Farm Prepositions of Place Activities with a Rooster and Barn

 

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Students should review prepositions because they are essential for describing location. Using concrete visuals like a rooster and a barn makes abstract grammar more meaningful, while also reinforcing vocabulary and sentence structure.

Prepositions describe relationships in space, and flashcards make these abstract concepts concrete and easy to understand. have students build sentences. Give points to the students that create the longest sentence.

Students can see the same prepositions in different contexts, as in this Draw and Write Activity. Dictate what students have to draw and students follow instructions and then show the flashcard for correction.

Teacher: Draw a red barn. There is a rooster next to the barn.

Flashcards can be used for guessing activities. One student picks a flashcard secretly. Others ask yes/no questions: “Is the rooster in front of the barn?” until they guess correctly.

Place the barn flashcard on the table, open slots for next to, under and cut the door of the barn. Learners can describe where the rooster or follow a command.

Play (Command following) with the small cards. The teacher calls out instructions using cards and directions, for example “Bring me the card with the rooster behind the barn.” Students race to identify and grab the correct card. The first student to bring it back scores a point. Continue with different target cards each time.

Place the small cards in a line on the table. Students roll the dice that you have previously assembled and select the matching card, then give the answer. Continue rolling until all the cards have been answered.

Turn the barn into a 3D prop by gluing it onto a toilet paper roll. With a movable rooster cutout, students can physically place the animal in different positions. There is a colored and a b/w version.

Idea. Teacher Says – Similar to Simon Says, the teacher gives commands: “Put the rooster on the barn,” “Place the rooster on the barn,” etc. Students follow by moving their rooster cutout.

Idea. Student Leader – A student gives instructions to the class using prepositions while everyone positions their rooster.

Idea. Question & Answer Practice – One student puts the rooster in a position secretly. Others ask yes/no questions: “Is the rooster behind the barn?” until they guess correctly.

Students can either listen to the teacher’s instructions (e.g., “Draw the rooster in front of the barn”) or roll a preposition dice to decide where to place or draw the rooster.

This worksheet can be done using the dice.

There are two fill-in-the-blanks worksheets where students complete simple sentences using prepositions. These worksheets reinforce both writing and grammar.

Two more worksheets: Sentence & Picture Matching Worksheet and a  Read, Draw & Color Worksheet

This resource also includes a matching mat where students pair preposition flashcards with the correct word and puzzle sentence, reinforcing word-picture connections.

Find a fun board game (shown above) where students move around the farm-themed path by rolling a die and making sentences with prepositions.

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Beach Prepositions Activities with Sandcastle and Crab | ESL ELL

 This resource is included in Beach Unit for Elementary at this link:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beach-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-4075972

This resource gives students a fun and meaningful way to practice prepositions in context. Using a playful sandcastle and a red crab helps young learners visualize spatial relationships. The activities support comprehension, speaking, and sentence-building skills.

Copy Cat Writing and Drawing Flashcard Activity. Use thin paper to place it over the top of the flash card and copy with markers and crayons. They can also copy out the prepositions.

Show your class any preposition flashcard and ask questions: Where is the crab?

Ask questions to your students, but fold the preposition word on the flash card.

Listen & Draw the Crab Worksheet. Students practice understanding prepositions in context. Then, show the flashcard for them to check.

Write a Sentence. Students draw a picture small card and a preposition card, then say or write a sentence (e.g., The crab is under the sandcastle.).

Roll and color the Prepositions Worksheet. A student rolls the preposition die. Depending on the preposition it lands on (e.g., on, under, next to, in front of, behind, in), they find the matching picture on the worksheet. As a speaking practice: After rolling, students say the sentence aloud (The crab is under the sandcastle.) before coloring.

Fill-in-the-blank worksheet with prepositions. Provide a word bank with prepositions (in, on, under, behind, next to, in front of) using the small cards or flashcrads from the resource.

Color-by-instruction worksheet — very effective for ELLs because it combines reading comprehension, vocabulary, and coloring fun.

A Q&A worksheet helps students practice both forming and answering questions with prepositions. Then do a Pair Work Role-Play, where One student asks: “Where is the red crab?”The partner answers: “It is under the sandcastle.”

Read the sentence on the worksheet and draw + color the crab in the correct place on the sandcastle. It encourages careful reading and understanding of simple preposition sentences.

Sandcastle + Crab Cutouts. Teacher says: “Put the crab under the sandcastle.” Students move the crab cutout to the correct position. It builds listening comprehension and preposition vocabulary.

I also added a sentence puzzle set to the resource! Each puzzle piece has part of a sentence with the sandcastle and crab images. Students put the pieces together to form complete sentences, such as “The red crab is next to the sandcastle.” This activity helps learners practice reading, sentence structure, and preposition vocabulary in a hands-on way.

Students move along the path on the board game, read the spaces, and practice prepositions in a playful way. It’s a great way to bring all the activities together and give students extra practice in a fun, cooperative format.

 

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Haunted House Numbers 1–20 | Halloween Math Activities for ELLs

 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

Bring spooky fun into your lessons with this Haunted House Numbers resource! Perfect for Halloween, this set helps students practice numerals, number words, and sequencing from 1–20 through engaging, hands-on activities. Designed for English language learners.

Halloween Flashcard bingo. Use the 20 flashcards for this activity. Stick them on the blackboard.  Handout the Bingo grid with and have the students write the name of any number in each square (encourage them to check spelling to do this as necessary).  When children are ready, remove the flashcards one by one and say the names.  Children listen and write a cross on the word if it is in their grid. The first child to write a cross on all six words in their grid calls Bingo! and is the winner.

Haunted House Number Line. Place the flashcards 1–20 on the board in order. Remove 2–3 numbers. Students guess which “ghost numbers” are missing.

Tracing Activity. Place a clear plastic sheet over the number word worksheet. Students use a dry-erase marker to trace the number words. This activity can be repeated multiple times, helping students practice writing skills and reinforcing number word recognition in a fun, reusable way.

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Knock-knock the small cards. Place cards face down on the desk like “doors” in a haunted house. Students “knock” on a door (flip a card) and must read/say the number word. If correct, they “enter the haunted room” (keep the card).

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Magic Number Sentence. Students draw a number card and make a short sentence with it.  “There are nineteen ghosts in the Haunted House”. Hand the Halloween token if it is correct.

Speaking opportunity!

I am / You are Sentences. A student picks a small card and says: I am number fifteen. You are number twenty. (Identify what the other partner has)

Students match a numeral to its word worksheet. Then write the word on their notebooks.

Students color each numeral on the worksheet they find a specific color, then write the word with that color on their notebooks.

Cut-and-Paste Matching worksheets.  Students cut out the numeral cards and paste them onto the haunted houses with the correct number of ghosts.

  Students read the number word sequence in the worksheet, then, they fill in the missing number words in the blanks.  This activity builds reading fluency, spelling, and understanding of number order.

 Students are given a grid worksheet with numerals and haunted house images.   They complete the grid by writing the next number words in the empty spaces.   This activity helps with number recognition, spelling, and strengthens the numeral–word connection.

Game-Printable board like Snakes & Ladders but students can only climb/slide if they read the number correctly.

Matching Mats (Haunted House Theme). Students receive mats with haunted houses and sets of numerals and number words cards. They match the numeral to the correct haunted house and then place the number word. Great for independent work.

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