Kacsko's Kiddos: SEUSS-A-PALOOZA

This week all my Pinterest dreams came true! From cute Seuss snacks to Seuss-themed centers, I got to take a swing (and so did some of you!) at many of the ideas I'd been pinning for the last several weeks. We had a blast reading Dr. Seuss books everyday and working on our rhyming skills. We not only practiced rhyming, but also writing lists of rhyming words. I emphasized that when you write rhyming words, you change the first letter and keep the rest. Hopefully, your child should be able to tell you this!

On Tuesday we read "There's a Wocket in my Pocket" and the students got to make their own silly rhyming sentence in their journals.

These were so much fun and we could really see the creative wheels just a'spinnin' in their heads.

The next day was "Dress as Your Favorite Book Character" day. (They did not need to be from a Seuss book, any book would do).

Jaden and Mrs. Armishaw had the same character in mind!

As did Caitlyn and Mrs. Taylor!

Same as Antonella and me

And Amirah and Kennedy

And Alex and Tesla!

Harper and Makiah were in cahoots.

And many chose to be royalty like Liliana and Natalie

And Abigail and Ava

But Layton was unique! (as were a few other students).

Now, on to those Pinterest ideas....

In Word Work, the students cracked open green eggs (no ham). Inside they found the letters they needed to make two rhyming words. They then sorted the rhyming words into their rime (promise thats the right way to spell it in this sense) families.

In the computer center, we took a week off from raz-kids and played Dr. Seuss games on pbskids.org.

In the Writing center, the students played "Seuss Word or Sight Word?." They pulled small, folded up pieces of paper out of a box, unfolded it and determined if it was a silly made-up Seuss word or one of the sight words listed on their worksheet. If they found a sight word, they wrote it on the worksheet. They needed to find each sight word three times.

In Number Work, they simply had to match up the Seuss-y numbers onto a hundred chart. I say "simply," but it was actually quite challenging!

In Math Games, they got their first bit of practice with telling time on an analog clock to the hour with the game, "Truffula Tree Time." They spun only the hour hand on a Lorax-faced clock. They found that time on their truffula tree trunk and traced it (with a marker -ooooo). Once they'd gotten all of their times traced, they got to color their truffula tree.

We ended the week with our Seuss Feast. Thank you to all the grown-ups who sent things in - some of you even created those cute Seuss-themed treats I'd been eyeing on Pinterest. I lucked out this year (and have every year, really) and got all awesome, helpful parents/grandparents/aunts and you guys ROCK! You made it such a special event for the kiddos. And now, I leave you with the pics of our Fun Friday/Seuss Feast.