Saturday, February 25, 2017

Read Across America Week - Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

It's Read Across America Week and on Thursday is Dr. Seuss' birthday! We are celebrating with books, decorations, and clothes!




I had to get in on the action! I wore it for the first 10 minutes of each period and then put it on the SMARTboard! Form and function!





My SMARTboard is Seuss-ified! The display books are all the Dr. Seuss books we have available, it is slowly emptying! 



We had 2 activities that connected to Library Skills:

Help students recognize and read a call number with this activity: 

This is a quick activity I made to help us learn a little bit more about Dr. Seuss and practice finding informational text features - headings, captions, illustrations, and photographs (and bonus: interesting facts). Try it out!










I also made a Reading Response sheet for a read aloud of And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss.  Have students share their creativity, and write and illustrate their own creative writing! Add your own street, for a personalized touch!


Then, I couldn't help it, I used my Silhouette Cameo 
to make a onesie for my daughter and a tank top for me! 

Can't wait for Thursday to wear our adorable outfits!





Thursday, February 23, 2017

Techie Thursdays: Learn the Keyboard!

My students always have a hard time learning where the keys are on the keyboard. This week, our 1st graders are practicing their letters by finding their name on the keyboard! I am calling it color your letters and made this:




There are also directions and reminders to play Keyboard Zoo at home, to give students more practice with typing. The next step would be to use a typng program - one I like is typing.com. Enjoy!