Items filtered by date: January 2013

3 pages. Common Core State Standard: 1.MD.3 A fun game for your Seuss-themed activities. Students make their analog cat clock and add digital time stripes to their hat by rolling dice.

1-2-3 Come Study 2D and 3D Shapes With Me!

Reading Across America Starts the 24th and runs through March 2nd this year, and of course March is Reading Month will be in full swing as well.  Are you hopping on board? 

I always planned a huge Seuss Theme for that week.  My Y5's really enjoyed all the goofy things we did.

It was difficult to find Seuss lessons that met my Standards, so I simply dreamed them up, using easily recognizable Seuss characters for the clip art.

A classroom favorite was of course Cat in the Hat.  I even dressed up as the cat to launch that special day. 

Since one of the more iconic pictures of the cat is him juggling, I thought it would be fun to create 2 shape books where the cat juggles 2D shapes in one, and then 3D shapes in the other.

I've included the hexagon, pentagon and octagon, in the 2D booklet, as I've had so many requests to add these shapes.

The Cat Juggles 2D Shapes also nails several more standards than just the recognition of shapes.  Students circle the capital letters and add end punctuation.  Remind them of spacing, and that they are reading from left to right and top down, and you've covered 2 more Standards.

Children also trace and write the shape word, as well as trace and write the shape. Click on the link to view/download The Cat Juggles 2D Shapes.

The Cat Juggles 3D shapes, relies on a similar format, so students feel empowered, as once they've done the 2D booklet, the 3D booklet needs little explanation before they can get down to business.  This empowerment will build their self-esteem as they know what they are doing and can set to work.

I take this booklet a step farther, in that students cut and glue the 3D shaped object, to the matching numbered box in their booklet.  I also challenge students to think up another 3D shape and write it down. 

The last page in the book, as with the first booklet, has students drawing the objects that the cat is juggling. Click on the link to view/download The Cat Juggles 3D Shapes.

If you're looking for more Seuss Activities, click on the link to pop on over to that section of my site, and be sure to stop in tomorrow for a new Seuss FREEBIE!

Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN anything that you think others might find helpful. 

Do you have a Seuss activity you could share with us? I'd enjoy hearing from you: diane@teachwitheme.com or leave a comment here.

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter, and those who matter. don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

5 pages. Common Core State Standards: L.K.2a, L.K.2b, RF.K.3d, RF.K.3c, RF.K. 3a, RF.1.1a, L.1.2b, L.1.1a, K.G.2 A great addition to your Seuss Theme and fun way to review 2D shapes, including the hexagon, pentagon and octagon.

1-2-3 Come Be A Thing With Me!

Seuss was always on the loose in my classroom for March.

I think I own every book Dr. Seuss ever wrote.

One of my favorite theme days was Cat In The Hat Day.   It was school wide, so everybody was in on the fun.

I think it’s more interesting for students, if you can add a “craftivity” to a writing assignment, sort of like an illustration.

I think it motivates them to get down to the business of writing, so that they can go to the “craftivity” center afterwards to complete their assignment.

After reading the Cat In The Hat story, my Y5’s often said they liked Thing 1 and Thing 2 even better than the cat!

Since the duo is so popular, I thought it would be fun for students to become Thing 3.

I’ve designed 2 body templates for your students to color. One is a full body, as a small blue hand, which is the hair of Thing 3 will fit on.

Since older students have bigger hands, I also made a partial body template.

Children can take turns tracing each other’s hands on a blue sheet of construction paper, or you can have a room helper trace them, as well as cut them out.

I recommend the 2^nd alternative to expedite things with little ones, as well as insure that the hand looks like one, after they start snipping away.

Enlarge your students school photo, or take a head shot of them and print them off.

I pre-cut them into the shape of an oval, for the same reasons stated above.

Children glue their hand to the neck of Thing 3 and then glue their picture in the center of the hand., and then color their Thing 3.

This is the cover of their “Something” booklet.

Run off copies of the writing page. Students fill in their answers to the 6 writing prompt questions.

You can collect all of the pages and collate them into a class book, or mount their writing on Seuss-colored construction paper (red, blue, yellow, green) and then staple the pages next to their “craftivity” on a black-background bulletin board.

There are lots of Seuss borders available that will add the finishing touch around the b. board.

Click on the link to view/download the Thing Three Something Booklet.

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“Why fit in, when you were born to stand out!” –Dr. Seuss

3 pages. Common Core State Standard: K.CC.1 A fun way to incorporate a bit of math (counting to 100 by 10's) with reading.

8 pages. Common Core State Standards: K.MD.3, K.G.2 This is an easy and fun way to review the 2D shapes including the hexagon, pentagon & octagon.

6 pages. Common Core State Standards: L.K.2a, L.K.2b, RF.K.3a, RF.K.K3d, RF.K.3c A fun way to find out more about your students. This "craftivity" writing prompt for March, makes an adorable bulletin board.

1-2-3 Come Read With Me!

Just an FYI for those of you looking for helpful FREEBIES, my blogging friend Charity, from Classroom Freebies, is launching her newest endeavor; a magazine, entitled The Organized Classroom.

Her debut issue is free and chockfull of all sorts of helpful ideas, tips and tricks.

Click on the link to check it out. The Organized Classroom: http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/magazine

There will be 12 issues targeting K through 8^th grade teachers.

Every issue will be about classroom organization, but with a different focus theme for each month.

She is super-excited to share with you, so I hope you have a moment to relax and read.

Thanks for visiting today.

“Knowledge exists to be imparted.” -Emerson

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