Get your students engaged and help them improve their literacy skills by creating a Dr. Seuss themed lesson! I've incorporated various games and handed out Dr. Seuss® prizes that the kids LOVED! Here are some of the tricks up my sleeve for this lesson.
This center is a quick and easy way to practice odd and even numbers plus phonics. Students spun the Carnival Spinner Game once. If the number was odd, students wrote a long a word. If the number was even, students wrote a short a word. This center make it easy to differentiate students and can be used based on any phonics skill. I love how low-prep it is with a dry erase white board, dry erase marker, and Plus Google Eye Dry Erase Board Erasers. If you want to check student work, add in a Dr. Seuss Pencil or Dr. Seuss Rainbow Gel Pen for added excitement!
Dr. Seuss week is a great time to review/practice opposites. Place one Dr. Seuss Opposite Puzzles piece into the bottom of each section of the Carnival Table Tennis Toss Game. Students tossed the ball and wrote the opposite/antonym to the word that the ball landed on. For added fun, students played against a friend and the first student to correctly answer and get three in the row won a Dr. Seuss Rainbow Gel Pen!
My students love to use the Disk Drop Game for math and I knew it'd be a hit for Dr. Seuss week to review contractions. To adapt this game, I used Generic Sticker Labels to cover the numbers and used a dry erase marker to add words. Students dropped a disk and then had to write a contraction using the word listed. If the disk fell into the star, students could write any contraction. Depending on what the goal is for your student, students can write a contraction or use the contraction in a complete sentence! Students will love to review literacy skills using these low-prep carnival games!
