Mrs. Croon’s class studied the poem, “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore. Then our class created a REBUS puzzle. A REBUS is a kind of word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
Good luck figuring out the poem!
‘Twas the
+4 Christmas W+
a creature was stir+
The
even a
were
hopes that
by the
Nicholas soon
all through the
.
with care
there.
,
The
were
While visions of
+led
s
And mamma in her ‘kerchief’, and
Had just settled our
for a long
snug in there
in their
in my
nap.
,
W+
out on the
from
Away to the
Tore o+
there a+
such a clatter.
my to
what was the matter.
I flew like a fl+
the
and
up the sash
The
on the breast of new fallen
Gave the luster of mid-day to objects
W+
, w+
But a miniature
+low.
to my wondering
, and 8 tiny
+ s should a+
.
.
With a little old
+er, so lively and quick,
knew in moment it must
More rapid than
+ s his coursers they came.
And he
, and shouted, and
ed them by name!
“Now Dasher! Now
On
on
! Now, Prancer and Vixen!
on Donner and Blitzen
To the
of the porch to the
Now
away!
of the
away!
all!!
As dry
that
When they
So up
With the
+4 the wild
fly,
with an obstacle,
the
to the
+ top the coursers they,
full of toys and
too.
.
And t+
in a twinkiling I heard on the
The prancing and
As
drew in my
the
+ing of each little hoof
, and was turning around,
came with a bound .
He was
And his
A bundle of
+ed all in
, from his
were all tarnished with ashes and
to his
-f+s
he flung on his
And he looked like a like a
+er, just opening his
.
.
His
-how they
His cheeks were like
His droll little
And the b+
his
his
how merry.
like a
was drawn up like a
+d on his
was as white as the
The stump of a
And the
he held tight in his
it encircled his head like a
He had a Boarder
that sh+
Like a
and a little round
w+
he
+ful of
- dancer
He was chubby and
And
A wink of a
+p a right jolly old
w+
and a twist of his
Soon gave me to know I had
him inspite of myself.
,
+thing to d+
He
a word, but went
And filled all the
And laying his
And giving a nod,
to his
, then turned with a jerk .
aside of his
the
,
he
.
He sprang to his
to his team gave a
And away they all
like down a thistle
But I
him exclaim, ’ere he
out of sight.
Christmas to all and to all a good