Wixie Ideas for Halloween
Use these examples of projects created by students and tweets from classroom teachers to inspire your Halloween-themed classroom activities.
Creative use of tools like Wixie engages students in the curriculum and builds essential skills for the digital age.
Use a Halloween Template
Search your Wixie home page for "Halloween" to find templates and activities you can use to build mouse skills, number sense, and word-building foundations.
Use Wixie's Month-by-Month assignment libraries
13 Days of Halloween
Students practice counting through the creation of a Halloween (or any holiday!) counting book.
Create Halloween Safety PSAs
Have students create public service announcements to promote safe behaviors during Halloween and trick-or-treating.
Create Spooky Scenes
After learning about silhouettes, students combine silhouettes they have created with Halloween backgrounds to create spooky scenes.
Scary Counting
Use student excitement about Halloween to get them to practice essential math skills, like this Scary Count activity in Wixie's Templates library.
Writing Poetry
Students activate facts along with prior knowledge and experience to share what they learned by writing a five sense poem.
Click the play button to listen to the student read the poem.
Fun Writing Projects
Capitalize on student excitement about this fun holiday with Halloween-themed writing projects that engage them in narrative, informational, and argument writing.
Give students choice
Use this choice board to put students in charge of how they will demonstrate learning near the Halloween holiday.
More ways teachers are using Wixie
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Shape-o-Lanterns
Prek3 and Prek4 students created Shape-o-Lanterns in Wixie. They had fun identifying shapes and creating a pumpkin. #wixie @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/JrXEjbOr0J
— mrscushman (@mrscushman) October 20, 2021 -
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Some pumpkin life cycle work today. We used @Tech4Learning wixie to help us with out @kindersmorgie pumpkin research notebook. @DebbieJ_111 @HaymarketCubs #hmeskinder pic.twitter.com/fgboOeTDb4
— Rebecca Wisnieski (@MsWisnieski) October 8, 2021 -
Counting Books
Working on �The 13 Days of Halloween Book�. The KDG Ss love being able to choose their own images. #wixie @Tech4Learning #ForestHills101 #studentchoice pic.twitter.com/spdKFyKxrG
— Beth Tortorello (@FHTechTeacher) October 22, 2020 -
Creating Memories
Aren't these the cutest little @RidgeECC ?? you've ever ??? ?? collaborating with @MrsAmanda7 to use @AppleEDU Keynote instant alpha & @Tech4Learning Wixie to piece this memory together! Thank you @ms_dambrosio125 for the idea! @ForestRidge142 #chasingextraordinary pic.twitter.com/9eDAlcRSar
— Noelle Horbaczewski (@nhorbaczewski1) October 15, 2020 -
Opinion Writing
We used Wixie to write an opinion piece about the best Halloween candy. What�s your favorite? @CopperHillES #frsd pic.twitter.com/TIkdFWNEMa
— Jeff Moore (@MooreClassroom) October 30, 2019 -
Storytelling
Art teacher is out sick...Ms. Ross is filling in but she is NOT an artist??...so...we do #wixie! These second graders had a blast making their own pumpkins and writing a story about it!:) Not bad for an emergency lesson!?? @ScottLoomis @Tech4Learning #wixieforthewin pic.twitter.com/FYoRnkPRiG
— Ms.Ross_CHES (@MsRoss_CHES) October 31, 2019 -
Give Your Teacher a Costume
It's always fun letting your Ss use Wixie to dress you up for Halloween! #SESSharks #WeAreVBSchools @2ndgrade @GantyMc pic.twitter.com/YQQ6jmW2Y3
— Pennie Sue McGanty (@SuePennie) October 31, 2018 -
Descriptive Writing
Using Wixie to make and describe Halloween Monsters using descriptive language with Ms. Polesino's Grade 1 class. pic.twitter.com/HzMkGbxa38
— Sean Regan (@Regan_PPS) December 23, 2016 -
Bat Books
Mrs. Tan�s 1st grade w/ Uptmor researched bats ??. Created book @Tech4Learning include facts, illustrations, voice recording @stmeshouston pic.twitter.com/QR7Mws8YYo
— Gerjuan A Gregory (@gerjuangregory) October 26, 2017 -
Shape Monsters
Creating monsters using shapes on Wixie ???? #EtterKinder pic.twitter.com/F4WjYYpz37
— Erin Etter (@erinetter) October 30, 2017 -
Cursive
Using Wixie to practice cursive writing w/ @MicheleneKesne1 and print in 3D 4 Halloween!@cfescolts #epicyear #vbits pic.twitter.com/YUN4hrKYhw
— abdoss (@abdoss) October 27, 2016 -
Spooky Story Problems
Creating story problems in Wixie! Spooky! ?? pic.twitter.com/5hZVFseI19
— Mrs. Crump (@MrsCrumpCWES) October 12, 2018 -
Pumpkin Poetry
#SharonStrong 1st graders recording our Pumpkin Picking Poems on #Wixie pic.twitter.com/9xuAM3vq6N
— Kim Tate (@ktatehorizons) October 11, 2018 -
Scary Folk Tales
Students using Wixie to create their own version of a scary folktale. #wixieiswonderful pic.twitter.com/8YZjzKZLcX
— DES Media Magic (@VerlichMj) October 12, 2017 -
Pumpkin Similes
2nd graders created and recorded their pumpkin themed similes in Wixie! @mrtomizawa @mrsdmarceau #EdgewoodProud pic.twitter.com/nlFVKSAC9h
— Edgewood Library (@MrsTurner0716) October 20, 2017 -
Sorting Activities
First grade having fun with Wixie Halloween sort and Pumpkin decorating! @HumbleISD_TE #TEInspires pic.twitter.com/bVmm7Gwiux
— Laura Frey (@TimbersTech) October 31, 2018 -
Storytelling
Love the creativity our our students when given a little WIXIE knowledge! 2nd graders make AWESOME Halloween video stories! pic.twitter.com/6UvCBxKQvl
— Colleen Zimmerman (@cozimm) October 11, 2018 -
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin
Pumpkin sequencing on Wixie today. What happens to a seed first? pic.twitter.com/1n67EpPsbU
— PL Kindergarten (@PLKids123) October 12, 2018 -
Pumpkin Similes
2nd graders created and recorded their pumpkin themed similes in Wixie! @mrtomizawa @mrsdmarceau #EdgewoodProud pic.twitter.com/nlFVKSAC9h
— Edgewood Library (@MrsTurner0716) October 20, 2017 -
Autumn Writing
More apps smashing with Gr1 using @Tech4Learning #wixie and @Seesaw. Ss love descriptive writing about Halloween and Autumn! @DianeAdamson6 pic.twitter.com/ijuqRc3cQ1
— jason niehoff (@NiehoffJason) October 13, 2016
