This CELEBRATE DR. SEUSS ACTIVITY CD-ROM combines the activities from three of my literacy bags: The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and The Grinch. The cd-rom contains 27 teacher-created, printable activities in 43 PDF files. You can see pictures of the activities by clicking on the title above each description. (The hand-painted bags pictured can be purchased separately.)
1. Word Families: Write five words for each of the word families on the mat (-ish, -at, and -ing)
2. Pattern Completion: Use the cut out pieces to complete the patterns.
3. Create Your Own Pattern: Use the cut out pieces to make your own patterns (try doing an ABAB, AABAAB, ABBABB, & ABCABC) 4. Math Puzzle: Look at the clue card. It shows you what number each picture stands for. Use the card with the Math Puzzle page to help you solve the addition problems.
5. Sight Word Match: Read the sight words on the sight word match page. Circle the two words in each row that are the same.
6. Rhyming Cloze: Complete each quote from the Cat in the Hat with the correct rhyming word from the box.
7. Writing: Write what you would do if the Cat in the Hat came to your house.
8. Use Your Head: Solve the mixed addition and subtraction problems on the Cat's hat. (There are two in each rectangle.) After solving each problem compare the answers using the <,>, or = sign.
9. Catch that Cat!: Toss the two dice (one numbered from 1-6 and the other A-F) to form an ordered pair. Then locate that coordinate and remove the Cat in the Hat from that space (if there is still one there). The first person to "catch" ten Cat in the Hats wins the round.
10. All About Dr. Seuss: Read the biography of Dr. Seuss.
1. I Love Ham: Make words from the -am word family by sliding the letter strip through the ham pull through.
2. Synonym Eggs: Match together the egg puzzles by find the two pieces that are synonyms.
3. Vowel Match: Draw a line from the words that give the vowel sound to the pictures that have that vowel sound.
4. Rhyming Eggs: Put each green yolk word on the egg white that rhymes.
5. Say, I do like it! (Creative Writing): What is something that you tasted that you didn't think you'd like, but found out that you did? Write about it and draw a picture of the food.
6. Dishing Up A Dozen: Put the numbered green egg on the numbered plate so that the two numbers create a sum of twelve.
7. Vowels and Consonants: Write the word from the word box that fits the vowel / consonant pattern given in each square.
8. Think About It: Answer each Think About question.
1. The Grinch Undecorates the Tree sequencing activity: Put the four cards in order from a fully decorated Christmas tree to a bare one.
2. Christmas Light Comparison activity: Sort out the Christmas light bulbs by color and complete the comparison sheet.
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas comprehension board game: Roll the die and then pick a question card. If you answer the multiple choice questions about the story correctly, move the number of spaces indicated on the die.
4. Story Element Cards: Match together the two cards that go together.
5. Jingle Bell Graph: Sort the jingle bells (3 different sizes) and use them to complete the wipe off graph.
6. Rhyming Grinch Cards: Match together the Grinch cards with the rhyming words
7. Word Search: Find the words from the story in words search puzzle.
8. Creative Writing: Complete the creative writing activity about the Grinch.
9. Grinch Comprehension Questions: Fill in the blanks to answer the basic story element questions about the story on this wipe off activity.