The Ghost Who Loved to Dance Reading Passage - Halloween Reading

Get ready to groove with The Ghost Who Loved to Dance! In this lively reading passage, students will meet a ghost who isn’t interested in haunting or scaring people,instead, he just wants to bust a move! Whether it's moonwalking through walls or waltzing in the attic, this ghost turns every spooky night into a dance party. Of course, being a ghost, he’s got some unique challenges, like trying to tango without legs! But that doesn’t stop him from twirling and swirling through the story, spreading fun instead of fear.

The excitement doesn’t end with just the passage! Students will shimmy through four fantastic activities. First, the Vocabulary activity will have them learning words like “specter” and “groove”, because even ghosts need to expand their dancing vocab. Then, they’ll step into the Grammar activity to polish up some ghostly sentences. Who knew sentence structure could have so much rhythm?

The Drawing activity lets students create their own dancing ghost. Will it be a disco diva or a breakdancing specter? Lastly, the Comprehension Questions will make sure they’ve caught every twist, turn, and spooky cha-cha.

With The Ghost Who Loved to Dance, students will see that even ghosts have moves—and the dance floor isn’t just for the living!

Enjoy!