Dyslexia Halloween Activities & Read Aloud Companion | Reading Strategies Grades

Make Halloween meaningful, engaging, and confidence-building for your dyslexia students! 🎃

This Dyslexia Halloween Activity Pack & Read Aloud Companion was created to pair with The Words That Went Bump in the Night by JJ Bailey. Designed for grades 2–5, this resource combines reading comprehension, dyslexia-friendly reading strategies, movement, creativity, reflection, and Halloween fun—all while reinforcing an important message: big words may look scary, but students have strategies to tackle them!

Perfect for a Halloween dyslexia lesson, reading intervention group, small group, special education classroom, or literacy activity, this resource gives you everything you need to build an engaging Halloween lesson without spending hours planning.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

34 pages of teacher and student materials, including:

• Halloween Dyslexia Group Lesson Plans with 30-, 45-, and 60-minute options
• Choose Your Halloween Activities Teacher Guide
• Roll-a-Spooky-Word — syllable and word-building game
• Don't Feed the Monster! — identify helpful reading strategies
• Dear Word Monster — reflection and growth mindset writing
• What Made the Monster Shrink? — cause and effect
• From Spooked to Spectacular! — story sequencing and character change
• The Word That Went Bump! — break apart and analyze tricky words
• Word Monster Makeover Craft — reading strategy craft + optional bulletin board display
• Trick or Treat? Movement Activity — students sort helpful and unhelpful reading beliefs while getting up and moving
• 12 Book-Specific Discussion Questions
• Post-it Note Printing Pages so discussion questions can be printed directly onto sticky notes and placed inside the book
• Answer Keys

Your activity guide makes it easy to choose activities based on skill focus, prep level, and classroom needs—you do not need to complete every activity or use them in a specific order.

SKILLS PRACTICED

Students will practice:

• ✓ Reading strategies
• ✓ Breaking apart multisyllabic words
• ✓ Syllables and word building
• ✓ Identifying familiar word patterns
• ✓ Cause and effect
• ✓ Sequencing
• ✓ Reading comprehension
• ✓ Growth mindset and self-confidence
• ✓ Discussing challenges and perseverance

The activities are designed to help students recognize that good readers don't have to know every word immediately. They can slow down, look for familiar parts and patterns, break big words into smaller parts, and try again.

PERFECT FOR:

Halloween dyslexia groups • Dyslexia intervention • Reading intervention • Small groups • Special education • Resource classrooms • Literacy centers • Halloween reading activities • October lessons • SEL + literacy connections • Grades 2–5

ABOUT THE BOOK

This resource was specifically created to accompany The Words That Went Bump in the Night by JJ Bailey.

Please note: The book is NOT included with this resource and must be purchased separately.

The companion activities can be used on Halloween Day, throughout the Halloween season, with a newly formed dyslexia group, when a new student joins your group, or anytime students need a confidence boost or reminder of their strengths.

WHY TEACHERS WILL LOVE IT

You don't need another Halloween activity that's just cute.

This resource uses Halloween fun to start meaningful conversations about dyslexia, reading challenges, perseverance, strategy use, and student strengths—while still giving kids the crafts, games, movement, and activities that make a holiday lesson feel special.

Different minds. Different journeys. Amazing possibilities.