Five for Friday Seuss Week Edition! {freebie!}

This was our first FULL week in almost a month! Between Leader in Me Symposium, Leadership Day visits, and SNOW it's been kinda crazy. And it's been exhausting too! Nothing like returning work full swing on Read Across America Week! So here's what we were up to this week!

It's an EXTREMELY busy board, but I love it and everyone stops by to check it out! I bought the Seuss Camera app two years ago and I always use it, but this year I had them printed at Walgreens! So cute! and perfect for these little mini expert books! They range from a few about Pokemon, to chicken (as in the food), to Darth Vader (that's mine!) Here's a little tutorial on accordion folds if you need it, but it's really a no brainer! None of mine were perfect! I made 3 per sheet of white construction paper. They just worked on them while they were not in a guided reading group.

I love these! We are adding a little Leader in Me writing to them too, but here's where they hang their art as they finish! They love putting it on the board for "inspiration"! Download it here! You don't have to be a Leader in Me school to use it! I only added the 7 Habits to the large size writing paper! I also included ways my kiddos and I thought the Cat used the habits!

need help downloading? Read this!

We had a different theme each day! But this is the only one I got a picture of! boo!

happy weekend!

and don't forget the Iditarod Sled Dog Race begins MONDAY! (they moved it back due to weather). So go grab my classroom activities file while there's still a freebie inside!!

Sitewide TpT Sale!

As I'm sue you know, tpt is having a little sale...
YIPPEE!!
Because Lord knows I don't have enough resources and clipart! ha! I have so much goodness from my friends at TpT, I don't even know what I have anymore!
But that has never stopped me before!

Here's a few March-y things I'll be using!

I love a graphic organizer, Yes I do! I bet you would love this pack of them too!

Tons of silly activities and centers for your special stories!

We started our weather unit this week!

If you loved my Saint Valentine unit, this one is just like it! LOVE these little holiday history lessons!

tons of St. Pat's fun!

We'll be getting our Mush on the second week of March! I have these centers for your littles (1st and 2nd grade).

and here's a collection of my most favorite activities with the Iditarod in mind! It also comes with a big freebie tucked away inside! At least until March 7!

five for friday Read Across America week!

It's Friday and I'm enjoying a surprise little snow day here in southwestern NC!
so I'm working away on a few things we have coming up! And of course I brought nothing home from school, since I wasn't planning on a snow day! and of course this completely ruins our seuss-y day but that's ok!

I'm linking up with Kacey for a Read Across America Week 5 for Friday!

we noticed our tarantula on it's back Monday morning. This means he's going to be molting! There's always a cry of terror because they look dead! On Tuesday morning, there were two! haha! I pulled out the molted shell. Ain't no thang but a chicken wing! I'll be posting over at Critters in the Classroom about it!

I was also featured in an article over the weekend along with a few other teachers from my district! I had to be sure to shout out my Owls! Love them all so much!

{you can read it here}

It's Seussical the Musical! Awesomeness for an hour! The show is a mix of lots of Seuss books, but mainly focuses on Horton, Gertrude McFuzz, and the cat as the narrator. 

See if it's coming near you if you live in the southeast!

Wacky Wednesday at school! 

I love target's men's shirts! they are the best! and thanks to my hubs for the sock hookup!

aren't these precious! CLOUD chefs>!?

This one is like perfection! 

I loved this idea from Traci at Dragonflies in First! Check out her unit!

and here's today's excitement! ha! I start every morning with McDonald's diet coke. today is no exception

and this is happening! Come back Sunday!

our "sweet" seuss board

I am SO glad I bought Linda's Seuss cupcake craft! I am the envy of the entire school!

We have it all: Union Jack cupcake, perfectly Seuss cupcakes, perfectly straight cupcakes, and even basket weave!

What Seuss has given her.

and what she wants to give him back...oh, so precious!

and then you have those kids that are so smart you just want to squeeze them!

And if you are wondering why those chain links are dangling in all my bb pictures, those are our Rachel's Challenge chain reaction links. 

I just left up the chevron wrapping paper since it worked with all the crazy patterns and I wanted to use it for St. Pat's too. If you haven't checked out TJ Maxx's wrapping paper-run! Or maybe you shouldn't!

I'm linking up with Denise to show off some spring time boards-go get inspired!

silly skills sans seuss! {win it!}

I sure love alliteration!
for the past year or so, I've had my Seuss-y literacy packs "inactive" on TpT for obvious reasons. Even though I had removed all the old Cat with a Hat graphics from Scrappin' Doodles {sad face}, it was still packed to the brim with Seuss characters, words, and book titles.
So I spent a little time yesterday revamping them just in time for Read Across America Week!
This year the Iditarod Sled Dog race and Seuss's birthday fall on the same weekend, which equals craziness!
So we will begin prepping our Iditarod things and centers the week before the race and spend a few days gettin' Seussy during actual Read Across America week!
If you have already purchased either the Seuss reading response pack or the Seuss literacy centers, they have been reformatted. You can go and redownload them and have both options!
If you haven't-what are you waiting for!?
I will be adding math and and working on the format of the literacy centers over the next week to make them more kid-friendly for my little ones, but they are up now and you'll get the updated one when it's done, too!

And since they are up and running again-it is time for a giveaway!
Just leave a comment below. 
All you need to do is be a follower...
easy!
Tell me you follow in the comment and I will use the random number generator tomorrow evening to choose TWO winners. You can choose which file you'd like!
and I'll leave you with some pictures from the day...

started with breakfast at our faculty meeting/100th formative assessment PD. yum!

Here's a terrible picture of our precious Valentine bulletin board. I made a ginat gumball machine to match Cupcake's craftivity. We just used the writing papers and they were to tell me what their favorite Valentine gift is and why.

here's some pretty racy Valentine sentences!

and we had some gorgeous snow fall Saturday!

PTSD {People tryin.to.move.on.after Seuss Day}

So Read Across America week has come and gone. Dr. Seuss celebrations are over
Now what??
Well, I have really tried to e-x-t-e-n-d things this year. We were still doing Dental Health this week…
I don’t mean to drag things along, in fact, I hate it
But between Pinterest and Blogging I just find too much I wanna do!

SO to carry along with Seuss and cover Questioning, and Summarizing, and St. Patty’s…
We read Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? and introduced Questioning {real questioning, not constant blurting from 7 year old minds questioning} with Schlopp.

I thought this was the perfect segue into how thinkers question all the time.
We had Schlopp last Friday, so Monday I asked what their questions about the food were before they ever saw it, after seeing it, while eating, and lingering questions. I did finally give in and admit the ingredients. I guess some figured out I didn’t really go to Who-Ville…
We’ve also done this on stickies while previewing One Dark Night from the basal, while reading Grandfather Twilight {my personal fav for questioning} and will read the Sweetest Fig tomorrow-any VanAllsburg book is a constant questioning fiesta. They are good for lingering questions.

After reading Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? aloud {which I’d never read before and had to practice first!} we brainstormed 3 reasons we are lucky then wrote stories to hang with our Lil’ Leprechaun Cuties from First Grade Fever. And boy will some tears fall from mommas’ eyes when these go home! Precious!! You can get my I am Lucky to be Me writing paper on TpT here…but I won’t share the bulletin Board heading since I remade them from Lesson Plan SOS blog.

 

 

Yes, did I mention we just wrapped up dental health…I am adding this activity to my toofy packet! The kiddos wrote facts they learned from our nurse on big teeth and we made a big ol’ mouth in the hallway! cute! Our lip got a little ripped and I really contemplated adding a lip ring…

Are you ready for a little St. Patty’s fun tomorrow. We went ahead and wrote our Snazzy Snack recipe today to save time tomorrow and I left little pots of gold for each kiddo for a morning surprise! Can’t wait to share pictures! {fyi-I fixed 2 grammatical errors in my St. patty’s minibook, so redownload if you purchased!}