Oobleck... and other seussy stuff you should know!

It's Friday!!!! WooHOO!!!!

I have been really prepping for next week's Dr. Seuss birthday celebration and Read Across America Seuss-tastic activities.
Here is a little preview.

THING 1 and THING 2 Bulletin Board

(well actually mine has 30 little "things" on it)

I made each "thing" out of red construction paper, the hair out of blue construction paper and pasted the students faces to personalize. Each "thing" is labeled 1-30(I have 30 students!)
To add a little spice I decided to rip up electric blue tissue paper and glue this all over the hair. It added a 3-D effect and gave the "Things" that Dr. Seuss look.

 Finally, I typed out a Dr. Seuss quote I really enjoy with a free Dr. Seuss font I found online.

A FREEBIE!

 I thought you might want to make some "things" of your own so I drew up a little FREE template like the one I used. Simply trace.Don't laugh at my template. I just drew it up free hand and scanned it. Hey better than nothing. How are you supposed to know how to make a THING!

 things12

Next, my class will be making.....   

Simple Dr. Seuss paper plate face

I based mine off of one I saw on Pinterest awhile ago. I never pinned the original so I cant give credit to anyone, but thanks for the idea!
All you need is:

Paper plates

A hat template(I made my own template for the hat)  

3 red stripes ( I cut these from cardboard,but you could draw these too)

6 black whiskers( I cut these from construction paper as well)

3 triangles- 1 for the nose, 2 for eyes.

I drew on the mouth.

The entire thing took approximately 10 minutes to assemble. We will be hanging these in the hall.

FINALLY....The OOBLECK! 

For our main center on Friday, we have decided to make Oobleck. Oobleck is a strange green matter that falls from the sky in the Dr. Seuss book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
I found a recipe and I cant wait to get my hands on this green gook!

Why oobleck is COOL!

1. Oobleck is a solid and a liquid at the same time.

 2. If you make a ball and throw it up in the air, it loses shape and becomes flat in the air.  

3. Oobleck can be molded in a container and when taken out does not keep shape

4. If you fill a balloon with 0obleck, the air presses or forces the Oobleck back out.

5. When you leave Oobleck in the sun, the color evaporates, it turns hard like cement on the top and like jelly on the bottom. When heated this also happens and it is sticky.

6. Oobleck does not bounce.

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Busy Busy Busy!

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. I am so sorry I have not posted all week!
I have been crazy busy. I had a midterm due, Tuesday was just crazy, I was battling this cold, and I have been trying to figure out how to make my blog design. I just cannot bear to pay someone $50 or even $100 for a cute little blog. I am determined to figure it out. So. . .  I am researching and playing with GIMP. It's kinda fun and yet kinda makes me want to pull my flipping hair out. I don't have Photoshop and I cannot afford it so we will see. 
I also am trying to figure out this whole TPT store thing. Everyone seems to be doing it, but I have so many questions. Do you all just buy your clip art? It seems like even if you buy clip art you can't use it for commercial use.. is TPT commercial use?

Also, this may seem like a really dumb question, but where do you all make those 100 page units? Are those just word documents? Or is there some hidden place to easily whip up things like that?
(Remember, I'm a student teacher, so before you mutter under your breath what an idiot, I'm new here!)

Hmmm.... on a brighter note, I have 47 followers!!!!
When I get to 50, I'm gonna have a giveaway, because that's what we do here, right ladies!
Woohoo! I'm so excited, although I've never won anything in my life personally, maybe someone can win mine and I'll live vicariously through you!

Lastly, I was trying to think of something academic to share since this is a teaching blog. So, I thought I'd post some pics of this  bulletin board I made this week.

To go with our theme of Valentine's Day, we decided to talk to the kiddos about things they learned how to do by heart in Kindergarten. We got some cute responses!

A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!