Rodeo Time!!!

I am so excited to post the fun and exciting things my students did before we left for Spring Break. We had such a fun week learning about cowboy life. We learned what life is like as a cowboy and wrote about what we would do if we were cowboys. We also had fun making a craft.

We also enjoyed learning all about our Texas symbols. You can see the fun flags we made above. Each student made a flag and wrote about what it represents. We also learned about the different animals and plants that represent Texas and create a class ranch. The students had so much fun creating the ranch.

In Math we always have fun graphing. This week we graphed if we had been to the rodeo and then wrote about what we did at the rodeo or what we would do at the rodeo. 

What a fun week we had learning about cowboy life and our wonderful state!

Celebrating Dr. Seuss

We had such a fun week last week doing an author study on Dr. Seuss. The kids really enjoyed his books and the fun activities that went with each book. We started out the week by doing research on Dr. Seuss and writing him a birthday letter about what we learned about him.

As you can see by the picture we read Horton Hears a Who, and each student had to write about a time they felt "big." The projects turned out great and I was really impressed with what the kids wrote about. Such out of the box thinkers I have. We read Cat in the Hat, and wrote a book about what adventures we would have if Thing 1 and Thing 2 came to our house. It was great to see how creative they got with their books. We read Green Eggs and Ham and graphed whether or not we would want to try it. I also had them write where they would or would not try green eggs and ham. One of my students said the ocean which I thought was pretty creative.

We ended our week by making a promotional poster about which book we liked best, and encouraged people to read our book. The final touch to our unit was when a special visitor came to read to us. 

Thank you Mrs. Dolan for ending our unit with such a wonderful memory!