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Halloween is Coming!

We are inching steadily closer to Halloween and at our school, it's a big deal!  We have the annual Halloween Parade with the entire school around the track outside followed by the entire school dancing the Monster Mash.  Our science department plans a creative Halloween Spectacular for all of middle school and students rotate into the lab to watch amazing scientific feats - one year a pumpkin exploded!  They LOVE it! Since I have students for a trimester, our first trimester Music Sharing is two days after Halloween this year.  Students are only two weeks away from this event and we are in the midst of solidifying everything for the sharing while balancing the continuation of learning new musical concepts. To make it engaging, here are a few ideas I am trying out with students over the next two weeks.   SINGING BOOK TEXTS  I originally looked for the book recommended by Lindsay Jervis here:  The Halloween House .  Instead I found the book " At the Old Haunted House