Theodor Geisel, more commonly known as Dr. Seuss was an expert at rhyming and making reading a fun and silly experience. We have spent the last several weeks enjoying all the fun these books had to offer. The photos and descriptions to follow will provide a snapshot into our learning experiences you can talk with your children about.
Introductory lesson.
Here is a link to the Google Slides I used with the children to begin this new theme.
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Here are a few activities we explored with.
Building word families
Dr. Seuss books have many rhyming words and words in the same word family. Several activities this week had the children practicing these skills.
Building CVC words - real and nonsense words
THE FOOT BOOK inspired us to have our feet painted...
Seuss-y math activities
Measuring our own foot prints with non-standard units;
Which one doesn't belong?
Children take turns explaining their thinking as to why they feel one of the pictures is the one that does not belong with the others. #growthmindset
Weaving patterns THE CAT IN THE HAT way
Tapping into our creativity and imaginations.
Use your footprint to make something new.
"a dinosaur"
"a tree"
"a door"
Seuss-y ART
What can you do with STRIPES?
Science connections
A classmate read BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK
This story provided us the opportunity to revisit our SOLID and LIQUID investigation.
What do you THINK before we investigate?
What do you KNOW after our experiment?
A yummy, stripey snack
Wacky Wednesday Fun...
Mr. Labb was our guest reader.... He read THE CAT IN THE HAT
Until next time......
