Here are 3 fun ways to celebrate Halloween Virtually

1. Virtual Trick or Treat

Take your class on a virtual Trick or Treat with Skype in the classroom.  It’s a great way to connect your classroom with others around the world and share the tradition of Halloween with other classes who may not celebrate Halloween. I participated in this years ago with other classrooms when I taught primary. We shared our costumes, read poems and stories we had created with other classrooms around the world. It was a great way to practise our digital citizenship skills in a real way and connect and learn with other students around the world.

2. Virtual Pumpkin Carving 

Pumpkin carving is something many teachers participate in at Halloween.  SlideCarnival https://slidesmania.com/trick-or-treat-a-halloween-template-for-google-slides-or-powerpoint/ has a free template that you can download and modify in Powerpoint and Google slides that you can use with your students.

3. Halloween Coding with Microbit

If you are looking for a coding Halloween activity consider having your students code a Halloween message or animation via a Microbit. I recently used Microbit Classroom with intermediate students and found it helpful to allow students to collaborate and to help students by sending them starting codes for students that needed some extra support.  For tips check out the remote learning section to help you get started. Here are some ideas for some Microbit Halloween Fun and a Led Planning sheet for students to help them organize their spook-tacular creation!