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Halloween Worksheets for 2nd Graders

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Friendly Halloween practice for 2nd grade: one- and two-step word problems, regrouping, place value, a costume story, a spider text, story and how-to writing, grammar and a graph.

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Halloween math for 2nd grade

One- and two-step word problems, candy subtraction with regrouping, candy corn place value and a costume bar graph.

Halloween reading for 2nd grade

An original costume story and a nonfiction text about spiders, with questions and answer keys.

Halloween writing, grammar and word work

A shy ghost story prompt, jack-o'-lantern how-to steps, adverbs, irregular plural nouns and a word search.

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About these halloween for 2nd graders worksheets

These Halloween worksheets for 2nd graders practice real grade skills with a friendly theme. In math, children solve one- and two-step word problems within 100, subtract with regrouping, break three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens and ones, and make a bar graph of class costumes. In reading, they read an original story about a costume mix-up and a nonfiction text about spiders and their webs.

For writing there is a make-believe story about a shy little ghost and a how-to page for making a jack-o'-lantern. Grammar pages cover adverbs and irregular plural nouns, and there is a Halloween word search. Nothing is scary. All pages are black and white, print on US Letter or A4, and pages with one right answer have an answer key at the end of the PDF. For preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade pages, see Halloween Worksheets.

Standards

  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.10Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.1Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.5Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.A.1Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.BForm and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.EUse adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.FRecognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

How to use them

  1. Use a math page and a reading or writing page each day in the last week of October.
  2. Make the costume bar graph with your own class tally first, then use the page as a check.
  3. Read the spider text before a nature walk and look for webs together.
  4. Use the ghost story prompt as a writing center, with the plan boxes done first.

Teaching tips

  • On adverbs, have children ask "how did it happen?" The answer word is usually the adverb.
  • For irregular plurals, read each choice out loud. Children often hear which one sounds right.
  • If a child mixes up hundreds and tens, have them point to each digit and say its place name.
  • The fall and pumpkin pages practice the same skills for families who do not celebrate Halloween.

Questions teachers and parents ask

Are these Halloween worksheets scary?

No. The pictures are friendly pumpkins, bats, cats and a shy little ghost, the story is about two friends in matching costumes, and the spider text explains why spiders are helpers.

What 2nd grade skills do the pages practice?

Word problems within 100, subtraction with regrouping, place value to 1000, bar graphs, reading for key details, story and how-to writing, adverbs and irregular plural nouns.

Do the pages have answer keys?

Yes. Every page with one right answer has an answer key at the end of the same PDF. Writing pages have a checklist instead.

Can I use these after Halloween?

Yes. The math, grammar and spider pages work any time in the fall. For a theme that fits all of October and November, see the fall and pumpkin pages.