More SEUSS-Y Fun

We completed a week of whimsical fun with Dr. Seuss!

THINGS AND GAMES THURSDAY

The students picked colored Thing 1 and Thing 2 tags to partner up for the games.

Each student had a check list for the SEUSS-Y STATIONS.

The students paired up to complete the SEUSS-Y STATIONS.  Look at the thing hair!

CRAZY CAT GAME - The student tries to find the crazy cat by reading the words on the hat.

Stacking hat patterns on the cat.  These cards can be found at Making Learning Fun.

SPIN A CAT!

DR. SEUSS WORD SEARCH

Spin a pattern to make a symmetrical cat necklace.

Create a WOCKET!

GREEN EGGS AND HAM RHYMES

READ ACROSS AMERICA!

THE GRINCH GAME

HOW HIGH CAN YOU STACK THE CAT'S HAT?

Other SEUSS-Y ACTIVITIES

I might catch a __________ in McElligot's Pool.

A student with Mr. Bones on HILARIOUS HAT DAY!

We made opposite feet after reading THE FOOT BOOK.

After reading, I WISH THAT I HAD DUCK FEET the students wrote about what they wish for and why.

 FRIDAY FUN!

Friday was our reading with the cat READ-A-THON!  The students found a comfy spot around the room and snuggled up on their mats with a pillow to read Dr. Seuss books for the day in between specials.

A parent made these cute green eggs and ham snacks.  We made SEUSS JUICE to drink.

We wrote and illustrated the steps to making SEUSS JUICE.  We worked on this together using the document camera.

Everyone received a SEUSS-Y certificate at the end of the week.

We celebrated the week of SEUSS-Y fun with this adorable cake brought in by a parent.  YUMMY!!!

We will continue to read Dr. Seuss books and work on our STAMINA.

SEUSS-Y FUN on Day 2 and Day 1

DAY ONE

Our mystery drawing!

The Cat in the Hat!

A reader response to Cat in the Hat.

Rhyming with the Cat.  The song is from Making Learning Fun.

Hat Graph

DAY TWO

We made Thing 1 or 2!

This photo slideshow created with Smilebox Silly Sock Graph Silly Sock Patterns! Sort and Tally fish crackers. Graphing fish crackers. This is a follow-up activity to The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.  The students wrote a list of pink items in the student reader.  You can find the student reader at Making Learning Fun. I might catch a...  The children used their imaginations to create creatures that might live in McElligot's Pool.  Stay tuned for more SEUSS-Y FUN!!!

HOORAY FOR THE USA

We enjoyed lots of patriotic fun this week!  We learned about presidents, US symbols, and money!

The students are following directions to paint a bald eagle.

Adding numbers using a number line.

Monumental Measuring!

Directed drawings of 2 famous presidents.  Do you recognize them?

Found this cute idea from Step into Second Grade.

We made this cute Abraham Lincoln after reading Abe Lincoln's Hat and Just Like Abraham Lincoln.

The students added notes inside their Lincoln's hat.

I will practice karate everyday!

We learned about the Liberty Bell! 

After reading several non-fiction stories about Washington and Lincoln the children read facts to complete the Venn diagram.

The students used the Venn diagram to complete this writing activity.

Some of our favorite books!

We played Collecting Coins!

We are feeling for coins with our feely fingers.

We are buying U.S. symbols.  Each child makes two patriotic symbol puzzles by buying the pieces using the money spinner.  It's not a good picture :(

My son, Alexander, visited the class on Friday.  In this picture he is showing the class where he has been so far and where he might go after completing his training.  He's using a laser pointer to point to maps hanging on my ceiling.

He's asking the students questions about what they have learned this week.  I found the perfect questions from Doodle Bugs Teaching.

We enjoyed these yummy Dr. Seuss cupcakes brought in by a mom to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.  What a great beginning to next week's Seussical fun!

OUR TOOTH EXPERIMENT RESULTS

Here's what the egg shells looked like after sitting in the soda!

The students filled out tooth fairy applications!  I got this idea from blogland and tweaked it to fit my needs.