Overview

Come along for the ride with this creative Room on the Broom activity! Young learners will practice reading comprehension and sequencing by placing each story character in the correct order on an accordion-fold broom. Then, they make the story their own by creating a “Broom Crew” of friends, pets, or fantasy characters they would bring on an adventure!

Pick a character, keep it secret, and get ready for the questions! Youth take turns becoming a fall or Halloween character while their partners interview them, collect clues, and try to crack the mystery. This low-prep guessing game brings imagination, perspective-taking, speaking, listening, and evidence-based thinking into the fun.

Inspired by the ghost-story challenge that helped spark Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, youth create and write an original suspenseful story using character, setting, and plot. They build tension through uncertainty, a difficult choice, and an unexpected consequence rather than relying on graphic violence. This low-prep writing activity requires only paper and a writing utensil.

Bring fall and seasonal fun to digital literacy with this emoji decoding challenge! Youth use visual clues, context, tone, and sequencing to strengthen communication, critical thinking, and audience awareness. Designed for grades 3–12, this low-prep activity is easy to adapt for different ages and group sizes!