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: 

The Cat in the Hat Knows Where His Library Book Goes!

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!

    

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:

Want it for your classroom? 

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!