March 9th, 2012

• In language arts, we read many Dr. Suess books and practiced listening for rhyming words.
• In writing, we did many activities based off of Dr. Suess books.  From Mr. Brown can Moo, Can You, we wrote a story about something else Mr. Brown can do and practiced using onomatopoeias (sound words).  In Horton Hatches an Egg, Horton sits on an egg for a lazy bird.  In the end, the egg hatches and it is an elephant bird.  We then drew a picture of what it would look like if two other animals were mixed.  We also read, There's a Wocket in my Pocket. Inspired by this story, we made up our own creature that rhymed with where it was hiding (E.g. This is a Zed under by bed).  In addition, we read Green Eggs and Ham.  We then wrote about something we do not like to eat and where we would not like to eat it. 
• In math, we learned about estimation and were introduced to a new math center where we practice estimating how many sea creatures we can grab in our hands.
• During our theme time, we read more Dr. Suess books and did some activities based off of the book.  After reading The Foot Book, we sorted shoes.  After reading One fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, we did an activity where we practiced graphing fish.
• Our community centers had a few Dr. Suess activities.  We acted out The Cat in the Hat in our dramatic play center.  We finger painted a Cat in the Hat hat.  We also practiced our tracing and cutting skills by making a cat head.
• Special theme of the week: Dr. Suess
• Heart Word of the Week: and