

The Halloween House
The Halloween House
The Halloween House
The Halloween House
The Halloween House
The Halloween House
The Halloween House
Realistic (fiction), 773 words, Lexile 500L Level 3 Grades 2-3
It is Halloween and Mary, Luka, and their dad are trick-or-treating in their new neighborhood. As they trick-or-treat, they see lots of other kids in costumes and meet many of their new neighbors. At one house they meet another trick-or-treater named Richard who asks if they have seen the "Halloween House" down the street. He tells them not to go there because it is too scary, but they go anyway. The house does seem scary until the owner takes off her mask--she is a friendly grandma. In fact, she is Richard's grandma!
Lesson Resources
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Lesson Skills
Comprehension Skills and Strategies- Make predictions
- Sequence events
- Story elements: Character point of view
- Text-to-text connections
Grammar and Mechanics
- Adjectives
Word Work
- Book vocabulary
- Compound words
Shared Writing and a Home Connection are integrated into one of the skills above.