Dr. Seuss: Highlander Afterschool

          This past afterschool session students at Highlander were able to explore the imaginary world of Dr. Seuss in two different after school classes. One class included Kindergarteners and 1^st graders, while the other class included 2^nd and 4^th graders. K and 1 students got to read Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, and Hop on Pop, The Grade 2 to 4 class was able to do activities around the books; Yertle the Turtle, If I Ran a Zoo, and The Sneetches.

          The students started out the class with competing Boys vs. Girls in a Dr. Seuss Themed Family Feud where they had to answer such questions as “Name a Famous Dr. Seuss Character”, “Name something you can do on a rainy day” and “Name an animal that lives in the zoo.”

          For the Sneetches students started the class by watching the film of the story and then as a group read a readers theater of the story and designed their own stars to show how unique and special they each are.
          In honor of Bartholomew and the Oobleck students got to create and play with Oobleck and even drew their own version of a rainy day. Students also watched "The Cat in the Hat Movie," designed their own zoo, created Yertle the Turtle out of paper plates and created a quilt featuring their favorite Dr. Seuss characters.

Try at Home Oobleck:

2 parts cornstarch (a good amount to start with is 1 cup)

1 part water (so, 1/2 cup)

Put the cornstarch in a bowl or baggie and slowly add the water. You may not need the full amount of water to get the consistency of pancake batter. Add a drop or two of green food color if desired. Once you mix it, it has a very strange consistency - like a solid in the bowl until you pick it up, then it is very liquid.