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1-2-3 Come Stack Apples With Me!

I like to combine a variety of skills and standards into one lesson, that way I'm covering quite a bit in a short amount of time.  The "Apples Up on Top" Name Activity involves math, reading, science and writing, plus completed projects make an adorable back-to-school bulletin board!

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Click on the link to view/download the Apples Up On Top Name Activity.

To further reinforce lessons, whenever I read a story, some sort of activity followed. Dr. Seuss' (Theo. LeSieg's) book, Apples Up On Top is a wonderful first week of school book, as we are in full swing studying apples. After reading the story, ask your students who the main animal characters are.  Run off the template that is appropriate for you, and have students choose one to color.

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The printable can also be used as a dice game for older students. They choose a partner and take turns rolling first one die, for numbers 1-6, and then add a second die, enabling them to roll numbers 7-10, when they add the 2 together. 

I've included numbered strips for this game.  The numbered strips are also good for preschoolers who are not able to sequence yet.  This is great 1-to-1 correspondence for them. 

Click on the link to view/download the Apples Up On Top With Animals Activity.

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"You give but little when you give of your possessions.  It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." -Kahlil Gibran

1-2-3 Go Places With Me!

This Seuss-hat bucket, provides 2 different March, writing prompt "craftivities," perfect go-alongs with Seuss's Oh The Places You'll Go book.seuss activities, seuss hat activities, candy bar wrappers, seuss candy bar wrappers,oh the places you'll go activities, activities for oh the places you'll go, seuss bulletin boards, writing prompt bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, oh the places you'll go bulletin boards, seuss writing prompts, writing prompts for march, bucket list activities, bucket list writing prompts, seuss crafts, oh the places you'll go crafts,

On the large bucket, students think of 5 places they want to go.  They write the place, followed by what they want to see there, or what they want to do there.

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This can be for the month, year, in 5, 10, 20 years, or a "bucket list" of all they want to do before they die.  They include this time commitment on their hat.

Students can color their large bucket to look like an upside-down Seuss hat, or color the stripes the color scheme of the story: pink, powder blue, purple, light green, orange and yellow.

Completed projects make sweet bulletin boards for March is Reading Month or Dr. Seuss. Click on the link to view/download My Bucket List Seuss Writing Prompt Craftivities

Seuss Hat Candy Bar Wrappers:

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You can print them in color or in black and white. They fit a Hershey candy bar.

I made them this size so that you could slip in any other smaller size candy bars, a stick of gum, lollipop, packet of M&M's/Skittles etc.

If you don't want to tuck in a treat, then use the printed half as a bookmark.

These make a sweet surprise left on your students' desks, or use as a reading incentive or reward for March is Reading Month.

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"To teach, is to learn twice over." -Joseph Joubert

1-2-3 Come Do All Sorts Of Fun Activities With Elmer, Horton and Me!

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Since students have to compare and contrast, explain data etc.  I thought it would be fun for students to compare 2 of my favorite elephants: Horton and Elmer.

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  • Horton 3 character, setting, event cards
  • A Horton begginning, middle, and end graphic organizer or anchor chart
  • Horton retell the story bookmarks
  • Horton who, what, why, when, where, how anchor chart
  • Horton who, what, why, when, where writing prompt craftivity
  • 15 "Fix the sentence" (with capitalization and end punctuation) Horton cards.
  • Label the Horton bookcover anchor chart activity.
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  • An Elmer Color Spin Game
  • Black & White, and Color Spinners
  • 4 graphing extensions
  • An elephant mask craftivity
  • A find the letters elephant craftivity
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  • 30 elephant color cards + a cover so that you can make an Itty Bitty booklet. Great for playing all sorts of games.
  • Rhyming-alphabetical order worksheets with 47 words that rhyme with who and
  • A Horton-Elmer Lollipop certificate of praise.

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1-2-3 Come Write With Horton and Me!

Are you looking for a writing prompt for your Dr. Seuss activities?  Do you need a quick and easy Seuss bulletin board for March is Reading Month?  Well, you've stopped at the right blog.

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Children cut out the pieces, and glue their "ear flap" on Horton, so that it flips open.  Students complete the thought: Horton hears a Who how about you? and think of something that they hear and describe it. 

Challenge older students to use rhyme in their writing like Seuss does.  Remind them that made up words are OK as well.  After children have completed their writing, they draw a picture of what/who they heard, under the ear flap.

For that finishing touch, add the child's school photo to the front of the ear.

Mount on a green-backed bulletin board; sprinkle some jungle leaves around the edges to act as a border. Your caption can be the same as the one on Horton's ear, or Stampede To Read.   Click on the link to view/download the Horton Hears writing prompt craftivity.

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"The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more that you know, the more places you'll go." -Dr. Seuss

1-2-3 Come Make A Flip Hat With Me.

I got the idea to make hat flip books from Mrs. Zrihen over at A Teachers Treasure. seuss activities, dr seuss activities, dr seuss lessons, cat in the hat activities, seuss hat, coin activities, coin lessons, penny nickel dime quarter lessons, coin identification, march bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, seuss bulleting boards, money bulletin boards, lessons on money, hat flip book, cat in the hat flip books,She teaches 6-8 grade reading and made one for figurative language. seuss activities, dr seuss activities, dr seuss lessons, cat in the hat activities, seuss hat, coin activities, coin lessons, penny nickel dime quarter lessons, coin identification, march bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, seuss bulleting boards, money bulletin boards, lessons on money, hat flip book, cat in the hat flip books,  Click on the link to check out her creative blog.

My wheels were of course turning, of what I could do for lower elementary,  so I whipped together this one on coins.

The Cent-sational Seuss  hat is a quick and easy little activity for your Seuss unit that will help review coins in a fun way.

Students cut their cover into flaps and glue it to the edge of their hat, so that when they flip a stripe over, it reveals the appropriate coin that they've glued and how much it's worth.

Completed projects make a great spring bulletin board.  Click on the link to view/download the Cent-sational Seuss hat. 

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"If you follow the crowd, you might get lost in it." -Unknown

1-2-3 Eat Green Eggs and Ham With Me!

Get your kiddo's "obseussed" with Dr. Seuss by reading a variety of stories besides Cat in the Hat.  Green Eggs and Ham, is sure to be a favorite.

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With that in mind, I decided to make several activity packets with a Green Eggs and Ham theme, so that you would have a variety of fun things to choose from.

The Green Eggs and Ham packet is a walloping 65-pages long and covers all sorts of reading and math Common Core State Standards:L.K.2a, L.K.2b, RF.K.2a, RF.K.1d, L.K.1a, L.1.1a, K.CC.1, K.CC.3, K.CC.2, K.OA.5, K.CC.6, 1.NBT.1
There's a little bit of everything for a Seuss-filled day.

My personal favorite, is the 3D writing prompt craftivity pictured.  Students' completed projects make a dynamic bulletin board for March is Reading Month.

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They also illustrate 1/2 a paper plate with 2 things that they like, as well as a combo that is disgusting and that they wouldn't want to eat.

By folding up the edge of the plate, and inserting it through a slit in a sheet of brightly colored construction paper, the plate will appear like a ledge, once it is stapled in place.

The traced hand of the child, is holding up the plate, just like the iconic illustration in Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham book.  Add a photograph of the student for that finishing touch.  Click on the link to view/download the Green Eggs and Ham Activities Packet.

To round out your day, play the It's Time For Green Eggs and Ham spinner game.  Students can choose to play with clocks to the hour, or time to the half hour.   Click on the link to view/download the Green Eggs and Ham Telling Time packet. 

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Children spin the colored egg spinner.  Whatever color they land on, they color the matching color word egg that color.  There's also a recording sheet with no words, so really little kiddo's can also easily play the game. 

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These are great for more games or to make an Itty Bitty booklet.  Click on the link to view/download the Green Eggs and Ham Color Packet.

Finally, we can't leave shapes out. Where Have My Green Eggs Gone? Is an easy reader shape mystery.

Students read the sentences, circle the capital letters and add end punctuation.  They also trace the shape word, write it, trace and draw the shape and then color the shaped egg yolk green.

This booklet reviews the circle, oval, triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon, pentagon and octagon shapes. cov green eggs bkClick on the link to view/download the Green Eggs Shape Booklet.

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"Never grow a wishbone, where a backbone ought to be." -Unknown

1-2-3 Sport A Mustache With Me!

Anyone know why a mustache is so popular right now?  I see them everywhere, in all sorts of novelty, craft and stationery stores.

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Making a mustache/moustache to launch a writing prompt, is an interesting and "Suessical" way of doing things. I think your students will enjoy it.

Make a sample, cover your nose, and ask your students in a deep voice: "I mustache you, would you save a Truffula tree?"  Thus begins the fun writing prompt "craftivity."

For an adorable bulletin board, take everyone's photograph wearing their mustache and put it next to their writing. 

Your bulletin board title could be the same question you asked: "We mustache you, would you save a truffula tree?" 

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Make them out of strips of neon-colored tissue paper, and rolled up green bulletin board paper for the trunk. Stripe it with brightly colored border.

Or you could really make them sturdy with PVC pipe.  Mrs. Lodge, a very creative librarian, did just that.  I LOVE her Truffula trees! Click on the link for directions.

As a surprise, while you're "truffulling" why not whip together some Truffula pencils.  I think students would think it rather cool, to write about saving a Truffula tree, with a Truffula pencil! These were made by Jin Yong. Click on the link to get directions over at the inspiring Under The Cherry Tree Blog.

Click on the link to view/download the Lorax Mustache writing prompt craftivity.

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"You have brains in your head.  You have feet in your shoes.  You can steer yourself any direction you choose!" -Dr. Seuss

1-2-3 Come Write With Me! Waddle You Write About?

I love using a poster as a segue for a writing assignment.  Dr. Seuss's "Lucky Duckie" quotation is a great vehicle for that. 

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"Thank goodness for all of the things you are not! Thank goodness you're not something someone forgot...That's why I say, "Duckie! Don't grumble! Don't stew!  Some critters are much-much, oh, ever so much-much, so muchly much-much more unlucky than you!"

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Print off the poster and share it with your students. In a discussion before hand, brainstorm why a person is lucky.  What things do they have, that others who don’t live in America, or who are poor, don’t have etc.

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Remind them of beginning capitalization, end punctuation and spaces between their words and you have covered 3 common core standards.

Students trace the beginning prompt and then complete the sentences: "I think I'm a lucky ducky because..." and "I'm glad I don't..."

Collect and collate the pages and share the completed book with your class, by having each student read their page when you come to it.   If you don't want to make a class book, you can use the duck template and make an adorable spring bulletin board for March is Reading Month.

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Students cut them out and then write why they feel they are lucky.  

For more pizzazz, add a wiggle eye. student photo, feather, and a 3 dimensional beak. Mount the ducklings on a blue background bulletin board, so that the ducks look like they are swimming in a pond.  Add clouds to the sky.

Glue the poster to a sheet of pastel construction paper and put it in the middle of the board. Add some toilet paper roll “cat tails” for a 3D effect + some pastel polka dot or striped bulletin board boarder for that finishing touch.

dr seuss activities, dr seuss lessons, lucky ducky quote, lucky ducky lessons, duck activities, spring writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, free posters, free common core lesssons for kindergarten and first grade, spring bulletin boards, ideas for spring bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, ideas for march bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, ideas for seuss bulletin boards, writing prompt bulletin boards, Click on the link to view/download Dr. Seuss Lucky Ducky Packet.

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"Today you are you; that is truer than true, there is no one else that is youer than you." -Dr. Seuss

1-2-3 Come Pattern With Me!

Whenever I covered patterns, I usually passed out several colored manipulatives like Unifix cubes or patterning blocks, so that my students could complete the patterns and show me one of their own and then name it, such as ABAB, ABCABC, ABBA etc.

Dr. Seuss activities, cat in the hat activities, patterning activities, patterning lessons, cat in the hat lessons, dr. seuss lessons, dr. seuss games, cat in the hat games, I wanted to think of something different to do, as a math center, for Dr. Seuss Week, so I frogged around with a variety of things a child could create with the stripes on a Cat in the Hat hat.

Dr. Seuss activities, cat in the hat activities, patterning activities, patterning lessons, cat in the hat lessons, dr. seuss lessons, dr. seuss games, cat in the hat games, The result is the 10-page packet: Dr. Seuss Hat Patterning

I think your students will enjoy these hands-on activities and game.  

They are an easy and fun way to whole-group assess patterning. 
Make a class set of the white-hat template, and cut a variety of colored construction paper strips.

Children choose 2 colors.  Teacher calls out a pattern and students arrange their stripes to show it.  You can see at a glance who needs help. 

If you don't want to save the game for next year, when you have completed your assessment, have students glue their stripes to their hat showing their favorite pattern. 

There are also several art "craftivities" as well, including my Y5's favorite, which was designing their own Seuss hat.

Dr. Seuss activities, cat in the hat activities, patterning activities, patterning lessons, cat in the hat lessons, dr. seuss lessons, dr. seuss games, cat in the hat games, For little ones, use the pattern that has stripes on it, so that they can simply color it differently than the real cat's hat.

Dr. Seuss activities, cat in the hat activities, patterning activities, patterning lessons, cat in the hat lessons, dr. seuss lessons, dr. seuss games, cat in the hat games, For some great fine motor practice, instead of coloring their hat, have children rip and tear a colored strip of construction paper and then glue the pieces to their hat.  Reinforce an ABAB pattern by having them choose only one color. 

Use the blank template for older students and encourage them to design a hat with something other than stripes.  Click on the link to view/download the Dr. Seuss Hat Patterning Packet.

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1-2-3 Come Tell Time With Me!

The Cat in the Hat Telling Time Game is a fun additon for your Seuss-themed activities.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat lessons, dr. seuss activities, dr. seuss lessons, seuss crafts, cat in the hat crafts, telling analog time lessons, telling digital time lessons, cat in the hat clock, seuss clock, telling time games, 1.MD.3, free common core lessons for 1st grade math, Students make their analog Cat in the Hat clock and add digital time stripes to their hat by rolling dice.

They trace the stripe, place it on their hat and then manipulate the paperclip hands to show the analog time.

The first one with a completed hat, or the one with the most stripes when the timer rings, is the winner.

Teachers should make a sample for demonstration and then use it as an anchor chart for the month of March.

Click on the link to view/download The Cat In The Hat Telling Time Game.

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Click on the link to view/download the Dr. Seuss Bookmarks.

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"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." -Dr. Seuss

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