🎃This Depth and Complexity Halloween Activity Pack is chock-full of print-and-go activities to help you celebrate Halloween while addressing loads and loads of English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies standards. If you're looking for a way to celebrate Halloween while still learning, this activity pack is perfect!

You'll find Depth and Complexity Halloween fiction, writing prompts, original non-fiction pieces to read, Depth and Complexity frames to complete, image analysis, three levels of math, and science! Of course there is a digital version included for use with Google Classroom™!

If you like celebrating holidays with quality activities and not filler fluff, you're going to love this. Students will gain an understanding of the history and unique qualities of Halloween while they grow critical thinking skills.

🎃What's inside this spookily excellent resource?

⭐ Two fiction pieces that meet folk tales standards and allow for awesome compare and contrast possibilities
⭐Analysis questions for the fiction pieces that can be used for class discussion, written response, in small groups, or as task cards at centers
⭐ A compare and contrast activity for the two fiction pieces
⭐ Four original non-fiction pieces that explore multiple aspects of Halloween, including Dia de los Muertos
⭐Analysis questions for every non-fiction piece.
⭐Two image analysis options
⭐ Three levels of Halloween math, including
→ Divisibility Tables activity AND cool, reusable printable Divisibility Rules chart

→ Converting Units of weight

→ Division word problems

⭐ Halloween science activity about bats! Learn about the life cycle of the bat, as well as do a little research!
⭐ Literary Elements Halloween crosswords (two regular versions and one challenge version)
⭐ Six short-answer writing prompts in color and black and white

⭐ One long-form writing prompt
⭐ Two Depth and Complexity frames about Halloween
⭐ Rubrics for the writing and frames are included as well
⭐ Links to audio of the fiction and non-fiction pieces is included for accessibility
⭐ A link to copy all appropriate activities into your own Google Drive! All of the pages of text in the Google version have a link to a student friendly dictionary in case students don't know a word.

You may use any or all of the activities. Mix and match!

🎃Even if you have never taught about Halloween before because you were concerned about using instructional time for holidays, you will have everything you need to offer students a great opportunity to meet standards AND celebrate!

🎃You will find it incredibly easy to have students engage in high-level thinking activities and practice critical skills while gaining a deeper understanding of the history of Halloween.

🎃There are two pages of special helps for using the resource in Google Classroom™. Note: Not all of the pages are in the Google Slides version.

If you've been looking for a quality Halloween Depth & Complexity activity to use with students, this is the answer!

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Ideas for using the Depth and Complexity Halloween Activity Pack
✨ Centers or learning stations
✨ Whole group class experiences
✨ Small group instruction or activities
✨ In-person or virtual learning (especially perfect for blended learning classrooms)

Loads more ideas are included in the resource!

Note: This resource works beautifully with the Depth & Complexity framework, but if your students aren't familiar with it yet, they can simply skip those prompts. The activities stand strong on their own!

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May I suggest this resource? It's an easy entry for you!

⭐ Depth and Complexity Frames for Every Month of the Year | Print-and-Go

Also, make sure you get the fabulous frames freebie to go with it!

⭐ Depth and Complexity Frames Editable Frames FREEBIE with Teacher Tips

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