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Seuss It Up!

1-2-3 Come Do Some Dr. Seuss Activities With Me    

 Seuss is on the loose and I'm celebrating with some super-fun Seuss-themed activities. Today's blog features some of my favorite ways to practice standards using a Seuss hat.

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Simply choose the word families that your students are working on.  

Use them for a bulletin board display, your word wall, centers, games, assessing and worksheets! 

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Students read the simple sentences, underline the capital letters and add end punctuation.

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Gluing the top square to their cat’s hat, then snipping on the lines, creates a "flip the flap" booklet.

I really think it’s important for students to not only be able to identify the various shapes, but pick them out in real life and give examples. 

With that in mind, I designed both booklets with graphics of real life things.

When everyone is done, read the booklets together as a whole group, to reinforce concepts of print.

I specifically used lots of Dolch word pronouns for more teachable moments. I’ve also included a graphing extension.

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There are dice games, worksheets, an anchor chart, cat clock craftivity, clothespin clip game, sequencing time "Speed" game, pocket chart digital & analog time cards to the hour and half hour, an Itty Bitty Time booklet, praise certificates and an assessment!    

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Use the poster to introduce the lesson, then display it in the center of your bulletin board display, surrounded by your students' completed hats. 

Simply run off the template. Students write the things that they enjoyed doing the most during their day at school, writing something on each stripe of the cat's hat.

They write their name in the oval on the bottom.  Add a school photo for that finishing touch.

Since a lot of teachers decorate with Seuss for back-to-school,  I’ve also included a template for that special first day.  

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Wishing you a non-crazy, carefree day!

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

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Fun With Seuss's Cat Hat

1-2-3 Come Do Some Cat in the Hat Craftivities With Me 

Seuss's birthday is on March 2nd, so my school kicks off our March is Reading Month with a super-fun Cat in the Hat Day. 

With that in mind, I designed a plethora of Seuss hat-themed activities.  Here are 3 of my kiddos' all-time favorites.  

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, First up  is a place value  “Cat in the Hat” game. I print and laminate a class set so that we can play a whole-group place value game.

Students take turns calling out a 2 or 3-digit number.  Using a dry erase marker, students write the number on the hat brim and then place that many number tiles in the appropriate columns.

This is also a quick and simple way to whole-group assess. When students have filled in their mat, they raise their hand. You can see at a glance who is having difficulty.

The hat and number tiles come in a large, full-page size, as well as a smaller, 2-on-a-page pattern to conserve paper.

I’ve also included a 3D “Cat in the Hat” place value craftivity, that makes an interesting manipulative for an independent center, assessing, or playing a game with a partner.    

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, Next up is a quick, easy and super-fun, Cat's Hat AT Word Family packet, filled with a variety of interesting activities to help practice the at family of words.

The packet includes:

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, * An at word family poster.
* A “My Cat Pat” emergent reader flip booklet with a full-color teacher’s edition.
* A set of “Pat the Cat” pocket chart cards

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, *An at family, “Cat in the Hat” slider craftivity, featuring 16 words.
*4 worksheets.

* A “My Itty Bitty Book Of at Family Words” booklet.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, * Picture and word cards to use as an independent center.

* You can also use the cards for a Memory Match or “I Have; Who Has?” game. 
* I've also included black and white “Trace, Write & Color” puzzle cards, with a matching set in full color for a center activity. 

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, Finally, the next cat hat craftivity is very versatile, as the "Classmate Hat" can be used as a game, independent center, whole group activity, bulletin board, writing prompt or reading log.

There are "brim" options for preschool to 2nd grade, as well as several generic ones to fit whatever.

Besides the “Alphabetize Your Classmates” game, the packet also includes a mini cat hat craftivity, with a variety of brim options for that too.

Students choose to put their hat on a cat pattern, an enlarged photo of themselves, or they can pick a head pattern and draw a face on it.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, I’ve included 9 faceless head templates they can pick from, as I find this helps little ones with size, however you can always opt to have children draw their own.

Students color, trim and glue their hat on top of their head.  Completed projects make an adorable bulletin board.

I've included a worksheet for alphabetizing practice, plus a "Speed" game challenge, recording sheet.

Since the hat templates are blank, you can also have students write a list of their favorite Seuss books. Older students can put their list in alphabetical order.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, Another idea is to “Stack a Hat” using the stripes as a reading log to jot down each book they read during March is Reading Month or the number of pages they’ve read each week.

You can also use the blank hat for a writing prompt of your choice, or have students list the reasons why they like to read, or specifically why they enjoy reading Dr. Seuss books. 

Patterns come on a full-page, as well as a smaller, 2-on-a-page size, to save on paper. 

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, The FREEBIE today also features Seuss. It's a set of silly Dr. Seuss songs that I made up.  I hope you find them useful. 

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat centers, seuss songs, seuss crafts, seuss activities, seuss games, seuss writing prompts, seuss centers, Well that's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  As much as I've up-dated, tweaked and designed, I still have a huge "to do" pile sitting on my desk. 

So I'm certainly happy that March has 31 days in it, providing more time to cram in some extra-fun spring themes.  Wishing you a sunshine-filled day.

"The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." -Harriet Ann Jacobs

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A Celebration of Seuss Continues!

 1-2-3 Come Do Another Cat in the Hat Activity With Me

Just when I thought I was done designing Seuss "stuff" 'til next year, I'm back at it.  (Part of my "obseuss-ion" with this author?) Actually, it's all Paula's fault. (I say this with a big smile on my face, as I LOVE helping others.)

She's from Florida and asked if I had any March-themed activities to help practice alphabetizing.  She's working on that with her kinders, who are quite bored with the standard.

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What could I design that would be a hands-on kind of game that they'd find interesting?

One thing led to another and the result was The Cat in the Classmate Hat packet.

Paula LOVED it! I hope you can use it too. There are two main alphabetizing activities.

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Print the stripe template off on red and white construction paper, so that you have enough stripes for however many students you have.  Laminate the paper and then trim.  

Make an alphabetical list of your students' names, so that when you pass out a strip to each child it will be the appropriate color. 

Then later, when you arrange their names in alphabetical order, they will show the correct ABAB color pattern like Seuss's hat. 

Children write their name on the strip.  For extra pizzazz, have them glue their photo next to their name.  Collect the strips and keep them in a Ziplock Baggie.

seuss activities, seuss games, seuss crafts, common core seuss, alphabet activities, alphabetical order activities, alphabet crafts, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, seuss games, alphabet games, cat in the hat activities, seuss bulletin board ideas, To play as a whole group game, or independent center, children arrange their classmates' names in alphabetical order on a brim of their choice:  "1-2-3 Come ABC with me!" , "__________'s students really stack up!", "Hats off to wonderful word work! We know how to alphabetize.", and "The alphabet begins with ABC. Numbers begin with 1-2-3. Music begins with do-re-mi and friendship begins with you and me."

You can demonstrate  what you want children to do, by first playing this as a whole group activity, explaining rules for alphabetizing along the way. 

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Make an extra set to hang up as a bulletin board or hallway wall display. There are 9 "brim" options for you to choose from. 

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seuss activities, seuss games, seuss crafts, common core seuss, alphabet activities, alphabetical order activities, alphabet crafts, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, seuss games, alphabet games, cat in the hat activities, seuss bulletin board ideas, They can choose to put their hat on a cat template, a photo of themselves, or pick a head pattern and draw a face on it.

There are 9 faceless head templates they can pick from. Children color, trim and glue their hat on top.  

These completed projects also make an adorable bulletin board.  Click on the link for the Cat in the Classmate Hat packet. 

seuss activities, seuss games, seuss crafts, common core seuss, alphabet activities, alphabetical order activities, alphabet crafts, cat in the hat crafts, cat in the hat games, seuss games, alphabet games, cat in the hat activities, seuss bulletin board ideas, Thanks for visiting.  As usual, my day is flying by me. I have got to put my adult hat on, and get to the grocery store, so I can wear my chef hat and dream something up for dinner. 

It's dreary and cold, and I'd much rather snuggle in and play.... Wishing you a wonderful week.

 "Today was good; today was fun; tomorrow is another one!" -Dr. Seuss

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Math Fun With Seuss and His Cat in the Hat

1-2-3 Come Do "Sum" Seuss Math Activities With Me

I'm sure most of us use Dr. Seuss for lots of reading and writing activities, but you can also toss in some math as well.  Here's how...

"I see, he sees, we see, she sees, they see, everyone sees the number ___________." Says the Cat in the Hat. Try saying that tongue-twisting, pronoun-filled sentence fast!  It's an interesting way to introduce this quick, easy and fun Seuss-hat worksheet, which covers a variety of math standards.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat number cards, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark, Teachers can choose a number, give students a choice or make it a game, and have children roll dice to figure out what number they will use to fill out their worksheet. To create higher numbers for older students, add more dice.

cat in the hat activities, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, cat in the hat number cards, cat in the hat math games, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark, You can also toss the Cat in the Hat number cards into a Seuss hat or other container,  and have children pick one. (The numbers go from 0-120!)

Interest remains high, even though you can use the worksheet for an entire week or all of March, because the number changes daily. 

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat number cards, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark, Students look forward to working on their Cat Hat Math Mat, because they know what to do, which empowers them. 

They can get right down to business, without waiting for directions, which is a real time saver for teachers too.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat number cards, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark, I've provided a large template to use to explain and demonstrate what you want your kiddos to do, as well as a large completed sample that you can laminate & hang up as an anchor chart poster, to help remind young children of the directions.

For students, there's a smaller version, with two-on-a-page, to conserve paper. 

The beauty of this worksheet, is that you can use it for any number.  Younger students can work on numbers less than 10, older students can work with two and three-digit numbers. The worksheet is also an easy way to whole-group assess.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat number cards, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark, Laminate several templates and set them up as an independent math center.  Students use dry erase markers to fill in the number of the day. 

The Cat Hat Math Mat packet also includes a helpful Cat in the Hat bookmark with math symbols.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat number cards, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark,  I've also designed another Cat's hat math worksheet for younger children.  Here, students trace and write the numbers and number words.

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For more practice, have students write one or two sentences on the back of their worksheet, using that number. 

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat number cards, seuss activities, seuss games, cat in the hat games, addition activities, subtraction activities, common core seuss, greater and less than activities, odd and even activities, PK and K math worksheets, math symbol bookmark, The packet includes a completed hat to help explain things, then hang up as an anchor chart, so kiddos can refer to it.  Click on the link for the Cat in the Hat Number Sense packet. 

To see this past-week's Seuss-themed blog articles, simply scroll down.  If you'd like to take a look at all of the Dr. Seuss FREEBIES on my site, click on the link to pop on over to that section.  I also have an entire board of Seuss ideas, and free activities on my Pinterest board. 

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Even though I'm happy to see the record-breaking-cold February gone, I still have lots of Seuss-themed activities on my "To Do" list. 

Hopefully, there are other teachers and homeschoolers that celebrate Seuss for the entire month, or at least a week, as I'll be posting a few more goodies!

 "Don't give up.  I believe in you all.  A person's a person no matter how small!"  -Dr. Seuss  from Horton Hears A Who

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Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat Word Family Games

 1-2-3 Come Play Some Word Family Games With Me

Practice reading word family words in a super-fun way, with these Cat in the Hat Word Family Games.  The packet includes 39 word families.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat crafts, seuss games, seuss crafts, seuss bulletin boards, seuss activities, word wall activities, word family activities, word family worksheets, word family games, Simply choose the word families that your students are working on.  Print the template page twice; once on red construction paper, the other on white. 

This way, after cutting the strips apart, you will be able to make two word family hats with an ABAB color pattern.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat crafts, seuss games, seuss crafts, seuss bulletin boards, seuss activities, word wall activities, word family activities, word family worksheets, word family games, Laminate and trim one set, to use for an independent center, partner game, or whole group activity.  Students "stack their hat" puzzle piece "stripes" in alphabetical order on top of the "I can read these ____ word family words!" hat brim.

Glue the other set on a sheet of turquoise construction paper and put up as a display by your word wall, or a separate Cat in the Hat Word Family bulletin board.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat crafts, seuss games, seuss crafts, seuss bulletin boards, seuss activities, word wall activities, word family activities, word family worksheets, word family games, To practice the word wall hat display, toss the word family mini cards into a Cat in the Hat hat, or other container.  (There are 39 of them.)  Children pick one. 

Whatever word family they get, is the one that they will read on the display.  Make it more fun by turning off the lights. 

Children can point to each word stripe with a flashlight, as they read the words in the dark.

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat crafts, seuss games, seuss crafts, seuss bulletin boards, seuss activities, word wall activities, word family activities, word family worksheets, word family games, The mini cards can also be used to tell students what word family they will use to complete their hat stack word family worksheet. 

Children write the words on a sheet of scratch paper, then write them in alphabetical order on their hat. 

Afterwards, they color the stripes with a red crayon, so that the hat shows the Seuss ABAB striped pattern.

You can also partner students up and give them both the same word family puzzle.  They compete against each other to see who can alphabetize and put their hat stack together first. 

They could also partner up with a person who has a different puzzle and take turns reading their puzzle to each other.  Afterwards, they can mix up the pieces and then swap.

You could also use the worksheet as a spelling quiz for whatever word family you're working on.  Say the word, then children write it on their worksheet. 

cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat games, cat in the hat crafts, seuss games, seuss crafts, seuss bulletin boards, seuss activities, word wall activities, word family activities, word family worksheets, word family games, Well that's it for now.  Thanks for visiting.  My day certainly blew by me, as it took "forever" to get this 79-page packet done, and I'm chomping at the bit to get a few more things accomplished before lights out. 

Don't think that's happenin' though, as my bones are starting to yell "Enough!"  Wishing you a happy-go-lucky day. 

"Today was good; today was fun; tomorrow is another one!" -Dr. Seuss

 

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Activities Featuring Dr. Seuss's Grinch

 1-2-3 Come Do Some Super-Fun Grinch Activities With Me

There are so many activities out there for Seuss's Cat in the Hat, that I wanted to design some things with another popular character. 

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These are mini cards that include upper and lowercase letters, numbers from 0-120, 11 number word cards, twelve 2D shape cards, twelve 3D shape cards, 35 contraction cards, 94 "GR is for GRinch" gr word blend cards, and 11 color word cards!

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Students can also sort the number cards into odd and even piles and sequence them.

Play Memory Match or "I Have; Who Has?" games with the number word cards and their matching number cards.

The shape cards, as well as the color cards, work in the same way.  You can also play these games with the letter cards, matching an uppercase letter to a lowercase one. 

There are a number of options you can use for the container.  I bought a green bucket from The Dollar Store.  Currently, they have all sorts of pails and buckets for the Easter season.  

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So that the Grinch’s face, easily fits over the top of the bucket, I glued it to half of a sturdy paper plate. Fold his “mouth” on the dotted line so that children can flip it up and drop the Grinch “food” cards inside the bucket.

Add a green "hair" feather at the top, for extra pizzazz, and hold the plate down with some glue dots.  The packet includes labels to decorate your container.  Store each set of “food” cards in their own Ziploc Baggie inside the bucket. 

To play, simply pass out whatever cards you want to practice with to your kiddos, then call out a word, letter, number etc.  The child holding that card comes up, reads and shows it, then "feeds" the hungry grumpy Grinch.

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The container in the photo, is from a 10-pack of Mr. Clean erasers that I bought at Sam’s Club. Cascade, as well as other dishwashing detergents, also use this type of container.  (It's the detergent that comes packaged in little pillows.)

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Both of them are in the  Rhyming & Writing Are a Cinch With the Grinch packet. 

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They jot these down on the left side.  On the right side, they list things that make them "Grinchly and grumpy".  

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On the back, they list all of the words that they can think of that rhyme with whatever word you assign.  I chose Grinch and Seuss. 

Samples of both are included, so you can easily show examples to your students, to help explain what you want them to do.

Grinch activities, grinch crafts, rhyming activities, Seuss crafts, common core Seuss, Seuss writing prompts, grinch games, how the grinch stole christmas, GR word blends, word blend activities, contractions, contraction cards, list of contractions, contraction games, Daily 5 word work for March, Daily 5 word work for Seuss, Seuss common core, common core seuss, alphabet games, alphabet cards, alphabet activities, number cards 0-120, shape activities, shape cards, 2d shapes, 3D shapes, shape cards, shape games, number words, color words, Well that's it for today.  It felt good to get a few more things checked off my too-long "To Do" list.  Feeling overwhelmed, definitely makes me feel "Grinchy". 

My feet have hit the floor running, as there's lots to do today.  Wishing you a "Seuss-tastic" day, filled with giggles galore.

 "So be sure when you step, step with care and great tack, and remember that life's a great balancing act!" -Dr. Seuss

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Cat in the Hat Seuss Hat Fun

 1-2-3 Come Do Some Seuss Hat Activities With Me

Dr. Seuss's iconic hat that he created for his Cat in the Hat character, is the perfect vehicle to make some quick, easy and fun activities that help practice a variety of standards.  Today's blog features some popular Seuss-hat downloads, as well as "Rhyme Time", which I just finished creating today!

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As is often the case with Seuss, have students dream up one nonsense word, which they define on the back of their bookmark.  Completed projects make a sweet Read Across America bulletin board. Caption: "Hats Off to Wonderful Word Work!" or "Rhyme Time With the Cat in the Hat."

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This is a quick, easy and fun way to practice, as well as whole group assess place value.  

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The 3 red rings show the 1s, 10s, and 100s columns.  Children "spin" them to make whatever 3-digit number is called out. 

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Students choose a  "How many ways can I show the number ______." hat brim strip, and then place all of the Popsicle stick equations that make that number on their Seuss-hat mat.  (Reinforce addition OR subtraction, or combine both).cat in the hat activities, seuss activities, cat in the hat crafts, common core seuss, common core cat in the hat, seuss crafts, seuss centers, place value activiities, grammar activities, seuss bulletin board ideas, seuss poem, cat in the hat bulletin boards, math games, seuss games, seuss math activities, fact families, elements of a story, graphic organizer templates, math centers, math games, seuss games, seuss math games,

This is an easy and fun way to practice and whole group assess a variety of concepts, including fact families. I've included number tiles from 0-120 with a blank sheet for you to program with even higher numbers. 

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They trace the stripe, place it on their hat and then manipulate the paperclip hands to show the analog time. cat in the hat activities, seuss activities, cat in the hat crafts, common core seuss, common core cat in the hat, seuss crafts, seuss centers, place value activiities, grammar activities, seuss bulletin board ideas, seuss poem, cat in the hat bulletin boards, math games, seuss games, seuss math activities, fact families, elements of a story, graphic organizer templates, math centers, math games, seuss games, seuss math games,

Besides using the hat for math, I made a few hat activities for language arts.  The Cat Hat AT slider, was my 1st hat "craftivity", which was made years ago before I had all of the graphic programs I now use, but it's still a popular download. The packet includes a variety of worksheets too.

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Challenge your students to figure out which books I've used.  

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The packet includes pocket chart cards, a beginning-middle-end graphic organzizer, plus sentence strips to sequence the Cat in the Hat story.  This can be done independently, or as a whole group activity.  cat in the hat activities, seuss activities, cat in the hat crafts, common core seuss, common core cat in the hat, seuss crafts, seuss centers, place value activiities, grammar activities, seuss bulletin board ideas, seuss poem, cat in the hat bulletin boards, math games, seuss games, seuss math activities, fact families, elements of a story, graphic organizer templates, math centers, math games, seuss games, seuss math games,

Finally, because the punctuation pocket chart cards have been so popular, I decided to tweak this idea, and make the "cards" into stripes for the cat's hat. Cat's Hat Grammar "craftivity" packet.

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They cut their stripes and glue them to their hat in an ABAB pattern, leaving a space, so that the hat will look like it has alternating red and white stripes. 

If you want, have students re-write the corrected sentences on the red stripes. I made up 108 sentence choices, from a variety of Dr. Seuss stories, so  each students' hat will be different.  Completed projects make a nice bulletin board. 

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"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere!" -Dr. Seuss

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Dr. Seuss Activities: Telling Time With The Lorax

1-2-3 Come Tell Time With The Lorax And Me!

I think the Truffula trees are really cute.  When I was paging through the book, The Lorax, I loved all of the pastel colors.  What a pretty place to visit.  

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In the first game, students play in groups of 2-4, taking turns spinning the Lorax clock.  Whatever analog time they land on, they trace the digital time on their Truffula tree trunk. 

Students can also use the Lorax spinner clock, to write numbers on their mini-clock recording sheet. For this game, they can substitute dice for a spinner, rolling first 1 die for clock times 1-6.

After they have filled in all of those times, students then roll 2 dice, and add them together, to get the times greater than 6. 

If you want students to practice more analog time, simply add a small paperclip with the larger one, to make hands on the clock. After students have recorded their number, they show that time on the Lorax clock.

Students can use your sample clocks that you've made for the game, or if you have time, allow students to make their own clocks.  It's a great way to whole-group assess.

You can run the Trufulla tree tops on copy paper and have students color, cut and glue their tree top to their digital answer sheet, or to expedite things, and add a bit more pizzazz, you can run the master off on yellow, turquoise and pink construction paper. 

Students choose a top and trim it. lorax activities, lorax crafts, lorax lessons, lorax common core, seuss lessons, seuss activities, seuss common core, seus crafts, telling time with seuss, lorax clock, time games, seuss games, telling time lessons, telling time activities, analog time, digital time, common core for 1st grade, 1.MD.3Click on the link to view/download the Lorax Truffula Telling Time packet.

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"...and you will succeed!  Yes! You will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) -Dr. Seuss

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Dr. Seuss Activities: Horton Hears A Who and Elmer Too

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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  • 2 elmer the elephant activities, horton activities, seuss activities, elmer the elephant crafts, seuss crafts, horton crafts, elmer writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, horton writing prompts, horton bulletin boards, elmer the elephant bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, elephant bulletin boards, elephant mask, elephant crafts, elephant activities, common core state standards for kindergarten, common core state standards for 1st grade, seuss games, horton games, elmer the elephant games, end punctuation activities, capitalization activities, color games, color cards, character setting event cards, beggining middle and end anchor chartHexagon adjective practice activities.
  • An Elmer Color Spin Game
  • Black & White, and Color Spinners
  • 4 graphing extensions
  • An elephant mask craftivity
  • A find the letters elephant craftivity
  • elmer the elephant activities, horton activities, seuss activities, elmer the elephant crafts, seuss crafts, horton crafts, elmer writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, horton writing prompts, horton bulletin boards, elmer the elephant bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, elephant bulletin boards, elephant mask, elephant crafts, elephant activities, common core state standards for kindergarten, common core state standards for 1st grade, seuss games, horton games, elmer the elephant games, end punctuation activities, capitalization activities, color games, color cards, character setting event cards, beggining middle and end anchor chartTally mark activity
  • 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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Dr. Seuss Activities: A Seuss Hat Flip Book

1-2-3 Come Count and Flip Stripes With Me!

This Seuss flip hat is a bit more complicated than the money “cent-stional” one that I designed earlier, but it is still a pretty easy project that nails a lot of Standards in a fun way. Common Core State Standards: K.CC.4a, K.CC.4b, K.CC.4c, K.OA.1,K.OA.5, K.CC.6, 1.MD.3 dr seuss activities, dr. seuss lessons, free common core state math standards for kindergarten, free common core state math standards for first, telling time activities, dice activities, seuss games, fine motor skill activities, skip counting by 2's lessons, patterning lessons, cat in the hat lessons, cat in the hat activities, cat in the hat crafts, 10 apples up on top activities, 10 apples up on top lessons, whole group assessing CCSS, odd and even activities, math centers for March, bulletin boards for march, seuss bulleting boards, cat in the hat bulletin boards, math bulletin boards,

How To Make A Hat:Run off the templates. I’ve made a teacher answer key with the time-consuming parts done, to expedite making a sample to show your students.  Because of the cutting. gluing, and assembling, this is a terrific fine motor skill activity.

You can have students either color every other stripe on the front cover flip portion of the hat, in an ABAB pattern, or you can run off the cover template on red construction paper.

Cut the stripes so that one child gets the odd numbers to glue to his white cover, and another child gets the even numbers.

By gluing the stripe to the matching number, you are reinforcing sequencing, one-to-one correspondence, as well as odd or even numbers, plus skip counting by 2’s for the even numbers.

Before assembling, have students fill in the inside of the hat.  If you have them use a yellow and green highlighter, you can revisit the science fact that apples come in red, yellow and green.  You can also have them color their apples in an ABC color pattern when they get to that portion of the hat.

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There is plenty of room to have your students write the numbers in as well.  I did this AFTER the tally marks, so that the first column of numbers stays separate from the writing of the numbers, so that the first number does not look like an 11, the next a 22 and so on.

Children draw hands on the clock to the hour.   Remind them that the hour hand is shorter than the minute hand.

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I purposely used part of the fact family of 5.  Counting the dots on the dice and adding them together to = their number, will reinforce yet another Standard.

Students trim their front and back covers, and cut out their hat.  I found that it was easier, to fold the edge of the front and back covers and then glue them to the front and back parts of the hat, before cutting the stripes.

This way everything wasn’t flapping all over the place, with the risk of getting torn or completely ripped off.  This will also help prevent children from cutting their strips entirely off, if they don’t stop at the dashed line.

My Y5’s often did that because they were simply on a roll and kept cutting.  Once students complete their hats, there are all sorts of things you can do with them.

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Have them flip all of their even or odd numbers over. As they flip the even numbers, have them count by 2’s. Call out a number and have them flip over all of the numbers that are greater or less than that number.

Call out a time and have them flip to that. Do quick story problems by saying: “Flip to 2:00 o’clock. If 3 hours go by, flip to what time it will be.”  Call out 2 numbers, have them flip them and then add or subtract them.

Students can choose a partner and take turns rolling first one dice ‘til they have flipped numbers 1-6 and then add the 2nd dice to roll and flip numbers 7-10.  The first one to flip over all of their flaps, or the one who has the most flipped stripes, by the time the timer rings, is the winner.

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