Dr Seuss Cut-Aparts Complete Set FREEBIE

I had an earlier post about some of the Dr. Seuss things that I did in my classroom and posted some JPGs of a few of the cut-apart sentences I had made for the two week Dr. Seuss theme that we do.  Decided to just upload the whole set and share with everyone.  There are 9 scrambled sentences to choose from:

• March 2nd is the day we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss.  (This one was kind of hard for my class, but after a few times saying it in "silly" voices, which I called my silly Dr. Seuss voices, they were able to put it back together no problem!)
• March 2nd is Dr. Seuss day.
• The silly cat wore a red and white hat. (Cat in the Hat)
• Plant a seed to show you care about the earth. (The Lorax)
• You should treat everyone the same. (The Sneetches)
• Some are red and some are blue. (One Fish, Two Fish)
• Daisy Head Mayzie had a flower grow out of her hair.  (Daisy Head Mayzie)--2 options for pictures
• Do you like green eggs and ham?  (Green Eggs and Ham)

Click HERE to download the whole set from Google Drive.  All clip art used to create these sentences were drawn by me.

Name the Dr. Seuss Books FREEBIE

Since Dr. Seuss' birthday is coming up this weekend, here's a quick little FREEBIE I made to use during "must-do" time during Guided Reading.  I even sent one of these pages home as homework with my firsties.  If you'd like a copy of this 2-page FREEBIE, click HERE.

All clip art used in this freebie was created by Clip Art by Carrie.

Celebrating Dr. Seuss Day 3

Today we started out our Morning Work by doing a cut apart sentence about the silly Cat in the Hat. "The sill cat wore a red and white hat."  As they finished I had them write a sentence about the Cat in the Hat on the back of their paper.

We also read "The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss and talked about how all the sneetches were treated differently and how unfair that was to the Sneetches that didn't have a star on their belly.  So I whipped up a craftivity that students had to put together after doing their writing assignment:  "Star or No Star I Like the Way You Are!  I Like Me Because..."  One of my co-workers who used to blog with me came up with that cute little saying!

If you want a copy of this Sneetches craftivity, click HERE.  The border I used was from Graphics From the Pond and the clip art was drawn by me.

Here is my Sneetches themed cut-apart sentence that my first graders did during must-do time during Guided Reading:

Celebrating Seuss Day 6-7

This week has been INSANE!  Late start Monday, no school on Tuesday, and Wacky Wednesday yesterday.  Monday our Seussy stuff was pretty low-key, as we had to get in the important math and reading stuff before I attempted Seuss.  I got in reading the book "Green Eggs and Ham" during theme and a related cut-apart sentence.  And in predicting we wouldn't have school on Tuesday I prepped them for Wacky Wednesday!

Here is the "Green Eggs and Ham" themed cut-apart sentence:

 

 

Wednesday was a day of catch-up because of Tuesday's snow day, so my schedule was super  mixed up.  We ended up doing a rhyming pocket chart activity that I found somewhere on the internet last year.  After listening to the story in Monday we talked about how Dr. Seuss liked to rhyme when he wrote his books. I did this pocket chart activity with the group as they sat on the carpet.

I asked for volunteers to come up and put the words in order and then use the pointer to read aloud the part they put together in the pocket chart. Next I had them come up with their own rhyming pairs using this activity:

Since Wednesday was Wacky Wednesday of course there were a few things in the room that ended up being quite wacky. I did have to discuss the difference between wacky and wild a few times throughout the day. Here are a few of the wacky things the kids saw or did on Wacky Wednesday:

Here is a the upside down umbrella hanging from the ceiling:

Here is a sock on the wall

We had a visit from the Cat in the Hat who sat at our computer center with bananas hanging all over our room:

I was running out of ideas for wackiness so I put an iron in our hand in basket:

Our favorite wacky thing for the day was our wacky snack: Banana Dogs! I was pretty amazed myself with how yummy they were. (Hot dog bun, peanut butter on both sides, a banana, jelly and sprinkles to decorate the tops). I cut each one in half and it was the perfect amount for our little tummies.

Celebrating Seuss Day 4 and 5

Thursday we finished up our Sneetches writing response from Wednesday and displayed them in the hallway.  They turned out really cute!  My co-teachers did this activity and had the kids add a head and hair to it so it looked like themselves.

During theme I read aloud my FAVORITE Dr. Seuss book:  Daisy Head Mayzie to the class today and watched the cartoon.  I told the kids the story about how this book was discovered after he had passed, but it was published anyway.  They really enjoyed watching the cartoon!  When I was reading the book I told them that I like to read it using the voices from the cartoon.  This afternoon, during Guided Reading the firsties did a cut apart sentence in honor of Mayzie.

On Friday, we made headbands to wear to lunch to celebrate his birthday.  One of the choices I gave my class was in honor of Mayzie!  I used the daisy that I drew and added a little label to the back that says the name of the book and taped a straw to the back of the daisy so that it wouldn't droop.  Of course, all the girls decided on this one!

 

Another option I gave to give the kids was to make a Cat in the Hat headband.  I used the hat that I drew, taped a straw to the back of the hat so it wouldn't fall over, and added the name of the book.  And the boys all decided on this one!

 

 

To celebrate his special birthday we had a special Thing One and Thing Two snack of strawberry jello cups with blue Cool Whip on the top.  We made these cute little labels to stick to the outside of the jello cup.  Here's a picture of the finished product:

 

 

 

I read a Seuss book during any down time.  We are making a list of all the books we have read throughout the Dr. Seuss theme.  We ended the day doing a cut-apart sentence in honor of his birthday, which was a little bit easier than the other birthday celebration in honor of Seuss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating Dr. Seuss Day 1 and 2

This week we kicked off our Dr. Suess theme. We started by asking our students to hunt around their houses for any books by Dr. Seuss and bring them to school so we can read them. I had a few kids bring on the first day, but more usually trickle in throughout the week.

Our first activity on Monday was to read aloud the classic "The Cat in the Hat" and do a responsive writing: "What Would You Do If Thing One and Thing Two Came To Your House?" Here is the craftivity that my class did to go along with this. I got the writing sheet from www.seusstastic.blogspot.com last year, which I'm not sure you can even get anymore from there. There is a big thing about selling things that are Seuss related because it violates the copyright Seuss Enterprises has. Takes a lot of fun out of looking for Seuss stuff on Pinterest because you have to recreate them yourself if you find an idea you like.

 

 

During Guided Reading on Monday we had our firsties do a Cat in the Hat mystery number grid picture that we got last year from Little Country Kindergarten.  I just looked on her blog and I don't see it available anymore.  You'll have to check out all her mystery number grids she has for sale at her TPT store.

 

 

Tuesday during our Dr. Seuss Theme time we did a Color-A-Rhyme Cat in the Hat.   These rhymes are great for enforcing listening and following directions.  They have to listen for the rhyming pair and then color that part of the picture as we read the poem.  We found this YEARS ago, so I can't tell you where we got the poem.  If you happen to know the author, please give them a shout out! 

 

 

During Guided Reading on Tuesday, students got to do a Cut-Apart Sentence that I put together:  "March 2nd is the day we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss."  Just right click and "save as" if you'd like to use this in your classroom.

 

 

I will try to update with a few more things we plan on doing throughout this week and next week.

 

 

 



 

 

Rhythm and Rhyme Interactive Writing

The week we celebrate Dr. Seuss we do an interactive class writing where students use rhythm and rhyme to help write a class book just like Dr. Suess did in his books.  Ideas are generated on chart paper, and as a class the students come up with rhyming pairs that follow a rhythm.  After the words are written, the teacher "publishes" the book by adding clip art images (www.djinkers.com).  Each student gets a copy of the book to take home and read to their parents.  Here is a sample of the book Carrie's class came up with this week called, "See Ya Later, Alligators!"  You can get a free download of this book here:

You can get a free copy of this at Google Docs HERE.