Clifford’s Halloween | Read-Aloud Companion & Activities | PreK–1st

Make Clifford’s Halloween part of your fall classroom fun with this engaging read-aloud companion for PreK–1st Grade! This resource pairs Clifford’s Halloween with interactive activities that give students opportunities to listen, answer questions, sequence events, solve clues, create, measure, vote, and graph.

After reading the book aloud, students become Clifford’s official Costume Committee! They can design a costume, explore the Costume Closet, decide whether a costume will fit Clifford, cast their own votes, and graph the class results.

The resource includes differentiated activities for PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade, making it easy to choose the level that fits your students.

What’s Included?

🎃 Story Vocabulary

• 9 story words connected to the book
• PreK/Kindergarten tracing activities
• 1st Grade vocabulary writing and sentence practice

🎃 Story Comprehension

• Age-appropriate story questions
• PreK/Kindergarten questions with visual answer choices
• 1st Grade questions requiring complete-sentence responses and story evidence

🎃 Clifford’s Year of Holidays

• Cut-and-glue sequencing activity
• Students put the holidays in the order Emily Elizabeth discusses them in the story

🎃 Who’s Under the Sheet?

• Students gather clues and identify the mystery ghost
• Includes an interactive lift-the-sheet craft
• 1st Grade students use an evidence chart and explain their conclusion using clues

🎃 The Costume Committee

• Design a new Halloween costume for Clifford
• Draw and describe their costume idea
• Choose from suggested costume ideas or invent their own

🎃 Clifford’s Costume Closet

• Interactive flap activity
• Students peek inside different costume choices
• Class voting activity
• Costume vote graph

🎃 Will It Fit Clifford?

• Students think about size and whether a costume is large enough for Clifford
• Includes Clifford’s Paw Ruler
• Students measure objects using paws as a non-standard unit
• 1st Grade students compare measurements and solve a difference problem

🎃 Class Costume Vote & Graph

• Students cast a ballot for Clifford’s costume
• Create a class graph
• Count total votes
• Compare the number of votes between costumes
• Write about the class graph

Differentiated for PreK–1st Grade

PreK

• Story vocabulary
• Simple comprehension
• Holiday sequencing
• Picture-based mystery clues
• Costume design
• Size comparison
• Interactive crafts

Kindergarten

• Story vocabulary
• Comprehension questions
• Holiday sequencing
• Evidence chart
• Costume design and opinion writing
• Counting and graphing
• Size and measurement activities

1st Grade

• Vocabulary and sentence writing
• Written comprehension with story evidence
• Sequencing with ordinal words
• Mystery-solving with clues
• Opinion writing with reasons
• Non-standard measurement
• Graphing and comparing data

Perfect For

• Halloween read-alouds
• October literacy activities
• Fall centers
• Story-based learning
• Whole-group instruction
• Small groups
• Independent practice
• Halloween classroom activities

Prep is simple: Print the pages you need, gather scissors and glue for the interactive pieces, and read the original book aloud. The book's text is not reproduced in this resource.

Bring Clifford’s Halloween adventure into your classroom with a little reading, a little creativity, and plenty of fall fun!

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