal the colors they need to use to complete the picture.

I have found color by number activites the best during centers or as a math intervention activity. You can also use the finished artwork to display in your class and kids will love you for this as it helps them boost confidence.

5. Candy Corn Place Value Puzzles: Hands-On Halloween Math Fun

Place value is a building block concept in math, and most kids even in 4th or 5th grade syltill strugle with these basic concepts. These candy corn-themed puzzles are a good way to enforce the understanding of the skill during halloween season.

Each puzzle piece the students goal is to complete the candy corn. There are 3 piece of each candy. Students have to match the given number to its expanded form and word form to complete candy.

This activity is perfect for small group work or math centers, as it allows kids to solve the puzzles in collaborations with other classmates.

6. Halloween-Themed Addition and Subtraction Worksheets

Addition and subtraction are essential skills for young learners, and these monster-themed worksheets make practicing them a blast.

Each worksheet has almost 8 to 12 problems for kids to practice thwir basic operations.

The Halloween twist makes these worksheets more engaging and encouragiles students to work through the problems with excitement.

These can be used as morning work, homework, or in-class practice.

7. Witchy Math Fun: Independent Math Work Pack

The Halloween Independent Math Work Pack is a spooktacular resource designed to make math Addition Subtraction Multiplication and Division practice engaging and enjoyable for students during the Halloween season.

Packed with a variety of activities, this work pack allows students to independently reinforce essential math skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—all while having fun with a magical, witchy twist.

The enticing visuals and puzzles not only captivate young minds but also transform routine math practice into an exciting adventure, making it the perfect addition to your classroom for the spooky season.

Bringing Halloween into Your Math Classroom

Halloween is a time for fun, and with these spooktacular math activities, you can bring that festive spirit into your classroom while keeping your students engaged and learning. Whether you’re looking for digital games, hands-on puzzles, or creative worksheets, there’s something here for every type of learner. By using these activities into your Halloween lesson plans, you’ll create an atmosphere of excitement and enthusiasm for math that lasts long after the holiday is over.

So go ahead, embrace the spooky season, and watch as your students’ math skills grow in leaps and bounds. Happy Halloween!

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This resource is an interactive digital game which you can use to review or assess your kids place value understanding during their centers time or as a whole class activity.

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Here is how the Game Works:

“PICK A WITCH” Game activity is designed to help your kids practice and review the place value of larger numbers like 6 digits in a fun and engaging way.

The resource is a compressed file that unzips to a PowerPoint Activity. The Game activity has 12 question slides and 1 main i.e. “PICK A WITCH” slide.

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You can also award 5 score points to every right answer. Once all the questions have been answered by kids. You can add all their scores and announce which team has won.

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