by Kaley grade 5

by Matt grade 3

by Jenna, grade 2

by Lauren, grade 5 Why did the warden arrest the ghost? A: He didn’t have a haunting license! What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman? A: Frostbite! What’s a vampire’s least favorite food? A: Steak What do they teach in witching school? A: Spelling Why don’t skeletons go trick-or-treating? A: They don’t have anybody to go with

The Ghost on Halloween by Rachel D. and Robyn

grade 4

Boo! Boo! Goes the ghost on the night before Halloween. Kelly said, “I’m not scared yet because it’s not Halloween.” But the next day when all the kids were trick-or-treating, Kelly was trick-or-treating with her friends and the same ghost said, BOO! Now are you scared?” “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” said Kelly and her friends.

by Colin grade 1 I like Halloween because you get candy. You get candy Do you get candy?

Halloween is a fun time. We go trick-or-treating. I am going to be a fairy.

by Emily grade 1

by Jonathan grade 1

Halloween is fun!

by Elizabeth grade 1 Halloween is scary and we can get candy at night. Scary bats came at night.

by Shyam grade 1 Halloween is fun because I can eat candy. Halloween is the best. We have fun. It is my fa-vorite day of my life. What is your favorite thing to do on Halloween?

by Alex grade 1

Fall Fall is cold. I like fall because it is fun. I like fall because you can jump in the leaves. My birthday is in fall. Fall is cool!

by Gabriella grade 1

Fall

I like fall. I love the leaves. Fall is fun. I am a trick-or-treater. I go with my friends and grandma and

grandpa.

by Kaitlyn grade 2

by Daniella grade 1

FALL

Howling Awesome Lucky Loot Ominous Wicked witch Evil Exciting Nasty night!

by Kelly

grade 4 Roses are red, violets are blue. Have a great Halloween too. by Katie grade 5

by Ammara grade 2

by Austin grade 2

The Jack-o-Lantern is Alone

by Athena, grade 2

There once was a jack-o-lantern who had a lot of friends. One day some-thing happened. All of his friends disappeared. Jack didn’t know where to find them. He looked everywhere until his candlelight grea dim. Jack asked the neighbors, the black alley cat, even the mean junk-yard dog, but no one knew anything. Jack noticed a dark shadow was following him everywhere he went, and he was getting scared. Jack hid in a garden shed behind a big flower pot and watched for the shadow to come, but it never did. Jack woke up the next day, still hiding in the shed. He peeked out and went on his way to look for his friends again. Jack remembered he forgot to look in one place, but it was very far and would be dark by the time he got there. He de-cided to go. As the day turned into night, Jack finally reached the pumpkin patch. This was the same place where Jack was born and grew up. But tonight it was dark and cold. He opened the gate and walked in. Jack wished his friends were with him. He was scared and lonely. He heard something very, very scary. It was someone groaning. He stopped then every one of his jack-o-lantern friends jumped up from the field and yelled “surprise.” Jack was so scared that his smile turned into a circle, but then he smiled again, because the surprise was a birthday party for him from all his friends. Jack and his friends had fun and danced all night. He was so glad that he found his friends and very happy that he would never be lonely again.

by Joey grade 2

by Aaron grade 2

Halloweeeeeeeeeen Happy trick-or-treaters Apple picking Lay back and eat candy all night Laugh, scare, and scream Ohhhh, what a spooky night Werewolves and witches Enjoying time with friends Erickson hosting haunting Halloween parties Not really scary, just fun By Claire Grade 4

by Ethan grade 2

by Mark grade 2

October Candy Trick or Treat Outside Boo! Everyone dresses up Ring all doorbells! By Room 104

Pumpkins grow, Under vines, Most are orange, People pick them, Kids carve them, In October…. Nice Pumpkins!

By Room 104

By Sophia Grade 1

Fall Fall is the best! I trick or treat. We get a pumpkin. I get candy. My brother takes my candy.

by Benji grade 2

It was Halloween night and I was going trick or treating. And if you went to this one spooky house you will get bad luck and I didn’t believe it so I went to the spooky house and I rang the doorbell. No one answered. I rang it again. No one answered. So I left and I heard someone calling my name so I had to run fast because I think I got the bad luck! When I got home I told my mom someone was calling my name. She told me that my dad was calling my name to come home be-cause it was too late and we all had a big laugh.

by Anielle grade 4

by Jason grade 1 I like Halloween because we get to trick or treat.

by Emily grade 1

Fall

I like fall. I like flowers and I like Halloween. I like going to school in the fall. I like the pumpkins.

by Nino grade 3

by Jorie grade 1

Halloween

Once I saw a skeleton who looked pretty spooky. When he looked at, it made me scream. At that moment he went away, and then I never found him again. I was glad that he was gone. Guess who came back? The skeleton! Right out of my bed-room. I screamed again and guess who else screamed? The skeleton did! The end

Makes me scared Oooo Boo! Never shut your door Spooky monsters They are the scariest Ekkkkkk Roar Somebody’s coming in my room by Anielle grade 4

by Anthony grade 2

by Rishi grade 2

Happy Aching stomachs Laughing with friends Loving the candy Oh, how scary! Witches Excellent time Ew blood on a pumpkin Nerds, the candy

by Katie grade 5

The Chicken Ghost by Jarissa grade 4

Chicken Ghost, Chicken Ghost

thought he was chicken toast. To stop himself from being eaten he

turned into a spooky creature. Now he knows why…

A chicken shouldn’t want to die.

by Lindsey grade 1

by Joey grade 1

It’s the middle of the night, one girls stopped she past a haunted house. She stopped by a pumpkin patch. Suddenly near a spooky home sat a skeleton she was scared. Oh, I am brave but I am not scared. I am not scared. She went home. She went there again but it was gone. Wait a second! This was not a real haunted house! by Allison grade 1

The Spooky Pumpkin

Once upon a time there lived a spooky pumpkin. He was the scariest pumpkin in the world. He scared all the people in the

neighborhood. He said, BOOOOOOO to all the people that he walked up to. Don’t be afraid of the spooky pumpkin

on Halloween night.

by Josh grade 3

The Living Pumpkin The giant, living pumpkin Chased everybody in the neighborhood In the north part of Bloomingdale On a spooky Halloween night To scare everyone in the neighborhood. by Jas grade 2

by Alec grade 1

by Amanda grade 2

The Dracula Bunny

A white, scary Dracula bunny Went to a show to do magic tricks

At Ghost theater On a dark, scary Halloween night To get money for new tricks!

by Abigail

grade 2

One Halloween night two little girls went trick or treating all by themselves. They knew that was wrong but they begged and begged un-til their parents finally said yes, but be home by 9:00. So that night they went trick or treating. They had so much candy they’ll have some left over for next Halloween. When they got to the last house they asked the lady way time it was. She said it was 8:45. We have to get home. So they took the shortcut through the graveyard. And they heard something say “give me the candy or I’ll get you!” So they ran and something got them. They never were at their house again. But if you figure out what graveyard it is, you will see two girl ghosts and their new ghostly friends TRYING to eat that candy and that was back in 1854. by Margo grade 5

Pumpkins are orange, Ghosts are white Don’t be afraid of them on Halloween night! by Josh grade 3

by Ben grade 5

by Nicole grade 5

Q. How can you tell when a vampire has been in a bakery?

A. All the jelly has been sucked out of the jelly donuts

Q. How do you fix a jack-o-lantern? A. With a pumpkin patch. Q. What did the french fries dress up as for Halloween? A. Masked potatoes Q. What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost? A. Don’t spook until you are spooken to! Q. What did the skeleton say while riding his Harley? A. I’m bone to be wild. by Margo grade 5

Halloween is fun. Halloween is near. Ghosts and goblins haunting here Screeching Skeletons everywhere No wonder why I’m scared! by Aaron grade 4

by Irene grade 4

by Ashley grade 5

The Scary Halloween Night

The scary Halloween night was a big surprise for the black cat walking through the cemetery. The black cat saw a mummy that was wrapped up, and a ghost that was gowned in an invisible robe. The black cat was so frightened that he ran back to his house and told all his friends about his scary Halloween night! by Chloe grade 1

A Spooky Night

The spooky night is here and I’m ready to go. I walk outside and found some friends. I’m a witch and my friends are a mummy, Frankenstein, a ghost, and a devil. We all do tricks like din-dong ditch. Now it is time to scare some kids. A five year old lives on our street. We make a plan on how to scare him. The devil will go to the front to say trick or treat. Then we go at the back and knock on the door. The five year old will come to the back. When he opens the door we will say, BOO as loud as we can. We might scare him really bad. We tried it and just as you thought, we scared him pretty bad. I got more treats and ate them, too. I go to bed as a kid again. And how I loved that spooky night. by Emma grade 4

by Brianna grade 1

by Maggie grade 4

Halloween! Ghouls, Ghosts, and Goblins galore. Witches , black cats, bats and more! Walking out on the street. Ring the doorbell, TRICK-OR-TREAT! by Rachel W.

Having fun Apple picking Love trick or treating Love Halloween Orange, orange everywhere Wearing costumes Eating pumpkin pie Eating candy Never stop trick or treating. by Saif grade 2

Fall

Fall is here. Apples are red. Leaves change color. Loads of candy! by Room 104

BOO! AHHHH… I want my mummy! Who? You know, anyway, you win my candy. To what? The game…. Ghost in the Graveyard. Oh yeah. This is a party where we eat? Are a party crasher? Yes…. Yes I am. Well party crasher, trick or treat! Huh, where’s my toe? Uh, you wrapped it in that letter that said Gotcha, over by that grave. Ohhhhhhh by Morgan grade 4

The Electro Volt Ninja The Electro Volt Ninja Practiced karate with other ninjas At Ninja school in Chicago At 12:00 on a dark Halloween night Because he needed a lot of skills to scare kids by Robert grade 2

by Nick grade 1

by Caroline grade 1

by Joey grade 2

by Gino grade 1

The Yellow Witch The ugly, yellow witch Flew on a blue broomstick To the store to buy some food On a snowy night in October To get some food for lunch. by Antoinette grade 2

The Mean, Black Vampire The mean black vampire Flew up with his fly board To the vampire dentist On a dark, rainy Halloween night To get his sharp teeth. by Ashwin grade 2

The Terrible Mummy The terrible white mummy Got out of his coffin and came back to life. And went to the hospital At 1:00 in the afternoon To get some toilet paper. by Matthew grade 2

by Kenny grade 2

by Jack S. grade 2

The Black Bat

The red-eyed black bat Went to the doctor to get his

wings fixed At the bat doctor

On a dark, rainy night Because he wanted new wings

like the other bats. by Irene grade 2

Spooky Night

On Halloween Night It is such a fright

On this holiday candy Is on thing that is handy

At the end of the day the sky is clear And I can’t wait until next year.

by Nicole grade 5

by Josh grade 3

by Dominique grade 4 Carmel suckers

Apple gummy bears Nerds Dum-dums Yummy candy by Nicole grade 5

What Will I be?

“Lucy you’ve been a witch every year please tell me you’re not going to be that again,” said Monica. “I won’t, but what should I be then? A vampire? A goblin? Or maybe a dog? No, not the dog. That’s not scary. It’s hopeless. I should just give up. It’s not worth it to explode trying to think of something to be.” “Wait, Lucky, I got it! You can be a zombie!” “Thanks, Monica! That’s perfect.” by Kaley grade 5

by Jack grade 2

by Lauren grade 2

by Matthew grade 2

The Scary Things of Halloween • Ghosts • Goblins • Witches • Monsters • Jack-o-lanterns • Scary costumes • Zombies • Mummies • Last but not least, parents not letting you

eat all your candy. by Margo grade 5

by Anthony grade 2

by Sienna & Alexa

grade 4

Halloween

When I was trick or treating and I saw something strange so I walked up to it and guess what it was? A mummy. So I ran for my life. I never went back to Ohio because that is where I saw the mummy and so I just trick or treated in Illinois. A year later my friend came over and guess what she was? The mummy! The one that I ran away from. Then I went back to Ohio and I saw a witch and I said, “I’m not afraid of your scary costumes any more. But the witch said, “I am a real witch not scary costume that someone dresses up in. I am a witch!” I never went back there where my friends lived. by Stephanie grade 3

Happy day JAck-o-lantern Long nights Lots of candy On Halloween With friends Eat candy Evil day Night time by Nelly, Irene, & Marisa

grade 4

by Rachel and Robyn grade 4

by Matthew grade 3

Having fun trick or treating A lot of candy Lots of scary costumes Lots of types of candy Oooo and ahhhs at the Halloween costumes When monsters, witches, ghosts and goblins come Eating a lot of candy Eating sugar Nobody can STOP you. by Theresa grade 4

by Jarissa grade 4

by Marisa and Nelly grade 4

October 2006

October is a month, Where we can have fun, And go trick or treating!

I love October….

Because of Halloween! by Brianna grade 1

The Witch The witch flies through the night into her lair. She shrieks with fright. The black cat jumps, who awakens the ghost. He likes to brag about his Hal-loween gag. by Marianna grade 4

Artwork by Kaley grade 5

by Kaley and Margo grade 5

by Margo grade 5

The Bunny Gang

There once was a spooky bunny gang. Who had fire crackers that went bang, bang! They rang door bells and scared people away.

They wore fake fangs while at play. They hung the Halloween decorations wrong.

They sang the spookiest song. by Abbie grade 4

by Stephanie grade 3

by Gina grade 4

by Daniel grade 4

Give me candy Haunted houses October Scary monsters Trick or treat. by Alison grade 1

by Theresa and Marianna grade 4