As the month of October rolls in, it’s a great time to squeeze in special writing projects celebrating the fall festivities. We share all of our favorite October writing activities below so you can pick and choose which ones work best for you and your students. Learn all about our most popular October writing projects below!
October Writing Activities
Check out the October writing activities below!
1. October Writing Prompts
This October Writing Journal includes prompts based on 10 different genres of writing: Creative, informative, opinion, narrative, procedural, descriptive, review, persuasive, poetry, and letter writing. It offers fun and engaging writing activities that will motivate your students to practice their writing skills and inspire a love of writing. It’s part of our Monthly Writing Prompts Bundle. Learn more below!
2. Haunted House for Sale Writing Project
This Haunted House for Sale Writing Project is a great way to engage your elementary students and get them excited about writing. It offers a fun, engaging, and creative way to teach descriptive writing and adjectives to your students. Even your most reluctant writers will enjoy describing and creating a haunted house! Learn more below!
3. What My Teacher Should Be for Halloween Writing Project
This What My Teacher Should be for Halloween Writing Project is a creative project that ignites students’ imaginations as they brainstorm and design a Halloween costume for their teacher. This project is always a big hit among students! Learn more about it below!
4. Pumpkin Book Project
This Pumpkin Book Report Project is perfect for October. It includes both digital and printable book report templates and reading and writing student activities. This allows you to pick and choose which ones work best for your time frame and group of students. Part of the project is to decorate a pumpkin (or color a printable pumpkin option if you prefer). The final products look amazing displayed in the classroom! Learn more about it below!
October Read Alouds
Below are some popular read alouds for October that you might find pair well.
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| LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE |
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| LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE | LEARN MORE |
In closing, we hope you found this post about our popular October writing activities for elementary students helpful. If you did, then you may also be interested in these other posts:
