Theo LeSieg, Theodor Seuss Geisle, or as the world knows him best, Dr. Seuss. Many of us learned to read (or begin memorizing stories) by reading Dr. Seuss books, so what better way to honor a man, who is a major part of our reading lives, than by dedicating a day to him and reading every year on his birthday, March 2.
Read Across America (http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm) has become such a phenomenon that every year in my class we decide to dedicate the whole week to reading and to good ole' Dr. Seuss. This year, we took a different Seuss book every day and expanded off of it.
These are our own "Wockets" to take home in our pockets!
All materials for this project were purchased at the Dollar Store!
Tuesday we took a trip to the Zoo and created some wild and crazy animals to inhabit it! Take a look...
- I printed out 3 copies each of 6 animals; a lion, an elephant, a turtle, a kangaroo, a horse and a cow.
- Then I chopped each one in half with a back end pile and a front end pile.
- Each child got to pick one front end picture (glue it down) and one back end picture (that doesn't match the front end) and line them up to create a crazy new animal for our zoo.
- After the new animal was created, each child got to name their name their new animal - personally this was my favorite part - too cute!
Wednesday, we can't skip the classic, "Cat in the Hat" hats! We discussed patterns and what color comes next. Of course we embellished with Dr.Seuss stickers from Michaels.
Thursday was Dr. Seuss's ABC's and each student had the beginning letter of their name printed out, then they had to follow the lines made by the printer with string and glue the string down to their letter. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of this, but it's great practice for beginning letter shapes!
Friday was the celebration day and we made our own version of green eggs and ham, aka sugar cookies with frosting and green m&m's...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Psssstt: have a classroom wish list weekly with 2-3 items on it so parents might be able to help donate supplies to the classroom! (that is how we got our sugar cookies, frosting, and M&M's)
Dr. Seuss week may possibly be my favorite week of the school year! Each day we also did different themes in our classroom,
Monday: be your amazing self!
Tuesday: Red and White Day!
Wednesday: Crazy Hair Day!
Thursday: Silly Sock Day!
Friday: Pajama Day!
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