Best Free Halloween Movie Guides for Elementary Students | Worksheets | Quiz | PDF | Google Classroom
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Bring seasonal excitement to Grades 1–5 while staying standards-aligned. These Halloween movie guides use short, structured questions and discussion prompts to build close reading, collaboration, and evidence-based writing—great for whole-class viewing, stations, or sub plans.
FREE Halloween Movie Guides (Elementary)
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (G - 1966) — students compare belief vs. evidence, track character reactions, and practice friendly debate in an elementary-safe classic.
More Halloween Movie Guides (Elementary)
- Toy Story of Terror! (G - 2013) — follow Jessie’s courage and teamwork in a 23-minute Pixar short; perfect for a single class period.
- Halloweentown (TV-G - 1998) — identity, teamwork, and “recipe steps” for problem-solving make this a great October anchor activity.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (NR - 1949) — practice tone, imagery, and inference using Washington Irving’s animated classic.
- Charlie Brown Holiday Movie Guide Bundle — cover multiple seasons with a single bundle that includes the Halloween special.
Standards Connection
Every guide emphasizes core literacy skills: CCRA.R.1 (close “reading” of scenes), CCRA.R.2 (theme and central ideas), CCRA.SL.1 (collaborative discussion), and CCRA.W.1/W.2 (evidence-based responses and explanations). Prompts push students to cite specific visual or dialogue evidence to support claims.
Lesson Flow
- Preview focus: vocabulary and one guiding question.
- Play the film/short with planned pauses to answer prompts.
- Small-group share to compare evidence; whole-class debrief.
- Quick write (W.1/W.2): claim + cited scene evidence + concluding sentence.
Optional Extension (Teacher-Created)
Not included in the product PDFs.
- Belief vs. Evidence chart (Great Pumpkin): students sort claims by type and justify a reclassification with new evidence.
- Storyboard a new “rule” for Halloweentown: draw 4 panels and write captions describing cause → effect.