Students complete nine problems about haunted house group earnings, identifying the term for story event order, and dividing gummy worms equally into jars. The matching activity pairs setting, conflict, climax, and resolution with their story element definitions in a Halloween narrative context.
Connecting story structure vocabulary to Halloween settings reinforces the literary analysis elements fourth graders apply to all fiction reading.
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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 charges $35 per group. After 6 groups visit, it earns $210.
2. The order of events in a Halloween story is called the plot.
3. A candy maker packs 252 gummy worms into 7 jars. Each jar holds 36 worms.
4. The character who changes the most during a story is called dynamic.
5. Eight pumpkin patches each grow 32 pumpkins. Together they grow 256 pumpkins.
6. When readers use clues to figure out what a word means, they use context clues.
7. A witch divides 180 potion bottles onto 6 shelves. Each shelf holds 30 bottles.
8. The person telling a Halloween story is the narrator.
9. Four families each spend $45 on decorations. Together they spend $180.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
setting
→ where and when a story takes place
the most exciting turning point
conflict
→ the main problem in a story
where and when a story takes place
climax
→ the most exciting turning point
how the problem is solved at the end
resolution
→ how the problem is solved at the end
the main problem in a story
Halloween Math & Reading
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A haunted house charges $35 per group. After 6 groups visit, it earns $210.
2) The order of events in a Halloween story is called the plot.
3) A candy maker packs 252 gummy worms into 7 jars. Each jar holds 36 worms.
4) The character who changes the most during a story is called dynamic.
5) Eight pumpkin patches each grow 32 pumpkins. Together they grow 256 pumpkins.
6) When readers use clues to figure out what a word means, they use context clues.
7) A witch divides 180 potion bottles onto 6 shelves. Each shelf holds 30 bottles.
8) The person telling a Halloween story is the narrator.
9) Four families each spend $45 on decorations. Together they spend $180.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
setting
→ where and when a story takes place
the most exciting turning point
conflict
→ the main problem in a story
where and when a story takes place
climax
→ the most exciting turning point
how the problem is solved at the end
resolution
→ how the problem is solved at the end
the main problem in a story
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