Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

We still have two days left in our Seuss week but since it is his birthday I just had to go on and post some of what we've done.


We had already eaten eggs earlier in the year when doing a science experiment so we had a special kind of green eggs.

I posted earlier in the week that our curriculum has us cover persuasive writings in the media.  Here are a couple of the Green Eggs and Ham "Magazine Advertisements."

She said these are the Green Eggs you'd make for your man.  Oh My Goodness!

This is her skinny mom with her green eggs and blue ham.  :)

The next day, after reading the Cat in the Hat we designed a new hat for the Cat and persuaded him to wear it. 

This hat absolutely amazed me. 

 

We did a favorite books pictograph.  I got the "talking graph"  idea from the wonderful Mrs. Patton at Patton's Patch. 

 

 I didn't take take any close up pictures of what they wrote, but this is what some of them say:

"If Hop on Pop had one more it would be the same as The Cat in the Hat."

"One fish, Two Fish has the most."

"Green Eggs and Ham and ABC book have the least." 

The day we did this graph, One Fish, Two Fish was in the Buddy Reading Center.  I think that may be why it won.  :)

Here we are with our hats right before it was time to eat cake.  We've done some other great activities but these are probably my favorite (and I have homework, so I better go!!).  I hope everyone had a Seusstastic day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!

Favorite Things Linky Party...and Give-A-Way!!

Jodi at Fun in First Grade is having a favorite things Linky Party!  So I figured I had to get in on the action.  Here are a few of the things I remember when the bees sting and I am feeling sad :(....



First off,  I LOVE FREE STUFF.  Well, free stuff that is awesome.  Cara at The First Grade Parade is having a great give-a-way.  To  enter, visit her blog and check it out.

 Fav thing # 2.   My iPhone.  Enough said.  :)

#3-  My Kindle.  I love to read.  I got a Kindle for Christmas it quickly became a favorite. 

#4-  My laptop.  I barely ever leave home without.  I guess I should also put in my laptop bag. 

#5-  I know this is a place, but I just LOVE it.  I don't even dare to say what my favorite section is.  I just can't decide. 

#6-  After I spend my money in Hobby Lobby, sometimes I get to use another one of my favorite things, my GLUE GUN.  And in the thought of adhesives and sticky things, I LOVE duct tape too! 

#7- Painters Brand Paint Pens- I love to paint and craft and these are just a lot easier to use when writing than regular paintbrush and paint. 

#8- McDonald's Sweet Tea-  Occasionally I drink coffee on a cold morn, but usually I start my day with one of these!

#9- My clear plastic Fossil watch-  My skin is very sensitive to metals so I wear a plastic watch.  I use to wear Toy Watches.  They are pretty expensive and the 2 that I had broke about a year after I bought it.  My new watch, from Fossil is by far my fav plastic watch. 

#10-  Yellowbox Flip flops-  The biggest reason I am glad it is warming up is Yellowbox Flipflops.  Today was the first day of 2011 that I go to wear them to school   I'm in Texas!

What are your favorite things?   Join up with the Fun in First Grade Linky party, and tell us about them!

Dental Health Month Wrap-Up

       We had the best end to Dental Health Month ever!  Dr. Roberto Loar came and shared his book and other dental health tips with us.  His book is wonderful.  It was the talk of the school.  It is rhyming and explains how cavities come about perfectly.  If you click the book cover above, you can get it on Amazon. 

       Later in the day we brainstormed "Tooth Words" and then the students used them to complete healthy teeth writings.   The students' writings turned out so cute.   My kids just brighten my day!

Not all the writings would fit in my big mouth :) so I printed off a tooth fairy to hang with those.

Click the image to get the tooth writing mat.

Persuading with Dr. Seuss

     When I sat down with my friend CScope to do lesson plans for this coming week, I saw that we were to be studying various tactics that are used in Media for ELAR.  Since we're devoting next week to Dr. Seuss, I must integrate!  The first writing will be done after we read The Cat in the Hat.  Students design a new hat and then persuade The Cat to buy it.

     The next, I made to resemble a magazine advertisement, where the picture is on one side and the write up is on the other.  I guess it is kind of like those medication ads :).  This one will be done after reading Green Eggs and Ham.

Click the images to get the printable file, and start persuading with Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss Give-a-way!

Erica Bohrer and Donna at Kinderglynn  are giving away one of Donna's Dr. Seuss Math and Literacy Units.  For a chance to win, click on the image below!

Yucky Word Building Center

      I was typing this post last night, when all of the sudden I started feeling very yucky.  I am feeling a little better but not much.  Any way,  when teaching these sounds, I have always told my students that sometimes these four vowel digraphs (ou, ew, oo, and ue) say "EWWWW,"  like when you see something really gross.  So to help them remember this, I made this Yucky Word Building spelling Center.   The teacher would first cut out the pictures and put them in an empty tissue box. In the center students use boogies and tissues (the pictures the teacher cut out) from the box to build words.  If you click on the image above, you can download the whole center.  I suggest printing it on card stock so it will hold up better. 

     I also made a contractions spelling center to go with Green Eggs and Ham for our Dr.  Seuss unit next week.  Someone else posted something similar, but I cannot remember or find who that was.  I want to give credit to the person that inspired me when I post it.  If you know who I am talking about, please tell me! :)

Me... Stylish??? HAHA! THANKS!

OH MY GOODNESS!  I have been called many things but I don't think that stylish is one of them.  Thanks to the wonderful ladies at The Kindergarten Corral for deeming me "A Stylish Blogger!"

Here are the rules for receiving this award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award
2. Share 7 things about yourself
3. Award 5 recently discovered great bloggers
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award

7 Random Things...

1.  I am an only child.  No brothers.  No sisters.  Tons and tons of cousins, so I never got the grands to myself, but I did mom and dad. 

2.  I LOVE the X-FILES.  I have watched all 9 seasons 4 times.  That doesn't count the episodes that I have watched on TV.  If it is ever on I MUST watch it!. 

3.  I met my best friend while waiting outside of the D-Hall room when I was in 10th grade.  We were both big talkers!  She still is... I quietened down with age :).  

4.  One of my aunts, one of my cousins, and I all share the same birthday, January 12th.  

5. All but 2 papers I have written as a Graduate student has been used, by my professors, to teach other students.  I am super proud of that!  :)

6. At one time I had 5 dogs, 8 ducks, 1 hamster, 2 fish, and  a cat.  Yeah.  I'm an animal lover. 

7. I have read The Twilight Series 4 times. I though I loved it until I found The Hunger Games Trilogy.  I've already read it twice and have created a map of what I think Panem would look like.  HAHA!  I am such a dork.  

 

 

Now, here are 5 super stylish bloggers.  

 

Mrs. Bell @ A Place Called Kindergarten 

The ladies @ The Kindergarten Corral

Mrs. Saylor @ Mrs. Saylor's Log

Mrs. Parker @ Learning with Mrs. Parker 

Mrs. Adcock @ The Joy of First Grade