The activity of Horton Hears a Who was not completely my idea. My colleague {Mrs. Ferringer} showed me an activity similar to this {I'm not sure were it originated, however we did some tweaking of our own.} We read and discussed Horton Hears a Who, next we watched the short video {25 minutes} and then we got busy constructing our Hortons and completing it with a writing prompt {If you were a Who, what would you tell Horton?}
{Pretty cute, right? I wrapped floral tape around Q-tips for the stem.}
{The pink pom-poms came from my mother-in-law, she is a retired teacher. She gave these to me several years back...they have been in my craft box for awhile and Bam! I found a use for them.}
{And of course the speck...it's a Tic Tac!}
{I love the eyes on this Horton!}
{The "speck" up close...I have come up with several ways to use a Tic Tac.}
Next activity...Bartholomew and the Oobleck {I love this story!} This story helped me introduce adjectives.
I read the story, Bartholomew and the Oobleck...my firsties really enjoyed the pictures in this story. We discussed story elements and then our Oobleck experiment began. I don't really follow a recipe to make Oobleck {I make it every year and now know what the consistency should be.} I did use one box of corn starch for my entire class of 19 firsties {just the right amount for each kiddo.}
{water + corn starch + green food coloring = Oobleck}
{This is not the best picture of myself, but I do typically wear a science lab apron and goggles for the fun factor of science experiments. I got my science lab apron and goggles from my sister...she teaches high school science...you name the science and she teaches it...thanks, She-She!}
{Exploration begins!}
{He is SO excited right now!}
I didn't take a picture of our brainstorming web of adjectives that we came up with...don't you just hate it when you can't get all those pictures taken?
{I had my firsties write three adjectives that they felt best described the Oobleck.}
{Seriously, I don't know why I can't get some of my pictures rotated...grrrr!}
{I like how the green, background paper looks like gooey Oobleck.}
{I love having their work hang in the classroom.}
You know how I like to have window decorations...so, we made stained-glass Dr. Seuss hats for our window.}
LOVE it! And am super jealous you did all these fun Seussical activities :( I have been out 2 days this week and too sick to do anything fun. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI love your bulletin board and writing activity. We are going to make Oobleck on Friday. The expression on the little boy's face is priceless.
ReplyDeleteCute Horton Project!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your blog!
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Love the adjective activity with Oobleck! Very cute. Thanks for sharing!
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