If you’ve taught during Halloween week, you know how difficult it can be to keep students focused. Between the excitement of costumes, candy, and Classroom celebrations, finding Halloween grammar activities that hold their attention can be a challenge.
That’s when I like to change things up without putting grammar instruction on hold.
These activities give 4th and 5th grade students opportunities to practice important skills while enjoying a little seasonal fun. Best of all, they don’t require hours of preparation.
1. Phantom Phrases: A Ghostly Halloween Preposition Activity
Get your students out of their seats with his hands-on Halloween grammar activity that puts prepositions into action!
All you need are cotton balls, tissues, and rubber bands. Students will create their own flying ghost and use them to practice prepositional phrases.
Here’s how it works:
- Give each student a cotton ball, tissue, and a rubber band.
- Have students placed the cotton ball at the center of the tissue unsecured with a rubber band.
- Have students draw face on their girls and write their initials at the bottom.
- Once their ghosts are ready, have students stand and a designated area of the classroom.
- Countdown from three and have students toss their goes into the air.
- Students observe whether their ghosts land and record a prepositional phrase describing the location. For example, on the desk or under the chair. They can also describe where their ghost flew, such as over the table or through the air.
- After recording the phrases, students retrieve their ghost and prepare for another round.
Student students might record phrases such as:
- Behind the bookshelf
- Beneath the desk
- Beside the trash, trash trashcan
- Between two chairs
- Under the table
Repeat the activity for several rounds, challenging students to use a different preposition each time.
Want to make it more challenging?
Have student students use their prepositional phrase in complete sentences. They can underline each prepositional phrase and circle the object of the preposition.
Before starting, remind students to tosser, goes away from classmates and classroom equipment.
2. Candy Corn Corrections: Punctuation
Who says candy corn is just for eating? Put this Halloween candy to work with a hands-on punctuation activity!
For example:
My sister loves to eat eggs bacon and pancake pancakes for breakfast.
Students place candy corn where the commas are missing. Once they’ve finished, have them check their work using an answer key.
You can write the sentences on sentence strips or type them ahead of time and place them if she protectors. If you’d rather skip the prep, you can use these ready-made, practice sentences comma mats.
Want to extend the activity?
Have students rewrite the sentences using the correct punctuation. You can also challenge them with sentences containing dialogue to practice quotation marks.
This Halloween grammar activity works well after a lesson or as a review of literacy centers.
3. Halloween Grammar Worksheets
Sometimes, you need Halloween grammar activities that students can complete independently without adding more preparation to your day.
These Halloween grammar worksheets give fourth and fifth graders a fun way to review important grammar skills throughout October.
These activities cover a variety of skills, including:
- Comma in a series
- Comparative and superlative adjectives
- Contractions
- Frequently confused words
- Parts of speech
- Plural and possessive nouns
- Subject – verb agreement
- Verb tenses
Instead of traditional grammar, exercise exercises, students practice with Word, searches, crossword puzzles, and other activities.
Use these Halloween grammar worksheets for morning work, literacy centers, early finishers, or independent review. They’re also great to have on hand during Halloween week when you need something students can complete on their own.
Frequently Asked Questions about Halloween Grammar Activities
What are some fun Halloween grammar activities for 4th and 5th graders?
Fun Halloween grammar activities can include hands-on punctuation practice with candy corn, flying ghosts to practice prepositions, or Halloween themed grammar games and puzzles. These activities help students review important ELA skills while enjoying the exam of Halloween week.
What grammar skills should 4th and 5th graders review during Halloween?
Halloween is a great time to review prepositional phrases, punctuation, parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, and verb tenses. Choose skills students have already learned so they can practice independently or with minimal teacher support.
What are some OTHER low-prep Halloween ELA activities for upper elementary students?
Other low-prep Halloween ELA activities include seasonal word puzzles, reading response activities, and Halloween-themed spelling practice. For more ideas, check out these Halloween ELA activities for the classroom, including reading, spelling, and vocabulary practice.
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