Would you like them ANYWHERE?!
Today I read one of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories, "Green Eggs and Ham." I just love how persistent the little creature is who won't take no for an answer. After reading the story and talking about our favorite part, the students illustrated an excerpt from the text. Can you find my spelling error? Whoops! They put the poems in their poetry folder when finished. It's a lovely collection that they've illustrated throughout the year and will be sent home in June. Here are samples of student work:
Here's a link to Garvy's own Mr. Kent Joseph starring in Seussical the Musical as Horton the Elephant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxEhi-U4g_4&feature=related
CPS restricts me from cooking green eggs and ham at school because everything must be store bought. The next time you make scrambled eggs for your family add one drop of green food coloring and a slice of ham. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may, I say! Do you like green eggs and ham? What's your families favorite Dr. Seuss book?
3 comments:
One of my favorites. When I was a little girl, I through Dr. Seuss wrote this book for me.
He did write it for you...and children everywhere.
I just read it in Spanish to the class and now have a better understanding about why kids enjoy Dr. Seuss. It's easy to read and I felt like a fluent Spanish speaker (sadly I'm not). Adios!
I love that you read the book in Spanish! Elena didn't mention it. I should ask her what she thought about the translation!
Elena's brother is in first grade and his class was recently writing about the author's intent in their Reading Response Journals. For this reason I've started (trying to remember) to incorporate that aspect of the books they read. I'll ask them "Why do you think the author wrote this book?" We've talked about Dr. Seuss as well.
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