There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat Activities | Halloween Book Companion

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat Activities | Halloween Book Companion for Kindergarten & 1st Grade

Make your Halloween read-aloud meaningful, memorable, and easy to teach! This There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat book companion is packed with engaging, low-prep activities for kindergarten and first grade. Students will build reading comprehension, phonics, writing, sequencing, and early math skills while responding to a seasonal story they love.

Use the activities together as a complete Halloween literacy unit or select individual pages for whole-group lessons, centers, morning work, independent practice, homework, or sub plans. The variety of response formats makes differentiation simple and keeps young learners actively involved before, during, and after reading.

What’s Included

• Halloween KWL chart

• Bat KWL chart

• Prediction activity

• Opinion writing response

• Collaborative class book

• Story sequencing activity

• Beginning sounds practice

• Rhyming activity

• Alphabetical order practice

• Coloring pages

• Early math activities

Why Teachers Love It

• Low prep: Choose the pages you need, print, and teach.

• Cross-curricular: Cover literacy, writing, phonics, and math with one seasonal resource.

• Flexible: Ideal for whole group, small groups, literacy centers, independent work, and take-home practice.

• Age appropriate: Designed for kindergarten and first-grade learners.

• Engaging: Familiar Halloween themes help motivate young readers and writers.

Perfect For

Halloween read-alouds • October literacy centers • Book companion lessons • Fall review • Morning work • Early finisher activities • Homeschool learning • Emergency sub plans