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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 2 Place Value and Ordering
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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about place values and ordering numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by a highly interactive, whole class learning session. The final part of the lesson is for the students to complete the fun differentiated challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers in figures and words. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  what a digit is  what each digit in a number means  to represent numbers as tens and ones. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers to 100 and over  know what each digit in a number means. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 3 Understanding Addition and Subtraction.
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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Addition and Subtraction. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by a whole class, interactive, learning session. The lesson finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  use words about adding  add by partitioning  use patterns of similar calculations. Lesson 2: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  know words used in adding  add by partitioning into ‘5 and a bit’  recombine the numbers. Lesson 3: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add and know the words which are used when adding  add teens numbers  understand that adding can be done in any order  use patterns of similar calculations. Lesson 4: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  use the words to describe adding  partition into ‘10 and a bit’  know adding can be done in any order  use patterns of similar calculations. Lesson 5: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add and use words to do with adding  add a teens number to a two-digit number  partition into ‘10 and a bit’  understand that addition can be carried out in any order  find pairs of numbers that make a given total  use patterns of similar calculations.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 6 Shape and Space Lessons
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 6 Shape and Space Lessons

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Three great PowerPoint lessons about Shape and Space. The lessons start with a mental warm up. This is followed with a main, interactive whole class learning session. The lesson finishes with a fun set of differentiated learning challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  recognise and describe turning movements  recognise half and quarter turns to the left or right  understand angle as a measure of turn  recognise right angles. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 5 Mass and Shape and Space
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 5 Mass and Shape and Space

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons looking at Mass and shape and space. The lessons all start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons finish with a fun differentiated learning challenge. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  solve measurement problems  use words about mass and ways of measuring weight  measure using non-standard units  compare weights  estimate and measure. Lesson 2: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  use and begin to read words about mass  compare different masses. Lesson 3: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  use and begin to use words about mass  suggest and use simple measuring equipment  develop estimating skills. Lesson 4: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  solve measurement problems  understand and use words about mass  measure and compare using standard units. Lesson 5: Week 5 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  recognise and describe how to turn things  recognise half and quarter turns to the left or right  understand the terms clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 9 Place Value, Addition, Subtraction and Money.
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 9 Place Value, Addition, Subtraction and Money.

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Here are five great PowerPoint lessons about addition, subtraction, and money. The lessons all start with a mental warm up activities. Then the students complete an interactive whole class learning session together. The lessons end with a differentiated learning challenge. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  investigate number problems and puzzles  explain methods, reasoning and relationships. Lesson 2: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  devise and continue a number pattern  describe a pattern Lesson 3: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise and continue or complete number patterns  describe a pattern or rule  devise a number pattern  recognise odd and even numbers. Lesson 4: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  recognise a pattern  explain what we did. Lesson 5: Week 9 Title Addition, Mental Calculation, Place Value Learning Objective:  understand the language of addition.  begin to add 9 or 11 by adding 10 and changing the number by 1.  begin to add 19 or 21 by adding 20 and changing the number by 1.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 11 Time Maths PowerPoint Presentations
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 11 Time Maths PowerPoint Presentations

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Five full PowerPoint presentations about teaching time. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. Then the students participate in a full, whole class, interactive learning session. The students end the lesson by completing a differentiated learning challenge. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  solve simple problems relating to time. Lesson 2: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  read the time to the o’clock and half past on different types of clock  solve simple problems relating to time. Lesson 3: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  read the time to half and quarter hours  understand digital clocks  solve simple problems about time. Lesson 4: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  read the time to half and quarter hours on an analogue and a digital clock  solve simple problems about time. Lesson 5: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  understand and use words about time  know different units of time  make estimates about time  use the right units of time.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 4 Money and 'Real Life' Problems
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 4 Money and 'Real Life' Problems

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Money and ‘Real Life’ problems. The students start the lesson with a fun interactive mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class, teaching session. The lessons end with differentiated learning activities. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  recognise all coins and understand how much they are worth  total coins  use decimal notation for money  solve problems correctly  explain how a problem was solved. Lesson 2: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  recognise coins and be able to total  make decisions and check results.   Lesson 3: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  choose the appropriate number operation  check results. Lesson 4: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  recognise and know the value of all coins  choose and total coins  make decisions and check results. Lesson 5: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  choose the correct number operation  recognise all coins.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 3 Addition, Subtraction and Mental Calculation
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 3 Addition, Subtraction and Mental Calculation

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These five full PowerPoint lessons focus on addition, subtraction, and mental calculation methods. The lessons start with a mental warm up lesson. This is followed by a fun interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons finish with interesting, differentiated learning challenges for the the students. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Addition and Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  add  know what near doubles are  use doubles to solve near double problems. Lesson 2: Week 3 Title Understanding Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  subtract  take a one-digit number away from a multiple of 10  remember our number bonds. Lesson 3: Week 3 Title Understanding
Subtraction,
Mental Calculation
Strategies Learning Objective:  add and subtract  add a one-digit number to a teens number. Lesson 4: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  more ways to add and subtract  to subtract a one-digit number from a number 20 to 28, crossing the 20 boundary. Lesson 5: Week 3 Title Understanding Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  subtract  subtract a teens number from a two-digit number  find unknowns.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 6 Reasoning About Shapes And Space
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 6 Reasoning About Shapes And Space

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Three complete PowerPoint Lessons about reasoning about shapes and space. Each of the lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by an exciting, interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons are finished with a challenging, differentiated thinking task. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space, Reasoning about Shapes Learning Objective:  recognise and name 3-D shapes  make models using 3-D shapes  recognise what makes 3-D shapes special �� relate 3-D shapes to 2-D pictures. Mental Warm Up: Play ‘Round the table’. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be learning about 3-D or ‘solid’ shapes. Educational Challenges  Work in pairs.  Build a 3-D shape from click-together shapes.  Draw round the faces of the 3-D shape on card.  Cut them out.  Record how many faces there are and what shape each face is.  Make a label with this information. Attach it to your card model. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space,
Reasoning about Shapes Learning Objective:  know more about 3-D shapes  make models using 3-D shapes  know what makes 3-D shapes special. Mental Warm Up: ‘What’s my number operation?’ Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be learning more about 3-D or ‘solid’ shapes. Educational Challenges  Work individually.  Use straws and plasticine to make a 3-D shape.  Make a label to explain what the shape is and how many edges and corners it has. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space,
Reasoning about Shapes Learning Objective:  recognise 3-D shapes  make models using 3-D shapes  know what properties make each 3-D shape special. Mental Warm Up: I will say some sentences about right angles and 3-D shapes. Record whether they are ‘True’ of ‘False’. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to learn more about 3-D or ‘solid’ shapes. Educational Challenges  Choose a partner from one of the groups you do not normally work with.  Make a model using 3-D shapes.  Draw your model and record how many of each shape you used.  Count its faces, corners and edges.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 8 (There is no Week 7 - holidays) - Counting and Properties of numbers
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 8 (There is no Week 7 - holidays) - Counting and Properties of numbers

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about counting and Properties of numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up activity. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons finish with a differentiated learning task. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  solve mathematical problems  explain how a problem was solved  understand and use the correct words to describe how a problem was solved. Lesson 2: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  solve mathematical problems or puzzles  explain how a problem was solved  count on in steps of 1. Lesson 3: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
 Learning Objective:  solve problems  explain how a problem was solved  count on in steps of 1. Lesson 4: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  solve mathematical problems  explain how a problem was solved  use symbols for unknown numbers  write number sentences. Lesson 5: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  solve mathematical problems  explain how a question was answered  complete number sentences.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 12 Time and Capacity
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 12 Time and Capacity

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These five complete PowerPoint lessons are focusing on time and capacity. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up session. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lesson end with a differentiated learning challenge. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  suggest units to estimate time  read the time  understand how to read a digital clock  solve problems relating to time. Lesson 2: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  read the time  read a digital clock  solve simple time problems. Lesson 3: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  know the relationship between units of time. Lesson 4: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  solve simple time word problems  explain how a problem is solved  read the time from clocks. Lesson 5: Week 12 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  estimate capacities  compare capacities.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 9 Rounding, Estimating, Mental Calculation Strategies and Place Value
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 9 Rounding, Estimating, Mental Calculation Strategies and Place Value

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about rounding, estimating, mental calculation strategies and place value. Each of the lessons start with a mental warm up. This is followed by a whole class, interactive learning session. The lesson end with fun differentiated learning challenges. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 9 Title Estimating, Mental Calculation Strategies, Money Learning Objective:  develop ways of adding and subtracting mentally  make sensible estimates  choose and use the correct number operation  know what each coin is worth. Lesson 2: Week 9 Title Place Value, Mental Calculation Strategies, Money Learning Objective:  total prices  use the correct number operation (+,–)  solve word problems  recognise coins. Lesson 3: Week 9 Title Place Value, Rounding, Mental Calculation Strategies, and Money Learning Objective:  add and subtract mentally  choose the correct number operation  know what each coin is worth  round to the nearest 10. Lesson 4: Week 9 Title Mental Calculation Strategies and Money Problems Learning Objective:  add and subtract mentally  choose and use the appropriate number operation  know the value of coins  solve money word problems. Lesson 5: Week 9 Title Place Value and Ordering, Mental Calculation Strategies and Money Learning Objective:  work out sums mentally  solve problems  know what each coin is worth  order amounts of money.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 13 Handling Data and Capacity
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 13 Handling Data and Capacity

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These five complete PowerPoint lessons focus on handling data and capacity. These lessons start with a fun mental mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons all end with differentiated learning challenges. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 13 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  count in hundreds from zero and back to zero  estimate and compare capacities  use standard units  understand and use words about capacity. Lesson 2: Week 13 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  solve simple capacity word problems  understand and use words about capacity  read scales  understand the different units of capacity. Lesson 3: Week 13 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve a given problem  collect, sort and organise information  test a hypothesis  record in a table. Lesson 4: Week 13 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve a problem  collect, sort and organise information  test a hypothesis  record in a block graph. Lesson 5: Week 13 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve a given problem  collect, sort and organise information  test a hypothesis  record a pictogram.
Halloween Counting To 10 + Halloween Writing Worksheets + 31 Teaching Ideas For Using This Resource
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Halloween Counting To 10 + Halloween Writing Worksheets + 31 Teaching Ideas For Using This Resource

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Are you teaching counting to 10? This Halloween counting presentation is great fun. The first half of the presentation is with the numbers in order. Then I mixed up the numbers and so the children can count them all again. As well as teaching the students to count in order and then out of order, I have also included a set of Halloween Themed writing and counting worksheets to use in the class. I have also added a PowerPoint presentation explaining 31 different teaching activities you could use these picture flashcard for. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different numbers being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Halloween Counting to 10. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them from the smallest to the biggest. The students can then discuss what they think the answer is if they add 2 cards together. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Halloween Number Bonds To 10 - PowerPoint Presentation, Counting Worksheet and Alphabet.
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Halloween Number Bonds To 10 - PowerPoint Presentation, Counting Worksheet and Alphabet.

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This is a fun Halloween presentation about number bonds to 10. The first half of the presentation are in order. The second half of the presentation is different sums mixed up. It makes learning more fun. Also added some themed counting worksheets and a Halloween alphabet to complete. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different numbers being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Halloween Counting to 10. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them from the smallest to the biggest. The students can then discuss what they think the answer is if they add 2 cards together. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Diwali - Counting to 10 - PowerPoint and Teaching Display Materials + Diwali mandala colouring book
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Diwali - Counting to 10 - PowerPoint and Teaching Display Materials + Diwali mandala colouring book

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Count to 10 using Diwali as a focal point. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different numbers and items being shown in each of the photos. The numbers are first shown in one way, and then mixed up and shown in a different order to consolidate their learning. I added Diwali mandala colouring book to help them further improve their fine motor skills colouring. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali – Counting to 10. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Diwali – Counting to 10 Lamps. The photos could also be used to sort numbers or to use them to add or subtract different numbers.
Diwali - Number 10 Number Bonds + Count To 10 + Fun Diwali Colouring Book For Kids
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Diwali - Number 10 Number Bonds + Count To 10 + Fun Diwali Colouring Book For Kids

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Learn about number bonds up to 10 using the Diwali festival. You can also use these resources to help you directly to count to 10, followed by seeing the numbers in different orders, followed by a nice Diwali colouring book to improve their fine motor skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different calculations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali Maths. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into an order. How they sorted the calculations.
Dutch Halloween Skeleton Counting Song - PowerPoint + Halloween Worksheets + 31 Teaching Ideas
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Dutch Halloween Skeleton Counting Song - PowerPoint + Halloween Worksheets + 31 Teaching Ideas

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Do you teach Dutch? Use my Halloween materials to boost their learning in a fun way! You learn a counting song in Dutch. I have also included a Halloween themed worksheet which you could ask the children to translate into Dutch. I have also included a presentation showing you 31 different ways the students could then use their worksheets to create new teaching activities in the classroom. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different skeletons being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about the Halloween Skeleton Counting Song. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groups of skeletons. The students can then discuss what they think each skeleton was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story + Diwali Colouring Book + 31 Ways How To Use This Resource In Class
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Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story + Diwali Colouring Book + 31 Ways How To Use This Resource In Class

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Great Diwali Vocabulary presentation. It is a great resource for presentation about the Diwali. I added a Diwali colouring book and also a presentation on how you can use these resources to make 31 different teaching resources in the classroom. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different items being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story features. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Halloween Writing and Counting Sheets - PowerPoint + 31 Ways To Use Them In The Classroom
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Halloween Writing and Counting Sheets - PowerPoint + 31 Ways To Use Them In The Classroom

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You can use these number and alphabet writing worksheets. It is a great fun set of worksheets. A great way to tie into Halloween activities. I have also added 31 different ways you could use these teaching resources in your classroom. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different items being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Halloween Writing and Couting Sheets. The students could also take the laminated photos and images and sort them into the correct numerical and alphabetical order. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.