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Practice place value with this easy and fun Cat in the Hat laminated place value mat.  Students take turns calling out a 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 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 needs help.

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After reading Dr. Seuss's If I Ran The Circus, have students transition to either of these interesting writing prompts.  One is a class book.  Choose which writing prompt you want your students to do.  They complete their page and illustrate it.  Collect and collate the pages.  Read your class book aloud by having each student share the page that they wrote.

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This is a take off of Dr. Seuss's book On Beyond Zebra, which is about all of the letters that come after Z. In the beginning of the story, Cornelius is bragging that he knows all of the letters from A to Z.  He's shocked to find out that there are more!

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After reading Dr. Seuss's ABC book, create a silly, creature-filled alphabet book of your own.  Print and trim the mini letter tiles.  Toss them into a Seuss hat.  Students choose one, glue it to their page and think of a creature that starts with that letter. 

1-2-3 Come Do S'more Seuss Activities With Me

To help get the wiggles out after story hour, we sang songs.  Singing lightened up the day and taught a variety of skills. 

With that in mind, I thought other teachers might be doing the same thing and looking for something with a Seuss theme, so I used the tune to B-I-N-G-O and substituted the letters with Seuss. 

I've included letter cards, so that you can put them on your flannel or white board and then take one down as you sing each verse. (This is also a teachable moment for subtraction.)

As I was singing, to make sure of the beat, my husband walked in and started singing a goofy little ditty to the tune of Brother John, so of course I had that song stuck in my head and wrote a second Seuss song.   Click on the link to view/download Some Seuss Songs.

I'm working on a list of characters and nonsense words in each book, (a massive under taking, so who knows when I'll finish!) To do so, I'm slowly reading all of the Seuss books that I have in my vast collection (almost 50). 

Since I'm always multi-tasking, I jotted down writing prompts that popped into my head while reading.  Here are a few that I've finished.  These make wonderful class books, and there's more to come, so stay tuned!

First, hot off the press, is a class book entitled: Feature Creatures Plus One Teacher.

This is a different way to have students practice the alphabet, along with their writing skills, and is an interesting transition after you read Dr. Seuss's Alphabet book.  

Make a copy of the letter tiles; toss them into a Seuss hat and have students  pick a letter card and glue it to their page.

Children write their upper and lowercase letter on the blank and then think up a creature that starts with that letter, afterwards drawing a picture underneath.  This should NOT be a real creature like Zz is for Zebra. 

Students need to use their imagination and think up a silly creature just like Dr. Seuss does: "Ff Four fluffy feathers on a fiffer-feffer-feff." Pre-K kids can stop there, but encourage older students to write a few sentences. 

Challenge them to use rhyming words, as well as some tongue-twisting alliteration, to make things more “Seussical."

For example, Zz is for a Zigglewag who likes to play wiggle tag.  He eats zinnias, zingles and zag, all of which make me personally gag.  or Bb is for Boomtoot, who's from Bangladoot and likes to eat fruit, especially bapples, belon and bloot.  

I've included Suess-font letter cards, student and teacher writing pages, plus a sample.  Click on the link to view/download the Feature Creatures Plus One Teacher class book.

Another Alphabet book I think your students will enjoy making is On Before Ant. This is a take off of Dr. Seuss's book On Beyond Zebra, which is about all of the letters that come after  Z. In the beginning of the story, Cornelius is bragging that he knows all of the letters from A to Z. 

He's shocked to find out that there are more!   "Then he almost fell flat on his face on the floor, when I picked up some chalk and drew one letter more. A letter he never had dreamed of before..."  like the letter Snee, which is for "...sneedle, a terrible kind of ferocious mos-keedle.  Whose hum-dinger stinger is as sharp as a needle. "

All of these goofy letters have a name and symbol.   I thought it would be fun to make a class book of all of the pretend letters that might possibly come before the letter A. 

Run off copies of the inside page and have students think up a letter, design it, and then give an example of something that starts with that letter,  finishing up with an illustration. 

After students share their work, collect the pages, collate and make into a class book. Click on the link to view/download the On Before Ant class book. 

Finally, another fun writing prompt has to do with Seuss's book If I Ran The Circus.

The packet includes a class book with two writing prompts to choose from, as well as a 3D cylinder "craftivity."

Students color and cut out their circus tent and then attach their completed writing prompt paper to either side, so that they can bend it into a cylinder shape. 

The photo shows the various views of a completed project.  Punch holes on either side, add a yarn loop and suspend from the ceiling.

For that finishing touch, children add a toothpick flag, and then choose either a clown or a ringmaster to color and glue their photo on top of that face. 

They glue "themselves" to the inside of the tent, so it looks like they are peeking out of the door flap.  Click on the link to view/download the If I Ran The Circus Writing Craftivity packet. 

Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN away.  For another cute Seuss writing prompt, scroll down and you'll find a 3D balloon "craftivity" perfect for Seuss's book Oh The Places You'll Go.

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better.  It's not!" -Dr. Seuss

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Do you sing songs daily and need a few for your Dr. Seuss celebration?  I used the tunes from two old favorites with a Dr. Seuss twist.  Includes letter cards for the Seuss B-I-N-G-O song.

1-2-3 Come Seuss With Me!

Anyone else out there "ob-seussed" with the works of Dr. Seuss?  I enjoyed some of his books as a child, but when I really appreciated his prolific writing, was when I became a teacher.  I could see first hand that his goofy pictures, silly words and rhyming technique caused giggles and helped my students learn how to read. 

His birthday is March 2nd. This year he'd be 110 and many will celebrate with a Cat in the Hat Day or by simply reading Seuss books through out the month. 

With over 60 titles to choose from, you could read a different one each day  as you join with others to "Read Across America."

To help you celebrate, I designed a few activities to put in centers or play games with, as a way to review a variety of standards.

The number puzzle strips have been downloaded quite a bit, so I thought it would be fun to make a few with a Seuss theme. 

Thanks to the wonderful graphics by myclipartstore.com they turned out adorable.  The puzzles help your kiddos practice counting to 10, count backwards from 10 to 1, as well as skip count by 10's to 100.  Click on the link to view/download the 14 Dr. Seuss puzzles.

Another cute way to practice skip counting by 10's is to have your students make Thing 1 and Thing 2.  Add 10 turquoise hair strips that they've "curled" on a crayon (5 on each Thing) and then count them by 10's.  

Click on the link to view/download the Count by 10's With Thing 1 and Thing 2 "craftivity".  

Many teachers have told me that they collect my different alphabet cards, so that they can switch things up a bit each month to keep their students' interest. 

In the Dr. Seuss alphabet packet   you'll find Thing 1 and Thing 2  ABC cards that show both upper and lowercase letters on the same card, as well as separate upper and lowercase letter cards, so that you can play all sorts of games like Memory Match or "I Have; Who Has?" 

Use them as flashcards, a border, cut them up into puzzles etc.  I've provided a 3-page tip list of all sorts of things you can do with them, as well as Kaboom cards to make games even more fun.  Click on the link to view/download the Dr. Seuss Alphabet Cards.

Finally, I also made some number cards from 0 to 120.  There are math symbol cards as well, so that students can make and solve equations, plus an odd and even sorting mat and a tip list of ideas.  Click on the link to view/download the Dr. Seuss Number Cards.

That's it for today.  I hope you can stop by again tomorrow for the newest Seuss FREEBIES.  In the meantime, scroll down to see other blog articles and ideas, or click on the link to pop on over to the Dr.Seuss section of TeachWithMe to find even more.

 "Don't cry that it's over; smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss

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Print, laminate and cut into strips.  Keep each puzzle in their own Baggie.  Use for centers, or a large group activity.  You could also run off copies, so that each child has their own puzzle. 

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Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat number cards from 0-120.  Packet includes math symbols so that students can make equations, as well as an odd and even sorting mat and a tip list of what to do with the cards, including Kaboom cards to make games even more fun.

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Packet includes separate upper and lowercase letter cards, as well as cards with both the upper and lowercase letters showing.  Use them for flashcards, a bulletin board boarder, center activities, puzzles or games.  Includes a tip list of what to do with the cards, as well as "Kaboom" cards to make your games even more fun.