The Candy Corn Bandit | Making Predictions | Halloween Activity and Craft

Looking for a fun way to engage students in making predictions?! The Candy Corn Bandit was designed as a high-interest activity to support making predictions for students in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. It is not Halloween-specific, so it can be used during the fall months in many classroom settings.

DID YOU KNOW?! The Candy Corn Bandit is included in the MONEY-SAVING October Fun Pack bundle!

In this lesson, you will take your class on a hunt to find a missing treat in the classroom, library, lunchroom (or wherever your students eat), gym, and playground, all the while encouraging your students to predict what the Candy Corn Bandit looks like, where he might've taken your treat, and where you might find the next clue. This resource also includes extensions for sequencing, ordinal numbers, how-to writing, a directed drawing, a WANTED poster writing activity, The Candy Corn Bandit craft, a questioning writing prompt, and writing pages to use as you wish.

What's included:

• Suggested lesson plan
• Prediction definition poster
• Candy Corn Bandit Mini Activity Book
• Note from the Candy Corn Bandit
• Discussion Questions
• Clue Envelope Labels
• Candy Corn Bandit clues
• Sequencing activities
• Questioning prompts
• Themed writing paper
• Wanted poster activity
• How-to-catch the Candy Corn Bandit activity
• Directed draw
• Craft

♥︎Teachers will love watching their students have fun while they learn about a new reading skill - making predictions!

♥︎Students will love this fun-filled activity that teaches them about making predictions in a mysterious and fun way! It promises to be on that they'll talk about all year long!

What teachers are saying about this resource...

"My students LOVED this activity!!! they thought it was so fun!!! they still ask if the candy corn bandit is going to return and its December!" - Leah S.

"My students loved solving the mystery of the candy corn bandit! Set up was easy and my students absolutely loved it! Thank you for a wonderful resource!" - Taylor S.

Looking for more seasonal activities?

October Fact Files

October Anchor Charts and Class Posters

Little Boo Literacy Companion

Which Witch is Which? Critical Thinking Activity

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