Are you looking for an EASY, LOW PREP Halloween Activity?! You are in luck! I have created various Halloween Write the Rooms/Scoot/Math Center resources that can be used for all three of the above! All you have to do is print the 4 colored task card pages and 1 recording sheet for each student and you are done! Laminate for durability 🙂
Each Write the Room Resource comes with 24 Addition Task Cards and 24 Subtraction Task Cards, along with 4 Write the Room recording pages, 4 Scoot recording pages and 4 Math Center Recording Pages for students.
Write the Room/Scoot activities are great because they are fun and active. The kids love them and from my perspective, as the teacher, it makes practicing math fun and exciting!
This low prep Write the Room Activity will be your best friend throughout the busy Halloween Season!
What is a Write the Room?
You might not have ever done a Write the Room and are thinking, how does it work? In a Write the Room Activity the teacher prints out the task cards (and laminates them if you want to reuse them ;)) and places them around the classroom or hallway. The students each get a recording sheet and something hard to write on. Then students find the different task cards, record the equation on the sheet and solve the answer (for example, if they find task card 4. 10 + 10, then in box four they write 10 + 10 = 20)!
What is a Scoot Activity?
A Scoot Activity works the same. The teacher will print and laminate the task cards. The cards are then placed on students desks or if you would like to on the floor. Students each write down the equation from each task card in the correct box and solve the answer. When everyone is done the teacher announces “Scoot” and the students leave the task card where it is, but take their recording sheet and pencil and scoot to the next seat. This continues until all the students have recorded their answers. This is a fun activity for students, there is just something about sitting in someone else’s desk.
How do I use this activity in a Math Center?
I have used this activity in a Math Center lots. Sometimes I have students who are at different levels, but I still want them doing a similar academic activity, so I might have a group that is working on addition within 20 at one center. The next center might have students working on Double-Digit Addition Without Regrouping. This allows me to have students engaged, while feeling including in the same activity, but also that is at their level. Students have to answer the task cards and record them on their recording sheet, while working with their peers.
Not sure? Check out the video below:
Please let me know how you like it!
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