Dr. Seuss' Birthday

March 2nd was Dr. Seuss' birthday... and it fell right in the middle of our author study! We loved celebrating his birthday. We all made hats...

Took some fun pictures...

Made a fun bookmark...

And ate some yummy blue popcorn with red fish! I didn't get a chance to take pictures while eating, but this is what it looked like.

Dr. Seuss - Green Eggs and Ham

We just completed an author study on Dr. Seuss! We had so much fun these last 2 weeks learning about Dr. Seuss' life, what made him become an author, and of course, reading so many of his books! We were able to make lots of different connections, discuss themes, explain cause and effect, and compare/contrast character traits. Even though we learned a lot, we had some fun too! :)

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss was challenged to write a book using only 50 different words. The kids were simply amazed by this! This book is definitely one of our favorites! After reading the story, I had a challenge for the kids. I wanted them to make a text-to-self connection and write about a time someone pestered them to do something (just like Dr. Seuss' editor), however, I wanted them to try to respond using ONLY 75 TOTAL words. They took it very seriously...

We had 4 friends who were able to succeed in the challenge! They really are quite funny...

Luke 

Reagan

Alex

Aaron

To wrap up such a fun book and activity, we ate our own version of green eggs (vanilla pudding dyed green with a vanilla wafer in the middle!). Yuuummmm!!!

Reading Buddies

Today was an exciting day!! We've partnered up with Mrs. Sparkman's Class so that we can have a reading buddy! I told explained to our class that they are "top dog" at Concrete and are role models to the younger students. This is their chance to set a good example, meet a new friend, and READ!! We will meet every Thursday after lunch. Half the class will go to Mrs. Sparkman's room and the other half will come back to our room. They were so fun to watch... And they were THRILLED to show off what they could do! They also enjoyed listening to Mrs. Sparkman's wonderful readers. We can't wait to meet again next week!