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Friday, March 8, 2013

Seuss Week!

Seuss week is always a class favorite. We had a lot of fun this past week doing tons of projects to go along with all of Dr. Seuss' silly stories. Here are some pictures from the week:

Truffula Trees Bulletin Board!
My pride and joy for the week! The kids made truffula trees after reading The Lorax. We used green homemade playdoh, pipe cleaners and spikey pom poms (Found at Michaels!). The kids did a writing prompt about why trees are important. I thought this project was so adorable and I wanted to display it somewhere. So I thought all week and can up with a plan! I had the kids save me their juice boxes from lunch. We cut them in half and cut out one side. Then covered them with paper and made little shelves! The board looks so cute and the kids are really proud!


There's A Wocket In My Pocket
Kids create their own creatures that rhyme with wocket and make them fit in their pockets!


Oh The Places You'll Go
One of my favorites! We made hot air balloons by coloring with crayon and then using watercolors. Then the kids had tow write about if they could go anywhere in the world, where would they go? We had some cute answers. This one was clever... The grinches house.


One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
We used this book as a math activity. They created a fish math problems. Using the same technique as above. Draw the pictures with crayons and then paint with watercolors.

Horton Hatches an Egg
We used this book to learn about oviparous animals. (Animals that hatch from eggs). After we did an animal sort, each child drew an animal that hatches from an egg and put it in the egg shell. 

I hope you and your class enjoy celebrating Seuss Week!

Cooking with mouse and friends

Cooking with mouse and friends is a fun unit plan that combines easy cooking projects with Laura Numeroff stories. The unit includes three recipes: English Muffin Pizza, Fruit Smoothie, and Applesauce. It has an activity to go along with each. There are also some healthy food activities. The story activities include five If you give a... books. Each book has a variety of story sequence activities to go along with it. Check out the unit plan on Teacher Pay Teachers, just click the link below:










Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate in school.
Writing out the cards and passing them out to your friends in their mailboxes is a memory I still have from when I was little. 
Once I sent home the newsletter with the class list in February and the kids found out they could send out cards, they asked me everyday how many days until Valentine's day?!
It was a lot of fun and here are some fun projects that are part of my unit plan.


How Many Heart?
Children fill the heart with conversation hearts. Then they estimate how many are inside. Then they count them up and figure out the actual number.






Candy Heart Graphing
Each child was given a box of conversation hearts. First they sorted them by color on the mat. Then they tallied. Then made a bar graph. Finally, they answered the questions and wrote the total numbers. The only problem I had was that the boxes of hearts I got had blue instead of white, but we made it work!


Heart Sun Catcher
Its hard to see because this one was already hanging on the window. But its outlined in red paper with wax paper underneath. The kids filled with the tissue paper and then covered with the outline. Then we added glitter... or sprinkles according to my kindergarteners. They looked really nice hanging on the window all month.





I Love My Family Because...
Children drew a picture of their family in the hearts and then did a writing prompt about why they love their family. Made a cute bulletin board display :)


Heart Measurement
One of the heart measurement activities is to use a heart ruler to measure various items. You record the information and then compare the data. 


Heart cupcakes I made for the class <3 




You can find all of these great activities and more on teachers pay teachers, just click the link below :)