It's Halloween

It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen
On any other night.

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
Grinning goblins fighting duels,
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.

In masks and gowns
we haunt the street
And knock on doors
for trick or treat.

Tonight we are
the king and queen,
For oh tonight
it's Halloween!

Jack Prelutsky

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As part of our Halloween celebration , the children wrote poetry. Some children wrote cinquains to express their feelings about Halloween.

Monster riddles were made into a slide show with illustrations and narration as another extension of the Halloween theme.

Other children after reading a variety of Halloween and autumn stories and poetry, brainstormed ideas that pertained to those themes. The children were then asked to write a poem on one of those topics, following the following format:

_______________, (noun)	_______________, (noun)	_________________ (noun)
_______________ (adjective)	_______________, (noun)	_______________, (adjective)	_______________, (noun)
_______________, (adjective)	_______________, (adjective)	_______________, (adjective)	_______________ (noun)
Last of all,	best of all
_______________, (adjective)	_______________ (noun)

Why don't zombies make good dancers?
They're always dead on their feet.

What is a ghost's favorite ride at the fair?
the Roller Ghoster.