It's that time of year again: the leaves are changing color, the air is getting colder, and pumpkin-flavored everything is starting to pop up in stores. Yes, autumn has officially arrived, and with it comes one of America's favorite holidays: Halloween!

For many families, this means costumes, decorations, treats—and plenty of learning opportunities. That's because Halloween isn't just about spooky costumes and trick-or-treating; it's also a great time for practicing math and literacy skills.

There are plenty of fun Halloween worksheets that can help second graders brush up on their skills throughout October.

These free printables will help your second graders work on ABC order, ordering 3-digit numbers, 2-digit addition, digraphs, and much more!

While these worksheets are designed to meet second grade goals, they can be used with younger kids who are ready for a challenge and with older kids who need a little extra practice.

Halloween Worksheets for Second Grade

Print-and-go worksheets like the ones in this pack are perfect for busy homeschool moms and co-op teachers. There is no prep work involved.

Second graders will enjoy working on a variety of math and literacy skills this October as they practice reading, math, grammar, and more.

Preparing the Worksheets

All you need to do to prepare these worksheets is print them out! It’s that easy.

However, if you’d like to make them reusable, you can laminate them after printing them out. Then, kids can use dry erase markers to complete each page.

What's Included?

This second grade worksheet packet includes ten free printables. Five focus on math skills, and five are for literacy practice. You’ll receive:

Halloween Math Worksheets

• Ordering numbers – Children will order 3-digit numbers from smallest to largest.
• 10 Less & 10 More – Identify the 2-digit number, and write the numbers that are ten less and ten more.
• Odds and evens – Identify which numbers are odd and which are even.
• Addition practice – Solve 2-digit addition problems and color the correct answer.
• Number match up – Read the 3-digit number word and color the correct answer.

Halloween Literacy Worksheets

• ABC order – Order three words in each set in ABC order.
• To, too, two – Cut and paste the correct word to finish the sentences.
• Digraphs – Name the pictures, and identify the beginning digraph.
• Hard G or Soft G – Use the color code to identify the words that have the Hard G sound and the Soft G sound.
• Hard C or Soft C – Use the color code to identify the words that have the Hard C sound and the Soft C sound.

HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY KITS FOR KIDS

Abracadabra – A Halloween Potion and Spell

Abracadabra! Mix up some fun with this magical potion spell. Just add water and watch the potion fizz, change colors, sparkle and explode.

It’s a truly magical experience that your little ones will love. They’ll be delighted by the new discoveries they make and their imaginations will run wild.

Abracadabra is the perfect way to spark some magic in your child’s heart and mind.

Halloween Suncatcher Arts and Crafts Kit

Looking for a fun, easy, and festive craft for Halloween? Look no further than this Halloween suncatcher arts and crafts kit!

Perfect for parties, classrooms, or at-home fun, these suncatchers are a great way to get into the Halloween spirit!

More Halloween Printables

• Kindergarten Halloween Printables
• Halloween Books for Kindergarten
• Halloween Read Alouds for Kindergarten
• Frankenstein Tissue Paper Craft from Simple Everyday Mom
• Printable Halloween Emergent Reader from Fun-A-Day

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They are the perfect addition to your fall camping activities for kids. From addition and subtraction practice to contractions and antonyms/synonyms, this free worksheet packet includes a variety of math and grammar activities for 2nd graders.

Because these worksheets are print-and-go, they are perfect for both homeschoolers and traditional schoolers alike!

Camping-themed activities are a great way to teach important skills like reading, writing, and math during the summer and fall months. And they’re also a lot of fun!

Your child can practice contractions, addition and subtraction, synonyms and antonyms, and more with these camping-themed printables.

CAMPING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

Camp-themed activities are not only fun, but they can also be educational! By participating in camping-themed activities, your child can work on important skills such as reading, writing, math, and more.

Using Printables in Your Homeschool

Homeschooling can be a great way to provide individualized attention and educational opportunities for your child. However, it can also be challenging to know how to effectively teach multiple subjects at different levels.

One way to help is to use homeschool worksheets. Worksheets can be a great way to reinforce or practice math and grammar skills. They can also be used as an assessment tool to gauge your child's understanding of a concept.

When using worksheets, it is important to select those that are appropriate for your child's level and interests. Additionally, make sure to provide ample opportunity for hands-on learning and exploratory play.

Homeschool worksheets should only be one part of a well-rounded homeschool program.

HOMESCHOOLING SECOND GRADERS

If your children enjoyed these second grade worksheets, you’ll love the homeschool tips and resources featured below:

• First and Second Grade: What Social Changes You Can Expect
• Math Board Games for 2nd Graders
• Halloween Worksheets for Second Grade
• Fall Math Worksheets for 2nd Grade

Camping Worksheets for Second Grade

This free math and grammar pack includes a variety of practice pages designed for second graders. However, they can be used with kids who are a little younger but ready to practice these skills. Or, they can be used with slightly older kids who need a little extra practice.

There are a total of five worksheets covering the following skills:

• Telling time to 5 minutes
• Subtraction within 20
• Synonyms & antonyms
• Contractions
• 3-digit addition

Math Practice Pages

• Subtraction within 20: There are sixteen subtraction problems for your second graders to solve. Each box on the page provides enough room for children to show their work when they borrow to solve the problems.

• 3-digit addition: There are twelve addition problems to solve. Each box on the page provides enough room for children to show their work when they carry to solve the problems.

• Telling time to 5 minutes: Children will read the times noted in each box. There are sixteen problems on the page. After reading the times, they'll draw hands on the clock to note the time.

Grammar Practice Pages

• Synonyms and antonyms: Children will read the two words on each tent. They'll use the color code to note whether the words are synonyms or antonyms.

• Contractions: Children will read the contractions in each box. Then, they'll write the two words that make up each contraction on the page.

Books About Camping

When homeschooling, you have the opportunity to choose books that fit your child's interests and learning level.

If your child is interested in camping, there are a number of great second grade books about camping that can help to support their learning.

By incorporating these types of books into your homeschool curriculum, you can help your child learn about camping while also fostering a love of reading.

• Campfire Stories for Kids by Drake Quinn
• Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park by Aaron Johnson
• Rosco the Rascal Goes to Camp by Shana Gorlan

More Camping Fun for Kids

Camping never felt so cuddly! Set up camp in the playroom with this adorable, personalized campout kit, complete with a smiling marshmallow, water flask and campfire. 

This fun interactive game of Camp Charades will keep your camping trip fun. With 17 pages (8 cards per page) of exciting charade cards, your campfire moments just got more fun.

With a felt hiking map, compass, and hatchet, your kids will have all they need for a fun (pretend) hike through the woods.

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If you are teaching your kids about horses or you have a horse-lover in your midst, you'll definitely want to add one or more of these horse books to your horse activities for kids.

Horse Books for Kids

Below, I’ve featured just a handful of chapter books that will help your 2nd graders gain confidence in their reading skills as they read about one of their favorite animals.

Sparkling Jewel: A Branches Book – Tori is super-excited to spend the summer at Gran's ranch–where there are lots of beautiful ponies! But she is NOT excited to share a room with her younger sister, Miranda.

Miranda likes everything pink, and she loves puppies. Tori does not like pink, and she loves ponies. Tori soon falls in love with a rowdy pony named Jewel and she wants to ride her. But Gran says that Jewel is TOO rowdy.

Will Tori and Jewel ever get to ride together? And when one of the ranch's puppies goes missing, can Miranda and Tori find the puppy and bring him back home?

Penny and Pepper – Penny is visiting her grandparents out in the country for the summer. They have a surprise for her–a pony named Pepper!

Along with their new friends, Tom and Tina, Penny and Pepper solve mysteries in the neighborhood, and rescue a frightened kitten!

Bramble and Maggie: Horse Meets Girl – Maggie wants a pony to ride and take care of, and to prepare she's been reading a big book on horse care.

Meanwhile, Bramble is bored with giving riding lessons and walking in circles. She's looking for just the right person to take her away from her routine. Is it a perfect match?

All About Horses – Do you know a young horse lover who dreams of riding a horse? Or loves to learn about what it takes to care for one? All About Horses can teach them!

They’ll saddle up and become a horse expert as they read up on what horses eat, all the gear that keeps horses strong and healthy, and how to get started with riding.

Summer Pony – Ginny has always dreamed of having her very own pony, so when her parents agree to rent her a pony for the summer, Ginny is thrilled!

But when Mokey arrives, she is shaggy, dirty, and half-starved–not at all what Ginny had in mind. Can Ginny still have the summer of her dreams?

A New Friend (Magic Ponies) – Eleanor is worried that her summer vacation is going to be lonely and boring. But when she meets magical pony Comet, things start looking up. 

Eleanor and Comet go on lots of adventures together and make many new friends!

Pidgy's Surprise – Cindy Sawyer has a wonderful Shetland pony named Pidgy. Together they have lots of wonderful adventures but Cindy does not appreciate her cute little pony. What she really wants is a fancy show horse like the ones her friends ride.

After a summer of fun and riding, a morning comes when Pidgy goes missing. Not until she looks into the empty stall does Cindy realize how much she really loves her pony.

Will Cindy be able to find her beloved pony before it is too late?

Winter Pony – GINNY FINALLY HAS the pony she has always dreamed of, and now she and Mokey are looking forward to a winter full of new adventures.

Together, they explore the snow-filled woods and even learn to drive a sleigh.

As usual, Mokey has plenty of surprises in store, including one that Ginny can’t believe: Mokey is expecting a foal!

Which of these books about horses will you read first?

More Horse Posts to Explore

If you are looking for more horse-themed activities to round out your lesson plan, you are going to love the following posts!

• Kentucky Derby Activities for Kids
• Horse Books for Toddlers
• Horse Books for Boys
• Kentucky Unit Study Crafts
• Nonfiction Horse Books

ROUND OUT YOUR UNIT WITH THESE ACTIVITIES

Add a wooden hobby horse to your imaginative play area, and your toddlers can pretend they’re riding a horse of their very own.

Toys with wheels have always been beloved among kids because there is a motion that is always interesting! This gorgeous wooden horse pull toy is no exception!

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As the temperatures drop and the calendar flips from September to October, I begin to anticipate Halloween! As I do, I love to add holiday-themed printables to our homeschool lessons.

These homeschool Halloween activities are perfect for 2nd graders who need a little extra practice with word problems, 3-digit numbers, missing numbers, and more!

Halloween Math Worksheets for 2nd Grade

Your kiddos will have a blast working through these worksheets one by one practicing and reinforcing 2nd grade math concepts such as missing addends, three-digit number words, word problems, and more.

While these worksheets are designed specifically to meet second grade goals, they can be used with first graders who are ready to move on to more challenging math work and with third graders who need a little extra practice with a skill.

If you're looking for even more grade specific Halloween worksheets be sure to check out my Halloween worksheets for 2nd grade, Halloween worksheets for 1st grade, and Halloween worksheets for kindergarten.

Because these worksheets are print-and-go, they are perfect for busy moms and homeschool co-op teachers. There is no prep work involved.

PREPARING THE WORKSHEETS

All you need to do to prepare these worksheets is print them out! It’s that easy.

However, if you’d like to make them reusable, you can laminate them after printing them out. Have kids complete the activities with a dry erase marker.

What's Included?

Word Problems

There are two pages of word problems that contain ten word problems each. One is for addition practice, while the other is for subtraction practice.

Kids can work the problems out on a separate sheet of paper or on the back of the worksheet and then write the answer in the space provided.

10 Less and 10 More

Children will read the 3-digit number on the cat's sign. Then, they'll write the number that is ten more and ten less than that number in the spaces provided.

Numbers Greater Than and Less Than 500

Students will use the color code to identify numbers that are greater than and less than 500.

Number Match Up

Kids will read the three-digit number word, and then cut/paste the correct number in the box.

Which is True?

Students will solve an addition problem, and then they'll color the correct answer. There are two answers to choose from.

Missing Numbers

Children will find the missing addend to complete the addition problems.

Addition Sentences

Your kiddos will write an addition sentence for each array shown.

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