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| 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.
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