🎃 What I’ll Do:

🧮 Place Value Potion: Halloween

🎃 1. Rounding:

Witch Wanda is brewing a potion and needs 3,478 bat wings, 2,963 spider legs, and 4,125 toad eyes.
Round each number to the nearest hundred to help her quickly estimate how many ingredients she needs in total.

What is the estimated total number of ingredients?

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👻 2. Partitioning:

Count Dracula has 7,842 spooky sweets to give out on Halloween night.
Partition the number into thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones to help him organise the sweets into boxes.

Can you write the number in expanded form?

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🕸️ 3. Comparing Numbers (<, >):

Two haunted houses are competing to see who had more visitors on Halloween night.

• House A had 6,709 visitors.
• House B had 6,970 visitors.

Use the correct symbol (< or >) to compare the two numbers:
6,709 ___ 6,970

Which house had more visitors?

 

🧟 Descriptive Language:  Haunted Setting

Use powerful descriptive language to bring Halloween to life:

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Creaking like an old ship in a storm, the wooden floorboards groaned beneath every cautious step. Shadows danced across the peeling wallpaper, twisting into shapes that seemed almost alive. Behind the cracked windows, the wind howled like a lonely wolf, rattling the glass with icy fingers. A crooked chandelier, dangling from the ceiling, swayed gently as if stirred by invisible hands. Cobwebs, thick as candyfloss, clung to every corner, hiding secrets in their silken threads. Suddenly, a door slammed shut with a thunderous bang, making the walls tremble. Even the air felt heavy, thick with dust and mystery, as though the house itself was holding its breath. Like a forgotten memory, the haunted house stood silent and still, watching… waiting.

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👻 Storyboarding: "Escape from the Haunted School"

🕯️ 1. The Invitation

Description: A mysterious black envelope arrives at the doorstep of four friends. It’s sealed with red wax and reads: “You are invited to a Halloween challenge at Hollow Manor. Midnight. Come alone.”
Prompt: Who sent the invitation? Why only them?
Sound Effect: A sudden whisper of wind and the soft thud of an envelope landing.

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🌫️ 2. The Journey Begins

Description: The friends sneak out under the full moon, walking through the foggy woods. Strange whispers echo between the trees.
Prompt: What do they hear or see on the way?
Sound Effect: Crunching leaves, distant owl hoots, and eerie whispers floating on the breeze.

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🏚️ 3. Arrival at Hollow Manor

Description: The old mansion looms ahead, its windows glowing faintly. The iron gates creak open by themselves.
Prompt: What does the house look, sound, and smell like?
Sound Effect: A long, rusty creak followed by a low, echoing moan from within the house.

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🕷️ 4. The First Challenge

Description: Inside, a dusty scroll unrolls itself: “To leave, you must face your fears.” Suddenly, the room fills with spiders!
Prompt: How do the friends react? Who is brave?
Sound Effect: The dry rustle of paper, followed by a skittering swarm of tiny legs.

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🧟 5. The Haunted Hallway

Description: As they move deeper into the house, portraits follow them with their eyes, and ghostly footsteps echo behind.
Prompt: What happens when they turn around?
Sound Effect: Soft, dragging footsteps and a faint whisper calling their names.

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🧩 6. The Puzzle Room

Description: A room full of floating candles and a riddle carved into the wall: “Only truth unlocks the door.”
Prompt: What is the riddle? How do they solve it?
Sound Effect: A flickering flame and the quiet hum of magic in the air.

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🕰️ 7. The Final Test

Description: A ticking clock counts down. They must choose between two doors: one leads home, the other to a trap.
Prompt: How do they decide? Do they work together?
Sound Effect: Tick… tick… tick… followed by a loud chime echoing through the room.

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🎉 8. Escape and Surprise

Description: They burst through the correct door—only to find their families and friends shouting, “Happy Halloween!” It was all a spooky surprise party!
Prompt: How do they feel? What do they say?
Sound Effect: A burst of laughter, party horns, and cheerful music.

 

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