Students solve Halloween word problems and match figurative language terms to definitions. Part A has nine fill-in-the-blank problems about haunted-house multiplication, a sunshine metaphor, and witch potion multiplication. Part B is a matching activity connecting simile, metaphor, personification, and alliteration to their definitions.
The matching section challenges students to actively distinguish between four figurative language types rather than simply recognizing examples in context.
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Halloween Math & Reading
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A haunted house has 6 rooms with 4 ghosts each, so there are 24 ghosts.
2. The phrase her smile was sunshine is an example of a metaphor.
3. 7 witches each carried 3 potions, making 21 potions in all.
4. Rounded to the nearest ten, 38 trick-or-treaters is about 40.
5. The wind howled through the trees uses personification to describe the wind.
6. 5 monsters each had 8 claws, so there were 40 claws total.
7. When you estimate 49 plus 32 by rounding to the nearest ten you get 80.
8. The graveyard was as quiet as a mouse is a simile.
9. 9 pumpkins with 3 seeds each means 27 seeds altogether.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Simile
→ A comparison using like or as
The same starting sound repeats
Metaphor
→ A direct comparison without like or as
A comparison using like or as
Personification
→ Gives human traits to non-human things
Gives human traits to non-human things
Alliteration
→ The same starting sound repeats
A direct comparison without like or as
Halloween Math & Reading
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A haunted house has 6 rooms with 4 ghosts each, so there are 24 ghosts.
2) The phrase her smile was sunshine is an example of a metaphor.
3) 7 witches each carried 3 potions, making 21 potions in all.
4) Rounded to the nearest ten, 38 trick-or-treaters is about 40.
5) The wind howled through the trees uses personification to describe the wind.
6) 5 monsters each had 8 claws, so there were 40 claws total.
7) When you estimate 49 plus 32 by rounding to the nearest ten you get 80.
8) The graveyard was as quiet as a mouse is a simile.
9) 9 pumpkins with 3 seeds each means 27 seeds altogether.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Simile
→ A comparison using like or as
The same starting sound repeats
Metaphor
→ A direct comparison without like or as
A comparison using like or as
Personification
→ Gives human traits to non-human things
Gives human traits to non-human things
Alliteration
→ The same starting sound repeats
A direct comparison without like or as
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