Fun Activities for 2nd & 3rd Grade (Printable Halloween Worksheets)

Kids are full of energy during the Halloween season. Costumes, candy, pumpkins, and spooky stories are on their minds. Teachers want to channel all that energy into lessons that hit your standards, and you can use these Halloween worksheets to do it.

A printable that looks like a game can sneak in grammar practice, a halloween math worksheet can double as a candy counter, and a word search puzzle can build vocabulary while keeping kids engaged after a classroom party. Here is a list of some free Halloween activities you can use in your second grade or third grade classroom this October, from word scrambles to grammar exercises.

2nd Grade Halloween Worksheets

• Help students practice present and past tense with this Present Continuous Halloween grammar exercise. 
• Second graders can come up with future events like trick-or-treating with this Future Simple Halloween exercise.
• Have kids work on this Past Continuous Halloween worksheet to share stories of their favorite Halloween characters in spooky situations. This is a great way to blend storytelling with verb tense practice. 
• Teach second grade sight words with these Halloween Word Activities. The exercise covers seasonal terms so kids can tie literacy skills into their favorite Halloween topics.
• Assign students this Halloween Vocabulary Practice to learn the meaning of new terms from a seasonal word list. 

• For practicing grammar, assign tense worksheets with festive themes like this Present Simple Halloween printable. It makes daily review more fun by swapping pumpkins, bats, and candy into the topics.
• Expand their storytelling and grammar skills with these Past Simple Halloween Stories, which doubles as reading comprehension practice.

3rd Grade Halloween Worksheets

• Teach students how to expand their narrative skills with this Future Continuous Practice which helps them practice predicting what will happen later on Halloween night. 
• A Halloween Word Challenge helps third graders grasp more advanced ELA terminology about the season.

• Keep practicing grammar with writing activities like this Present Perfect Halloween handout. It ties in speaking prompts for them to reflect on what they have done during the season.
• Assign creative writing activities like Past Perfect Halloween Stories where kids use past tense to explain spooky scenarios. It builds grammar and narrative skills.
• Have 3rd graders practice writing in future tense by describing Halloween goals and Future Perfect Halloween Plans.

Free Activities for All Grades

Halloween math activities are an easy way to update your curriculum for the season. Swap in ghosts, bats, spiders, or candy on normal addition and subtraction worksheets for 2nd graders. For 3rd grade students, use the same themes with multiplication and word problems.

Word scrambles work as take-home assignments or in-class activities, and you can give students prizes like candy for those who find the terms first. 

For hands-on activities, have kids split jack-o’-lanterns and candy into parts to learn fractions or learn science by making a halloween potion.

Wrapping It Up

Bring these halloween-themed handouts into your classroom this October. Use them for morning work, homework, or just to keep the class grounded on a sugar-filled day. Whether students are solving candy corn subtraction problems, doing a skeleton word search, or coloring their favorite pumpkin, these are activities they won't forget.

Happy Halloween and happy teaching!