Halloween Writing and Math Choice Board for Grades 5-8

These Halloween student choice math and writing activities for middle school are perfect for celebrating spooky in your classroom!

They are great for Halloween-themed independent in-class math or writing assignments, as extension or early-finisher activities, or given as take-home independent practice work.

This packet includes a choice board of 9 Halloween math activities and writing prompts and all of the complementary worksheets needed to complete them.

Students can choose from activities like:

Jack o' Lantern Shapes

Draw a pumpkin. Turn into a Jack o' Lantern by drawing these shapes on it: two isosceles triangle eyes, a parallelogram nose, a crescent mouth, scalene triangle teeth.

A Scary Night

Write a frightening tale about a scary Halloween night. Choose the setting, characters, and problem. Use the attached printable story elements and story map.

Halloween Word Problems

Write a set of Halloween-related math word problems for your classmates to solve. Include problems that use multiplication, division, finding an average, decimals, and fractions.