Halloween and the Haunted House Prepositions

 This resource is included in the House Unit for Elementary-Starters at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rooms-of-the-House-Unit-for-Elementary-ELL-10395114

Print and use this spooky theme of a haunted house and ghost to capture your students' attention. The resource provides a clear visual to grasp prepositions (in, on, under, behind, in front of and "next to") through fun and interactive activities. The resource caters to different learning styles (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic).

Each flashcard portraits a specific preposition with a ghost in relation to a haunted house or objects (e.g., "The ghost is on the Haunted House").

The activity promotes spatial understanding by helping students visualize and use prepositions in meaningful contexts, which is critical for language development. Use the colored or b/w version of the ghost and house cutout for the students to recreate each preposition: The ghost is in front of the house.

Use the flashcards as a writing activity.

Use the ghost cutout and play Ghost Hunt (Hide and Seek with Prepositions). Hide the ghost cutout around the classroom (e.g., under desks, on the bookshelf, next to the door). Have students search for the ghost and describe its location using prepositions ("The ghost is under the chair").

 

The small cards can be used in different interactive activities. One of them is the Memory Game where students match the cards, challenging students to find pairs that match the correct preposition to the image.

Add the worksheet to the lesson plan. Find Labeling Prepositions: Students will have to choose the correct preposition (e.g., in, on, under, next to, behind, in front of), Fill-in-the-Blanks with Visual Clues, write different questions to each picture.

By moving the ghost around the haunted house and using prepositions to describe its location, students actively practice their language skills. Fun to glue and create a Haunted house poster with all the ghosts in their location.

Print the Preposition Dice to play several games. Students roll the dice and then place or move a ghost cutout to play in the location of the Haunted house cutout. This game provides hands-on interaction with prepositions.

Haunted House Board Game. Print the board game with a haunted house theme. Students move their Halloween character game pieces around a board, landing on locations in the haunted house. Each space has a sentence to say or a space to move: The ghost is on the Haunted House.

Matching Card Game. Prepare the mat with pictures of a haunted house and ghost in different locations. Students take turns drawing cards with the preposition words and place where it belongs. There is also a sentence set to play a puzzle game.

Hope you will love this Game. I used to make different versions for my students in my teaching days. Print a card per team. There are 4. Have the cards and house ready for each team.

When you say, "Go!" the students must read the sentences and place the cards in the corresponding place to complete the task. The first group who puts the proper things in the correct location gets a point for their team.

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