Read Across America

I love Read Across America Week! It's one of my favorite weeks (next to St. Patrick's Day week). Our school usually does a whole week of Dress up Days and have extra activities for March 2nd. Here is our schedule this year:

We will be doing my Happy Birthday Silly Cat centers in class. 

Here are a few of the math centers that are included in this unit and that will be incorporated into our centers.

Tally Counting

Ordering Numbers from Least to Greatest

Adding to 10

Place Value Practice 

Counting On: How Many More?

Greater Than or Less Than

Here are a few of the ELA centers that are included in this unit:

Real and Nonsense Words

 Syllables

Sight Word Practice

We will actually make Green Eggs and Ham on Wednesday and green GAK. Can. Not. Wait. What do you do to celebrate that silly cat??

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That Silly Cat!

Well, I have enjoyed 4 snow days off this week. I love a good snow day or 2, but a week? Not.so.much. We got 8 inches then got another 2. We had fun on Monday and Tuesday but yesterday and today the temps have been BRUTAL...so no more snow play. I have been able to update a few of my units. One of the first units I created was my Silly Cat (you know who) unit. It was originally a certain famous author unit but since that is a big NO NO...I changed it to Happy Birthday Silly Cat!

 It contains 8 literacy and 8 math units for your kindergarten or 1st grade classroom. I originally planned on doing this theme next week and then the week of Dr. Seuss' birthday but since we have missed all week and I already had everything planned.....we will just being doing 1 week! Here is a little sneak peek of my updated unit!

I love this week. We usually have dress up days and our cafeteria makes a special snack! I'm sure we will do many of the things we did last year.  I love to read Dr. Seuss' books to the kiddos. It is super good for those kiddos who still can't rhyme. So...what do you do for Read Across America Week?

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Dr. Seuss fun and a GREAT GIVEAWAY!

Well, our week full of Dr. Seuss fun turned into 2 days! We got ICE and SNOW last Sunday and were out Monday-Wednesday. On Friday we had GOOD KINDER FUN! (Like the old days.) After reading Bartholomew And The Oobleck....we made Oobleck!!! So fun!

 

The sounds that came from those sweet mouths when they stuck their hands in were the best!

 

 

They each got to take some home!

 

We also made Green Eggs and Ham of course. We mixed the yellow eggs with blue food coloring and ate up!

 

 

 

Before we ate, we predicted if we would like them or not, then after we ate them we graphed our results. (I forgot the picture of the graph). This response was one of my favorites. She is one of me ESL students. LOVE!

We also made this ADORABLE Lorax picture I found on pinterest!

We haven't added our eyes or mustaches yet because it was crazy and we had to wait for them to dry. That was an independent center (except for the handprint). I LOVED the different ways they made their truffula trees!

 

At last, I took their pictures for their scrapbooks. Seriously? SO cute!

 

 

Okay, I know. You are really just here for the giveaway! One of my colleagues just posted these ADORABLE Sight Word Tri-Folds! I DIE over them!!!!

 

AWESOME right? I cannot wait to use them this week!!!! She has graciously agreed to give one away to one of my readers! Yup! You can win one! It's easy....just enter below!

 

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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I love a good sale!

I'm so excited that Teachers Pay Teachers has finally announced their sale! If you haven't heard (and I'm sure you have), their sale will be Thursday and Friday. I am also throwing a sale in my store.....you can save 28%!

 

Are you ready to stock up and clear out that wish list? I am! Here are a few of the things you can get in my store during the sale:

 

A celebration of a little cat we all know (I'm celebrating Dr. Seuss week next week).

 

 

 

St. Patrick's Day Literacy and Math Centers

 

RTI Units for Letters A-M and N-Z

 

 

Long Vowels Unit

 

Don't forget to put in TPT3 as your code when you check out. I cannot tell you how many times I have done that!!!! Happy Shopping!

 

 

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And the next holiday is...

Dr. Seuss' birthday. That counts as a holiday right? I mean, I have to have a "theme" to decorate my room. It looks so bare once Valentine's is down so I am on to Dr. Seuss very soon! I like to spend the whole week before his birthday doing fun (and educational of course) activities related to his books. I've been stalking checking out ObSEUSSed lately. Have you seen her blog? WOW! I love it!

So as I am planning this week, here are a few things I am definitely doing:

I LOVE this from First Grade Fresh to go with Oh the Places You'll Go.

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I thought these were good for Cat in the Hat:

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A fun math activity from Lil' Country Kindergarten

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I am SO doing this for one of my kiddos scrapbook pictures for March:

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We always doing something school-wide for Read Across America Day. This year each teacher chooses a book and craft to do. Students can sign up to visit the classroom of their choice for the 45 minute block. I am doing the Lorax.

I found this cute craft. I can't wait!

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Our sweet lunch ladies are making these for each kiddo on that day. We have the BEST cafeteria staff!

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I am working on a Dr. Seuss unit that I would love to finish up this weekend! I have found tons of units I have in my cart on TPT and hoping to make a decision which ones I will purchase and use that week. What are you doing for Dr. Seuss' birthday?

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