Counting Halloween Cats in the Haunted House

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This Halloween-themed resource focuses on counting 1 to 10 cats in a Haunted House. It allows students to practice numbers in a new contextual setting. It introduces Halloween vocabulary such as "cats," and "haunted house".

These Halloween flashcards introduce the numbers 1 to 10, helping young learners build word recognition.

Have the students count the cats in each Haunted House flashcard as a way to help develop foundational math skills. 

Finding and counting the cats in the haunted house setting encourages observation finding the cats.

Use a pointer to count the cats in the house: How many cats are there?

Students: one, two, three, four, five, six! Six cats.

Have the students trace the numeral on each tombstone.

Halloween numbers 1 to 10 small cards

The small cards work for repetition of the Halloween-related words like "cat" and "haunted house" during the activity. Students will match the cats in each house to the numeral.  Start a speaking activity to verbally count the cats.

Students can work at their own pace ordering the numbers on the small cards to practice number sequencing skills.

Halloween numbers 1 to 10 Worksheets

The worksheets set provides a clear format for students to follow through the counting process.

 For fun, have the students paint the numbers using Qtips and watercolors. They have to trace the number words in the same color of the tombstones. There is a cat to create a puppet for pointing.

Use the cat puppet as a pointer when you name any tombstone on the worksheet:Point to tombstone number four.

The worksheet keeps going on.  Students can color and then cut the Haunted houses on the worksheet set. Then, match the amount of cats on each house to the tombstone with a numeral.

Another step is to glue the number word cutout to the haunted house.

 

Finally, the students can cut all the haunted houses, the number words the tombstones and sort them on the pocket chart.

The task is to match the number of cats in the house to the correct numeral. Perfect to strengthen number recognition.

 There are the number words to cut and match to each house.

In another way to use the worksheets is to have the students order the numeral, the word and the house with cats on a pocket chart, done individually or in small groups.

Number Recognition 1-10 puzzle 

Students must solve the puzzle by identifying the correct number of cats as they match numbers on the tombstone. 

Encourage your students to work together, practice speaking, and reinforce language skills through social interaction.

 This bundle provides complete Halloween-themed ESL lessons designed specifically for Kindergarten English Language Learners.

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This resource is included in the Pets Unit for Kindergarten ESL at this LINK https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pets-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-16-6837926

More things are included in this resource, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-frog-at-st-patricks-day.html 

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