That brings me to my next point!
Do you know what March 2nd is?
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That's right! It is Dr. Seuss's birthday!! What a great opportunity to read a few Dr. Seuss classics!
If you are thinking to yourself that Dr. Seuss books can't relate to any important concepts in your classroom, YOU ARE WRONG! Dr. Seuss addressed some truly important issues and ideas in his books. Seuessville.com has some great suggestions on how to take some Dr. Seuss books and make great and effective learning plans! A few concepts recommended include:
-conservation
-racism
-greed
-perseverance
-self-discovery
I think we have all seen or heard about teachers connecting The Lorax to the environment, recycling, or Earth Day. This is a great opportunity for students to connect to these concepts in a fun way! You can connect to all subject areas by reading, talking about poetry, writing their own poems, counting or graphing objects from the book, and talking about the environment and other aspects! Spending the whole week on an integrated unit for the subject would be a great way to address various learning areas.
A-Z Teacher Stuff had other GREAT ideas!
One of my personal favorites:
Green Eggs and Ham:
- Make green eggs and ham in your class.
- List green foods.
- Rhyming Bingo
- Discuss animals that lay eggs other than the chicken.
- Eggshell Art
We actually made green eggs and ham in my pre-k class today and graphed who liked it and who didn't! This was a time for students to learn, but have fun be engaged the entire time!
I want to make sure than in my future classroom my students are learning and developing their skills more and more every day! I think that the best way for this to happen is to find ways to engage the students.
This could connect to a few different standards:
Standard 3:
Teachers make instruction relevant to students.
Teachers incorporate 21st century life skills into their teaching deliberately, strategically, and broadly. These skills include leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self- direction, and social responsibility. Teachers help their students understand the relationship between the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and 21st century content which includes global awareness; nancial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; and health awareness.
Standard 4:
Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students.
Teachers collaborate with their colleagues and use a variety of data sources for short and long range planning based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. These plans re ect an understanding of how students learn. Teachers engage students in the learning process. They understand that instructional plans must be constantly monitored and modi ed to enhance learning. Teachers make the curriculum responsive to cultural diversity and to individual learning needs.
These both say that instruction should be relevant, engaging, and appropriate. Planning a unit or lesson relating and connecting to this subject would be doing all of these things.
I STRONGLY urge you to check out these websites (especially the second one!!)!!
http://www.seussville.com/Educators/educatorClassroomResources.php?id=printables#4
http://lessons.atozteacherstuff.com/80/dr-seuss-activities/
Teachers incorporate 21st century life skills into their teaching deliberately, strategically, and broadly. These skills include leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self- direction, and social responsibility. Teachers help their students understand the relationship between the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and 21st century content which includes global awareness; nancial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; and health awareness.
Standard 4:
Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students.
Teachers collaborate with their colleagues and use a variety of data sources for short and long range planning based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. These plans re ect an understanding of how students learn. Teachers engage students in the learning process. They understand that instructional plans must be constantly monitored and modi ed to enhance learning. Teachers make the curriculum responsive to cultural diversity and to individual learning needs.
These both say that instruction should be relevant, engaging, and appropriate. Planning a unit or lesson relating and connecting to this subject would be doing all of these things.
I STRONGLY urge you to check out these websites (especially the second one!!)!!
http://www.seussville.com/Educators/educatorClassroomResources.php?id=printables#4
http://lessons.atozteacherstuff.com/80/dr-seuss-activities/
Lauren,
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I love your new blog theme! So cute! Anyway, isn't it crazy how kids are learning so much before they even come to us in Kindergarten? When I teach preschool, we do so much with inquiry-based learning also, and I like how your class graphed the results of everyone's opinions. Great post!