Dr. Seuss meet Mardi Gras!

Thankfully, I was able to get my Dr. Seuss activities done! I have been out today and will be tomorrow because my beautiful friend Shannon is getting married and I am a bridesmaid! 

I posted the other day my idea about combining Dr. Seuss and Mardi Gras and it worked wonderfully! The kids loved it! They wrote all about what the cat in the hat would do at a Mardi Gras parade. They were hilarious! Then, we made the cat with a mask on!

To add to it, we watched the brain pop jr. movie on Dr. Seuss and the kids learned about pen names. So, I let them make up a pen name for their writing. They were hilarious! I had Willow Smith (whip my hair!), Dr. Moby, and Mr. JB (Justin Bieber of course!)

We also made a schema poster and added our new learning on Dr. Seuss:

And last but not least Ms. Simoneaux (my teacher BFF) and I decided what other perfect costume could we have other than........ THING 1 and THING 2!

We practically are anyway!

Where ever you may be, happy Mardi Gras!!

Ms. Thomas :)

Did I mention I tend to be random?

So where ever you may be, you may not understand BUT it is almost MARDI GRAS!!! 

Seriously y'all I am so excited! I am going to ball this year and I can hardly wait! 

In prep, we have been talking about the holiday and whatnot and then I realized that Dr. Seuss's birthday is the same week before! So, I had to get creative and I came up with an activity to tie it all together. Here is what I got:

What if the cat in the hat went to a Mardi Gras parade?

My kids loved it! 

We read the book first, and then did brainstorming about what he could get up to. They said jump on a float, catch beads, join the marching band, etc. Then, we took all of our ideas and did a writing web. We finished our sloppy copy today and will be putting our final draft on this tomorrow:

The cat at Mardi Gras!

We also are making the cat out of construction paper and putting him in a Mardi Gras mask! Pictures will come tomorrow. I cannot wait to see how it turns out! I know not everyone can do this since Mardi Gras is usually celebrated hardcore only down here, but it could be a fun way to incorporate celebrations around the world. A little Social Studies never hurt anyone right?! :)

Also, since I am random I also made this yesterday. It is a quick reference guide for my students with money. I had them color the coins, and fill in the blanks. They cut and I stapled it together in little book. This way they always have it with them. They have been bringing it to small math groups!

Money Fact Book

Enjoy! Thanks for letting me be random!!

Ms. Thomas :)