12A | OCTOBER 29, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL © 2020 by Vicki icki Whiting, Editor Je Jeff f Schinkel, Graphics Vol. ol. 36, No. 47 How many pieces of candy corn can you find on this page? It’s a rainy, stormy Halloween night. But Drusilla and her brother Darius are still going to have some spooky fun at home! Have a friend give you each type of word to fill in the blanks. Then read the story aloud! Count Alucard’s castle was a total mess. Several __________ were floating in the courtyard fountain. A _________ _______ Drusilla and Darius settled in to watch some spooky movies, but they got way too scared. What did they do instead? Use the code to find out! 1 = A 8 = K 2 = C 9 = O 13 6 4 14 11 4 1 3 3 = D 10 = P 13 6 4 7 11 4 = E 11 = R 5 = G 12 = S 6 = H 13 = T 8 7 3 12 2 9 9 10 7 = I 14 = Y Darius made a string of Halloween decorations. Cross out the item that breaks the pattern. Cross out each letter that appears three times. Unscramble the remaining letters to spell the name of Drusilla’s cat. was tangled in some cobwebs above the parlour. The staircase was covered in ____________ ______________. An expensive ___________ __________ had been knocked over and broken. 10 1 5 4 “_____________!” cried Count Alucard. “This mess makes my blood boil!” Can you find all three of the groups at left on the larger grid below? “We’ll help you clean up the place,” said his niece Rue, as GROUP 1 his nephew Muerto began to _____________ the entry way. Soon, Rue had ______________ through the first floor, replacing GROUP 2 the suit of armor’s __________. Muerto cleaned up the courtyard, How many pumpkins do you see? planting fresh ______________ all around the castle moat. They GROUP 3 worked together to remove the ___________ __________ from the castle’s ___________ tower. By sunrise, the castle looked ______________ , just the way Count Alucard likes it! Standards Link: Grammar: Use nouns, verbs and adjectives correctly in reading and writing. Do you like popcorn? Look through the newspaper for words that make you think about popcorn. Try to find three nouns, three verbs and three adjectives. Use the words to write a poem or paragraph about popcorn. Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word BATS in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Circle the rows of numbers on this ghastly tombstone that add up to 12. Look up, down, sideways and diagonally. Standards Link: Mathematics: Add sums to 12. HALLOWEEN MONSTER PUMPKINS POPCORN STORMY GHASTLY FUN SPOOKY CAT MOVIES RAINY CANDY HOME POEM BIG N E E W O L L A H W S O J S E I V O M Y P U M P K I N S O L O O F D H F C Y N T O Y P U P O M A S S K D O C N R M V T A Y N E Y O H B E E H C A M T Y R S I R G B C S R A I N Y G N Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Halloween Homophones aye cellar bury hall GHASTLY The adjective ghastly means something that is horrible, shocking or causes great fear. When it snarled, the werewolf revealed its ghastly yellow fangs. Try to use the word ghastly in a sentence today when talking with friends and family members. Halloween Jokes Homophones are two words that sound the same but mean different things and are spelled differently. Look through the newspaper to find a homophone for each of the following words: ate This week’s word: Write down several of your favorite Halloween jokes and send them to a friend! knight Standards Link: Language Arts: Recognize homophones; use knowledge of homophones to determine meaning of words. Thank you to our Newspaper in Education sponsors, do you want to be a Newspaper in Education sponsor? Contact us today! 541-942-3325 THE OO MIN