Green Eggs Xperience!

My school had a special reading activity this week. All the school was submerge in reading. All the students got involved, high school students work together with elementary students to present stories in their native language, Spanish. Guess what?  I said, oh well!  I want to add to that too. During my English classes I prepared special activities. 

The real experience goes like this. I have a new student that was not fully adapted to the English class. He came from another school and did not have the same learning experiences that my second graders. Since I taught them first grade too, they didn't feel that much of a change. Just that they are bigger now and have new books, another classroom, etc. 

Last week, my student came to the class so motivated! He had received a gift from his mother. It was a very funny book, and he wanted to read it in front of the class. When he showed the book to the class, everybody recognized to author!  Of course! It was Dr. Seuss. He had a book of Dr. Seuss, the author of Cat in the Hat, that they all loved it! Immediately, I saw the happiness on his face!... He read the title, Green Eggs and Ham and started to read a few pages.  Since, I knew about the special activity that was coming up, I secretly talked to him about it and we planned to read the whole story on that they. 

I planned some activities related to it, but the funniest part was to see them try the green eggs and ham.

Not only them, but faculty members too. Their faces, their reactions ...it was so funny! We had a great time. 

Thanks to all the volunteer mothers that contributed to the activity, without all of you I wouldn't be possible. 

You can tell by their faces... Did they like green eggs and ham?   Yes or No ! 

I'm not even going to try it!

Yes! Can I have more?
                            

          

Our Principal and the Spanish teacher who planned the original
activity "Submerged into Reading" in Spanish 

Administrative personnel also loved it! 

  

Fnd the rhyming pictures, cut and paste and write the words.
Of course I used a green paper as a background

Teacher in the Hat

Cat in the Hat 

Oh Lord !!!  It was time to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Dr. Seuss's Book and I wanted to surprise my  First Grade Students. We had read Dr. Seuss’s biography included on their Journey's Book. What if ...They receive the visit of Cat in the Hat ??  Guess what??  Of course,  Me!  They weren't expecting it. The Cat came accompanied by Thing 1 and Thing 2, portrayed by Angela and Sebastián. I read aloud the famous story and students did an assessment on rhyming words.  Everyone had their own hat. What a Great Surprise! 

Cat in the Hat costume is very simple to do:

Dress in black, any long sleeve shirt or t-shirt. Take a piece of white fabric and cut an oval shape for the tummy. Attach with safety pins. Make a bow with a wide red ribbon or  sew one red bow. Attach with pins. Use a white poster board and red construction paper to make the hat. Use white gloves. You can make them with felt. You can find the hat template at www.atoteacherstuff.com and the bow template at www.prekfun.com

Special thanks to my mother-in-law that sew the red bow for me and the white fabric for the tummy.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 

He was so excited with the visit of Cat in the Hat, that he wanted to "dressed" like Thing 1 too!
I love his face!