Dr. Seuss Week

Last week was one of my favorite  weeks of all in first grade. Dr. Seuss is so much fun and there are so many great learning opportunities. Each day we looked closely at a famous Dr. Seuss book. On Monday we read the biography of Dr. Seuss. We learned so many great facts. The kids found it super interesting that Dr. Seuss didn't really help people when they are sick!

We also read Cat in the Hat. After reading, we did some creative writing. "What would I do if Thing 1 and thing 2 came to my house." Reading these were hysterical!! We also did a super adorable craft to go with this writing. All it took were some googly eyes, red and blue paint. So easy!

The rest of the week we worked on reading Dr. Seuss' other hits! We did Wacky word problems with the book Wacky Wednesday. All of our centers this week were themed around our favorite author and his books! We did a "green eggs and ham write the room." Words from the book were displayed around the room and the students went on a word hunt. We also spent a TON of time on rhyming and nonsense words. 

We also had a fun visit from some wonderful fifth graders this week. These sweet friends came and read Dr? Seuss books to my kids. I wish you all could have seen their faces getting to hang out with the "big kids!" It was a sweet day!!

We wrapped up our week with a Dr. Seuss themed Freaky Friday of course! 

We made our very own "cat hats!"

Experimented with Oobleck! 

Used pattern blocks to make the Lorax's mustache.

And read some of our favorite books! 

All in all it was a "Seusstastic" week in first grade!