Writing Halloween Letters

The other day I found some special Halloween-themed paper in my stationery bin, and had a great idea! I had to write a letter to parents letting them know that we wouldn't be dressing up in costumes at school. (We do lots of spooky things, including reading Halloween stories at snack, creating Haunted Houses of Speech in Grammar, and practicing odd and even in Math by playing Cauldron Quest... but we don't do costumes and a party.)

So I had the children write the letters, practicing friendly letter format and incorporating this week's Spelling words (isn't, it's, its).

Here is the letter we came up with:

October 28, 2025

Dear _________,

It's almost Halloween! We decided not to wear Halloween costumes to school on Thursday. Sometimes costumes are scary, which isn't fair to younger children. And I want my costume to look its best for trick-or-treating.

With love,

_________

Now they are all copying it in their best penmanship. This idea was a hit!

If you'd like to see all of my notes on creating a Friendly Letters block for Waldorf fifth grade, they are here.

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