How do these Halloween Character Description Writing Frames help children?

The lovely frames will help children write descriptively and build a wonderful story. The given word bank will introduce new vocabulary to the children and also help them with their spelling. The wonderful resource can be used during Halloween time or when children are learning to describe characters.

Why not download the amazing Free Halloween Word mat to help your student with their writing task. The mat is perfect for independent writing tasks. The mat provides key vocabulary for the Halloween topic.

Which characters are included?

The Halloween characters included are:

1. Vampire: Use this lovely worksheet to write descriptively about Vampires this Halloween.
   
2. Devil: Children will have fun creating spooky sentences while writing about this Devil.
   
3. Mummy: Let children experience the pyramids in Egypt. Help them express their feeling by writing the best Halloween character profile for this Mummy.
   
4. Skeleton: Write about this spooky character using the words bank and checklist.
   
5. Witch: Make writing magical with this cute witch illustration to help children write descriptively this Halloween.
   
6. Werewolf: An engaging yet simple worksheet will encourage children to produce their best writing about werewolves.
   
7. Zombie: The worksheet features a spooky zombie girl with a selection of words to support kids writing.
   
8. Frankenstein: Let children write about this iconic character this Halloween. Children will love looking at the wonderful picture and writing using the given vocabulary.
   
9. Black Cat: 

More Halloween Resources:

Halloween Adjectives Word Mat:

Our simple word mat features some key adjectives to create a spooky atmosphere or setting in children writing.

Halloween Word Mat:

The word mat provides the key vocabulary for the Halloween topic. It will be useful for children as a hand on prompt and spelling reference during independent writing tasks.

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Writing is such an important task for children. To make writing fun for children we have made this amazing writing prompts to support child story writing and narrative skills. Each page contains a picture along with vocabulary that will help children to write about the picture. Once children finish writing they can colour the picture to make their work more attractive.

The pages are full of different fun and creative ideas to let children imagination run wild. From dragons, dark forest or being at a spooky Halloween spot! These writing prompts have it all.

Related: 21 Creative writing story starters for children!

20 Free Picture Writing Prompts with Vocabulary:

Let your child imagination flow smoothly with these fantastic picture writing prompts. These prompts will provide them with plenty of new ideas that they never have thought about.

The prompts also come with writers checklist. Let children take ownership of their writing and self-assess what they have written.

To save the free sheets just click on the image and save a PDF file.

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What are homophones?

Homophones are the words that sound same but have different spelling and different meanings. This means that chances are high that the children will mix up some of the words at some point in their reading and writing.

Example:

• Night (The time from dusk to dawn when no sunlight is visible)
• Knight (A man who is given a rank of honour by a British king or queen because of his special achievement)

Why is it important to learn homophones?

Teaching homophones widen children vocabulary, enhance their comprehending skills and help them in spelling. Homophones are very important for children to learn properly and remember them. What happens if you use homophones wrong? You could end up having sentences that don’t make any sense.

Which homophones are taught in Year 2?

Year 2 children have to learn a list of homophones under the national curriculum. These are the spelling your Year 2 children have to learn to meet her national curriculum guidelines.

bare bear
be bee
blue blew
here hear
there their they’re
night knight
one won
quiet quite
see sea
sun son
to too two

Product description:

What is included:

Get kids excited about homophones with these amazing flashcards This is a pack of Homophones Flashcards, Word mat, Bookmark and Worksheets to practice and learn homophones.

The flashcards are available in two different formats. There are a total of 35 flashcards along with sentences to make children understand better.

Practice with flashcards, print the word mat to help them in their writing and finally practice with our 4 wonderful worksheets.

35 homophones flashcards:

This set includes 16 pairs of homophones include bare/bear, be/bee, blue/blew, here/hear, there/their/they’re, night/knight, one/won, quiet/quite, see/sea, sun/son, to/too/two, pair/pear, wear/where, meet/meat, I/eye and by/buy/bye.

2 Homophones Words Mat and 3 Bookmarks:

Two-word mats are also included in the pack. The first word mat is with pictures which makes it easier for the children to understand the differences between the homophones whereas the other word mat has only text for higher level kids. Cute bookmarks are also included.

4 Homophones Worksheets:

The pack also includes associated worksheets which will help the children revise what they have learned through the flashcards. This combination of learning and revising will firmly cement these words into the minds of the students.

Download your free sample by clicking the image below:

£1.99

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Please Note: This is a digital file. 

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While reading a book looking for an unfamiliar word in the dictionary can be a difficult task for children.  Encouraging children to use a dictionary on their own can help your child become a more avid and independent reader.

My daughter loves reading, it’s her normal routine to pick a book and start reading whenever she finds the time. Every time she came across a new word while reading she rushed to me to know the meaning. We used to search the word on my mobile phone or in the paper dictionary.

Related: Correct The Spelling – KS1 Free Worksheets

The two problems I faced were :

1. As soon as she had my mobile phone in her hand she always got distracted and leaves the book aside.
2. Finding words from paper dictionary was too time-consuming and she got fed up with this.

So, I did a bit of research and came across this Electronic Bookmark Dictionary. The dictionary comes in three different colours(pink, white and grey). It’s ultra-thin and fits perfectly inside a paperback book as a normal bookmark. The innovation is simple and amazing.

The dictionary is having all 38,000 word’s definitions fed inside. It has won well deserved the gift of the year 2011.

You simply enter the word you want to search and press “OK”. The dictionary tells you if the word is a noun(n), verb(v) or adjective(a) and if you scroll down you will learn meanings. It’s just so simple.  Now my daughter doesn’t have to get up and find for her dictionary. She just quickly searches the word. The dictionary is child-friendly and extremely easy to use which makes looking up words and translation a breeze.

I would say it’s a superb choice for independent readers who can now search the meanings of tough words all by themselves.

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Disclaimer: This is not a paid review and I am writing about them because I genuinely think it is wonderful.

Also, check: 11 Best educational magazines for kids

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