Are you looking for engaging Halloween creative writing activities using adjectives, words and descriptions this October? Make describing words fun with this set of 12 low-prep templates - perfect to help your students describe and write Halloween-themed sentences. The cute Halloween clip art makes this ideal for October’s fun creative writing lessons. Quick and easy setup make these templates ideal for lessons, centres, homework and supply days. Get students to work individually or in pairs or small groups to come up with adjectives or choose from the lists provided to use them in their writing. Provide the enclosed checklist to encourage them to think about spelling and punctuation. Differentiation is easy as there are different templates to choose from. Students will love writing about their haunted house, spider or imaginary ghost. Here is what you will get: 12 Halloween Creative Writing templates with 3 themes: Haunted House Spider Ghost Each Theme has 4 pages: a spider diagram - a picture with space for children to write their own adjectives write their own words and then write sentences 12 words to choose from by ticking or highlighting and then writing their sentences 36 words to choose from by ticking or highlighting and then writing their sentences Plus a checklist Prep is easy and quick - print and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. The finished work will make a great Halloween display too! Great for you: Low-prep - print & and write Great for your literacy centres Use them for easy prep morning work Great as independent activities as part of a lesson Ideal as an adult-led guided activity - take the opportunity to discuss vocabulary, sentence structure and punctuation Great for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for extra fun writing practice Great if you need a quick resource e.g. for supply days These games are suggested for KS1/2 but may also be suitable for other ages. Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to discuss suitable vocabulary The fun Halloween clipart will engage them Home Education: Ideal to use as part of a lesson to practice using adjectives, descriptions and creative writing If you like this resource please leave a review. Thankyou Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Are you looking for engaging Christmas creative writing activities this December? Get your students to write to Santa, the Elf and Father Christmas using these low-prep templates - perfect for your students to compose and write relevant letters at this busy pre-Christmas time. The cute Elf and Christmas clip art makes this ideal for December’s fun creative writing activities. They will love writing and sharing ideas with their peers. Quick and easy setup makes the templates ideal for lessons, centres, homework and supply days. Before they start to write the letters get students to work individually, in pairs or small groups to brainstorm adjectives and ‘WOW’ words that students might find helpful and jot them down using the enclosed prompts. Provide them with a thesaurus to look for more interesting words. Also included are 2 checklists to encourage them to think about spelling, punctuation and how to further improve their writing. Differentiation is easy as there are different templates to choose from. For early writing use the templates with no lines for students to draw (and annotate if appropriate), for other students there are templates with fewer/ more lines with fewer/ more words, therefore matching the support and expected length of writing to your students. Here is what you will get: 33 Christmas Creative Writing templates with themes for Elf (the pictures show Elf being on a shelf) Santa Father Christmas no words dyslexic font (these have a pastel background in a colour compatible with the clipart used and less clipart which is on the fringe of the writing space) Plus templates for : Before writing the letter use the templates with 4/6 or unlimited spaces for students to brainstorm suitable words to refer to After writing there are 2 differentiated prompt sheets reminding students how to make their writing better Plus patterns & colours for the backs of letters in case you are laminating these for repeated use. Prep is easy and quick - print and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. The finished work will make a great Christmas display too! Great for you: Low-prep - print & and write Great for your literacy and Christmas centres Use them for easy-prep morning work Great as independent activities as part of a lesson Ideal as an adult-led guided activity Great for fun homework Ideal for extra fun writing practice The finished work will make a colourful Christmas display These games are suggested for Early Years but may also be suitable for other grades. Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to discuss suitable vocabulary The fun Christmas clipart will engage them in their writing If your students enjoy this resource, please leave a review. Thank you! Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

SUMMER Bookmarks to Colour Encourage reading by personalizing bookmarks, get your students excited about describing their favourite book, writing a short story or poem, remembering the times tables with these easy-prep activities. Maths - stop the ‘summer slide’ by giving them a couple of times table bookmarks to color in and use for their summer reading books and times tables Reading - talk to them about books for summer holiday reading, ask them to list the titles they are planning to read. Give them blank book review bookmarks to fill in when they have read the book, bring them back after the summer holidays. Alternatively use them when they come back so they can describe their favourite summer book - an easy-prep and fun lesson. These will make a great ‘Books I read in the Summer holidays’ class display Writing - encourage students to read poems over the summer holidays and write their favourite one to remind them of good poetry. Or get them to write down great vocabulary they hear - we call them ‘WOW’ words - and bring them in after the holidays. Ask students to write a short story and keep this in their book as a marker to encourage reading These bookmarks are great as stand-alone fun independent activities. Just before the holidays, teachers often look for a quick and easy prep activity that will keep the students occupied but which has an educational content. The finished bookmarks will also make a lovely Summer or Back-to-School display. The activities are perfect for easy-prep fun early finishers, centres, substitute teaching and Home Education You get 36 bookmarks: with/ without lines for writing on writing a short story,favourite poem or book review planning a summer reading list counting to 9/ 10 or in 2s Number facts - 2 - 12 times tables Great for you: Low-prep - print, cut up & ready Great as a summer activity Ideal for your summer or literacy centre Great as an independent stand-alone task Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for writing about their favourite book/ poem/ story Great if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days Use them for handwriting practice Great for your students: Popular activities that are easy to explain Bookmarks will be personalized and therefore encourage reading Fine motor skill activity to encourage using pencils correctly and efficiently Home Education: Use these to write about books they have read or as a colouring/ design activity Using bookmarks encourages reading Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Looking for HALLOWEEN Day games to read words with long vowels? Get your students excited about reading words with long vowel sounds using these easy-prep games. They will love playing these Halloween Roll and Read games which will help them to recognize these important graphemes and read words with different spelling patterns. Differentiation is easy. Each vowel has a game with more frequent spelling patterns and a game that includes unusual graphemes and more challenging words. Use the games to revise and consolidate learning about the different ways to spell words with a long a, e, i, o and u. Students will become more confident and fluent in their reading. The resources are great for reading activities as part of a lesson. Use this as an independent game or as an adult-led activity where you can assess and teach about spelling patterns and reading strategies. Use these opportunities to discuss whether a specific spelling pattern is always at the beginning, middle or end of a word, whether there are exceptions, can they think of other words with this pattern, etc. Challenge your students to use the blank templates and make up their own games individually or in pairs, then swap them and play with their peers. You will get: 12 Roll and Read Games Game 1 & 1a – Words with Long A Sounds & Challenge Game 2 & 2a – Words with Long E Sounds & Challenge Game 3 & 3a – Words with Long I Sounds & Challenge Game 4 & 4a – Words with Long 0 Sounds & Challenge Game 5 & 5a – Words with Long U Sounds & Challenge Game 6 & 6a – Words with all the Long Vowel Sounds & Challenge 2 blank templates for students to make up their own games Instructions to play the games Dice and Spinners with cute Halloween clipart numbers Markers Teachers’ Notes Patterns for the backs of games Great for you: Low-prep - print and play Teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to structure a lesson Great for your literacy/ reading centres Use them for easy-prep morning work Great as independent activities as part of a lesson Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for extra fun reading practice Leave them in your tuff tray for students to play with or have them out as child-initiated activities Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for supply days Great for your students: Popular game format that are easy to play Instructions are included Players will check each other’s reading skills and therefore be learning together Gives students opportunities to discuss spelling patterns Games have a competitive element so will encourage perseverance If you like this resource please leave a review. Thankyou Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Use the US Presidents’ theme to make reading, writing and US history fun with this easy-prep Scavenger Hunt activity. Your KS2 pupils will work individually, in pairs or groups and use their comprehension skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery word and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short history passages and find out about ten different presidents. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to find out what the mystery word is. Differentiation is easy as there are 2 answer grids to choose from with added clues. This is a great introduction fun task for the start of a theme about the presidents of America or as a stand-alone comprehension activity. You will get: 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must comprehend and remember what they have read. 2 answer record sheets for each player or team - use these answers to find letters to unscramble to find the mystery word and crack the 4-digit code. a short introduction/story to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct so no long marking winners’ certificates directions The themes of the reading passages are all related to the accomplishments of 10 presidents. Great for you: Prep is easy and quick - print, cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson.Low-prep Ideal for your literacy and history centres Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson Ideal if you need a quick resource eg.substitute days learning about history in a fun way Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to read carefully, discuss this topic and remember what they have read The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them Great history activity Home Education: Ideal to use it to learn about the presidents of the U.S.A. Great reading activity Working on vocabulary and comprehension You may be interested in: Maths Activities 4th of July Numbers to Count, Subitize, Add & Read KS2 Space Scavenger Hunt - Comprehension If you like my resources please leave a review. Thank you. Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning.

Make reading fun by using this easy-prep Planets Scavenger Hunt comprehension activity. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their reading skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short passages and find out about things that they might find in our solar system – planets. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to lead to a mystery item. Who will be the first to find this? This activity makes reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. You will get: 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must understand and remember what they have read Answer record sheet for each player or team - use the answers to find letters to unscramble and find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code a short introduction to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct or not Space themed winners’ certificates directions The themes of the readings are all related to the space Prep is easy and quick – print & cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom or table and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. Great for you: Low-prep Ideal for your literacy Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson Ideal if you need a quick resource These activities are suggested for Key Stage 2 – in particular Years 4 & 5 but may also be suitable for other years Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to read carefully and remember what they have read The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them Great for working together Make it more interesting by using a 4-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with a something inside If you like this resource, please a rating & comment about it. Thank you. You may also like Sea Life Ocean Vocabulary Trail KS2 Seaside Comprehension SUMMER Scavenger Hunt Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Make reading fun by using this easy-prep summer Scavenger Hunt comprehension activity with a seaside theme. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their reading skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short passages and find out about things that they might find on the beach - starfish, sand, hermit crabs etc. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to lead to a mystery location. Who will be the first to find this? This activity makes reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. You will get: 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must understand and remember what they have read Answer record sheet for each player or team - use the answers to find letters to unscramble and find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code a short introduction to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct or not seaside themed winners’ certificates directions The themes of the readings are all related to the seaside so ideal for summer Prep is easy and quick – print & cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom or table and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. Great for you: Low-prep Ideal for your literacy and summer centres Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson Ideal if you need a quick resource These activities are suggested for Key Stage 2 – in particular Years 4 & 5 but may also be suitable for other years Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to read carefully and remember what they have read The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them Great for working together Make it more interesting by using a 4-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with a prize inside: a seashell, sand, a picture, etc. If you like this resource, please a rating & comment about it, Thank you. You may also like Sea Life Ocean Vocabulary Trail Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Make reading and science fun by using this easy-prep Vocabulary Trail and Memory game cards with a sea life & ocean theme. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in small groups and use their comprehension skills to match meanings and words, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. There are 2 different resources - 10 words & meanings for a whole class vocabulary trail and 20 words & meanings as small cards to play popular games in small groups such as Memory, Pairs or Snap. These engaging activities are perfect for using comprehension skills to match the words and definitions and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code or be the one with the most cards at the end of a memory game. Players use the cards to read short science passages and find out about scientific vocabulary related to oceans. For the whole class activity, the answers will reveal letters which will give a ‘mystery code’ when these are unscrambled. For extra fun and as a challenge the answers can be used to give a secret 4-digit code. Who will be the first to find this? Who will get the most cards. The activities make reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. Differentiate the memory card game by including the 4 more challenging words and definitions or play a fast game of Snap to encourage skim reading. This is a great introduction and fun task for the start of a marine life or ocean topic or if you are having a ‘Looking after our world/ environment’ day or week. This is also ideal as a stand-alone comprehension activity. You will get: Vocabulary Trail 10 cards with words & explanations Answer record sheets for each player or team - use these answers to find letters to unscramble to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code You will also get: a short introduction/story to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct so no long marking ‘locks’ that can be printed off with the 4-digit answers winners’ certificates directions Memory Game 20 cards with • words • definitions • ‘I am a …’ statements - which some students might find easier The themes of the reading passages are all related to marine life & oceans. The resources are in color and black & white for more printing options. Prep is easy and quick - print, cut up the cards and distribute these around the classroom (for the vocabulary trail) and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. (If you do not want your students to roam around then have a set of cards for each table). You might be interested in: KS2 Space Scavenger Hunt - Comprehension If you like this resource, I would appreciate a review and thank you. Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Looking for easy-prep phonics games to read CVC words this Thanksgiving? Get your Early Years students excited about reading VC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC & digraphs with these differentiated, harvest-themed, fun activities. They will use their early reading skills to practice decoding, blending and reading and become more fluent and confident in these key literacy skills. The resources are easy to use and great for independent activities as part of a phonics lesson or use this as an adult-led activity where you can assess and teach about early reading strategies, sounds and letters. They are great opportunities to talk about grapheme-phoneme correspondences and blending sounds to read whole words. Differentiation is easy as there are 10 different games with increasingly more sounds and letters With the cute Thanksgiving clipart, the games make reading CVC words in the fall or autumn fun. The activities are perfect for lessons, extra practice, early finishers, fun homework, centres, supply days and home Education. You will get: 10 Games Game 1 -CVC – s a t i p n m d Game 2 – CVC & VC VCC CVCC & CCVC & capital letters for names - s a t i p n m d Game 3 – CVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k Game 4 – CVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k & e u r Game 5 – CVC & VC VCC CVCC & CCVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k & e u r Game 6 – CVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k e u r & h b f l Game 7 – CVC & VC VCC CVCC & CCVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k e u r & h b f l Game 8 – CVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k e u r & h b f l j v w x y z Game 9 – CVC & VC VCC CVCC & CCVC - s a t i p n m d & g o c k e u r & h b f l j v w x y z& digraphs ck, ff ll ss Game 10 – - s a t i p n m d & g o c k e u r & h b f l j v w x y z & digraphs ck, ff ll ss zz qu 2 blank templates for your students to write their own words and create ‘personalized’ games templates for dice and spinners templates for markers and patterns for the backs of games teaching notes Great for you: Easy-prep - print and you are ready Ideal opportunity to assess and teach about reading CVC words and early digraphs Great as independent activities as part of a phonics lesson Great for your literacy and fall/ autumn/ Thanksgiving centres Use them for morning work Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for extra fun blending and reading practice Ideal if you need a resource e.g. for substitute days These games are suggested for Early Years but may also be suitable for other grades. Great for your students: Popular and easy-to-understand game format Games encourage perseverance - who can get to the end first? Provides great opportunities to learn together If your students enjoy the games, please leave a review. Thank you! Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning