A Little Bit of This and That

We just finished Round One of our state testing which was ELA and Long Composition.  During our test prep sessions, the children used answer sticks when going over their multiple choices.  I used tongue depressors and simply marked A, B, C or D.  It made it a little fun and I could quickly assess the room.

 This was a project that I did last year with the book Many Luscious Lollipops, to teach adjectives.  I did not wrap in cellophane this year…love the tye-die coloring!

 These are a few sample of the kid's opinion essay on Dr. Seuss.  It was their first piece.  I will share our newest pieces soon.  They have made some great gains.

Here are some water bottle wraps wishing each other good luck.  I cover with packing tape and we have used them several days.

I read the book "Under, Over, By the Clover" and had the kids go on a preposition hunt.  I did this lesson using ghosts but tweaked it for the spring.

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We Love Dr. Seuss! (and Freebie)

We celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday every year at my school.  We have middle schoolers come read one of their favorite books to the elementary classes.  I was very lucky to have a former student come to my room.  The Librarian took pictures of classes all week.  

We have been working on "Opinion" pieces in writing.  As a class, we brainstormed reasons that make  Dr. Seuss a popular children's author.  They wrote essays with their thesis statements, reasons and evidence.  I created a sheet for their published writing.  I can't wait to hang them up!

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

We celebrated Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' birthday yesterday at my school with readers from the Middle School.  They come every year and share their favorite Dr. Seuss book with every class.  I was very happy to see a former student walk into my classroom wearing a hat and whiskers on his face.  He chose "The Lorax."  Thanks for coming Douglas!