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Henry and Mudge

Under the Yellow Moon
by Cynthia Rylant

Vocabulary Word Search

Find the words.

p c a n d l e s m q d a f r d
b r e a t h y g p l s y i e g
i v t a p p e d f m n h n o r
d l h o w n l a r y i q i s a
y n o e s h l w o d f r s v v
s v u p g r o u n d f l h i e
t i g h t i w q d r i e e n y
w d h r l y q m o w n a d s a
o s t o r i e s n e g v p w r
o r a f r a i d v s i e h l d
d l p t o g e t h e r s w o y
s e h d o w h i s p e r e d i

afraid finished stories together

breath ground tapped whispered
candles leaves though woods
graveyard sniffing tight yellow

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Henry and Mudge

Under the Yellow Moon
by Cynthia Rylant
Crossword Puzzle
1
Complete the puzzle.
2

Word Bank 3

thought 4 5

thankful
ghost
breath 6

Halloween
shapes
wished
Thanksgiving 7 8

blew

Across
2. Henry held his ______.
4. Henry ______ Aunt Sally would stay home.
7. Henry's Aunt Sally always came for ______.
Down
1. Every ______ Henry's mother put on her witch's hat.
2. Henry's ears turned red when the fall winds ______.
3. Henry's mother ______ he liked the ghost stories.
5. The candles made ______ on the walls.
6. Henry really had something to be ______ for.
8. Henry's mother told ______ stories.

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Henry and Mudge

Under the Yellow Moon
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Story Sequence

Use the numbers 1-10 to sequence the events in the story.

_________ Henry knew he really had something to be

thankful for.

_________ Henry and Mudge liked to take long walks in

the woods in the fall.

_________ Henry’s mother put on her witch’s hat on

Halloween night.

_________ Aunt Sally came to visit the week before

Thanksgiving.

________ Mudge watched for busy chipmunks.

_________ Henry’s mother told a ghost story about a man

who lost his head.

_________ Mudge was more scared of the yellow moon,

the dark room, and the witch’s stories than
anybody else.

_________ Aunt Sally fed Mudge crackers.

_________ Henry put on a coat and Mudge grew one.

_________ Henry’s mother told a ghost story about a cat in

a graveyard.

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Henry and Mudge

Under the Yellow Moon
by Cynthia Rylant
Working with Words

Use the words from the text boxes to complete the sentences.
scared woods inside graveyard moon
together trees counting Thanksgiving crackers

1. Henry and Mudge liked to talk long walks in the

_____________ in the fall.

2. Aunt Sally fed Mudge lots of _____________.

3. Henry liked _____________ the birds flying south.

4. Henry really hated the ghost stories because they

_____________ him.

5. Henry’s Aunt Sally came to visit the week before

_____________.

6. Henry’s mother told a story about a cat in a _____________.

7. Henry and Mudge liked being _____________,

most of all.

8. A big yellow _____________ was in the sky.

9. It was dark _____________ except for the candles and one

jack-o’-lantern.

10. Henry loved looking at the tops of the _____________.

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Art and Writing Activity

Draw a picture about what you like about the fall season.

Write about your picture.

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Henry and Mudge

Under the Yellow Moon
by Cynthia Rylant

Answers
Reading Level 2.3

Page 1: Answers not needed

Page 2: Across: 2. breath, 4. wished, 7. Thanksgiving.

Down: 1. Halloween, 2. blew, 3. thought, 5. shapes,
6. thankful, 8. ghost.

Page 3:
10 5
1 7
4 9
8 3
2 6

Page 4: 1. woods 6. graveyard

2. crackers 7. together
3. counting 8. moon
4. scared 9. inside
5. Thanksgiving 10. trees

Page 5: Art and Writing Activity

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