Use a familiar Halloween topic to introduce or practice thinking about pros and cons! Students consider the positive and negative sides of eating candy, discuss their ideas with a partner, and organize their thinking on the included recording sheet.

This activity encourages students to consider multiple sides of a topic, explain their thinking, and organize ideas before discussion or writing.

What's Included:

• Pros and cons sorting mats
• Halloween candy discussion activity
• Pros and cons recording sheet
• Student directions

Perfect for pros and cons, opinion writing preparation, critical thinking, Halloween ELA, partner discussions, and October writing activities.