Our day with the Lorax!

Hi Friends,

As promised, here are the pictures from the Lorax freebie that I posted about earlier.

After reading the story, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.  I had the students sign a pledge on the "We Speak for the Earth!!!" chart paper above and then I handed them a Lorax Bookmark that came with a Truffula Seed (which I picked up at iHOP Restaurant... along with a delicious omelette and pancakes, of course!).  Then, they completed the Lorax writing craftivity with the following prompt:

"I would help the Lorax save the Truffula trees by..."

I also wanted to say "thank you" to all of you who used my Lorax writing craftivity in your classroom.  It was quite an honor to see the pictures up on your blogs and on Pinterest!  I hope your students had a seuss-tastical time working on it! :)  Please be sure and leave a comment below with a link to your blog if you used the activity so that I can check out how you used my Lorax activity in your classrooms!

Happy Teaching!

Oobleck Experiment Freebie for Dr. Seuss Week

After searching high and low for an Oobleck Experiment worksheet on the internet to go with my experiment and coming up empty handed...I decided to create my own.  I hope you are all having a fabulous Seuss-tastic week! Hopefully y'all can use this in your classrooms this week and if not, you can always print it and file it for next year.  My Second Grade Sweeties had such an amazing time with this experiment and I overheard talk of them wanting the Oobleck Experiment Worksheet so that they could go home and make some more.  Apparently the Ziploc baggies of Oobleck that I sent home with each of them yesterday after the lesson did not do it justice.  I must say though that I was a little worried when one of my sweeties came up to me and asked me what would happen if they poured it on themselves... YIKES! That's all I can say... poor parents! I did tell the whole class though NOT to go home and pour it down any sink because it would clog the pipes just like it clogged the "trumpeter's" trumpet and other things in the story, Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss.  I also told them NOT TO EAT IT, even though the "Captain of the Guards" decided to eat some.

Click HERE for your copy of the Oobleck Experiment worksheets I used!

Just a Note/Suggestion:  For the "Analyze Your Observations" portion of the Worksheet (on the second page) I had the students write adjectives that describe Oobleck by making lines (to look like a web) all around the picture of King Derwin of Didd.

The Lorax Writing Craftivity Freebie!!!

Hi Friends,

So... I know I haven't been posting as much as I promised I would but internship has me going cuckoo for cocoa puffs! To make up for the fact that I've been posting super late for everything I decided to post this little writing craftivity early so that y'all can use it next week for Seuss week.  I'm going to be doing read alouds all week long for my Second Grade Sweeties using Dr. Seuss books and since the movie THE LORAX will be coming out on Friday, March 2nd (Dr. Seuss's Birthday) I decided to do this little activity with them... so be sure and click below so that you can re-create it in your own classrooms.  I'll be posting pictures next week of the finished product.  But, for now, here is the sample...

 

Click HERE for the Lorax Writing Craftivity pictured above! 

The Writing Prompt that I will be using to go with this activity will be the following:

"I would help the Lorax save the Truffula trees by..."

Wishing everyone a fan-seussical week!  And don't forget to check out The Lorax in theaters on March 2nd!