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Green Eggs and Ham graphing lesson

May 30, 2011 Ticia 9 Comments

Interesting fact I learned as I researched Massachusetts, not only does it have a state children’s book, it also has a state children’s author: Dr. Seuss. This means I had an opportunity to create a geography lesson, a reading lesson, and a math lesson all in one sitting. I created a Green Eggs and Ham graphing lesson.

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Trying to find a good Dr. Seuss activity for a wide age range

I found an interesting book about Dr. Seuss, The Boy on Fairfield Street, but it was way too long to hold everyone’s interest.  When I read it to my kids I, we divided it into two nights of reading.  But, for everyone getting together I wanted some kind of activity, and everything I could think of was either too involved or too simple for the entire group.

Green Eggs and Ham graphing lesson

After some thinking, I remembered that “Green Eggs and Ham” had been written as a challenge to write a book using only 50 words.  So, I picked 10 random words from the book and we graphed 20 pages of the book.

Green Eggs and Ham graphing supplies

Graphing Green Eggs and Ham reading book and activity math elementary 1st 2nd Massachusetts

Green Eggs and Ham book, Massachusetts printable (on the subscriber page, join my newsletter), markers

Green Eggs and Ham graphing

Green Eggs and Ham math lesson is tiring

What intrigued me was watching the two teams (boys against girls) defend their answers.  There was one instance for each team where someone had the wrong number.  It was great for my kids to see everyone defend themselves and come up with their answers.

Green Eggs and Ham math lesson

Future Ticia 2022 here, the original pictures for this didn’t really show the graph, so I wanted to get another picture including the graph. It amazed me as I worked on graphing to see just how often some of the words were used. It’s kind of crazy to me how often the word “I” is used. Now back to 2011 Ticia

All in all, a great exercise for everyone from the 5th grader all the way down to the preschooler.

More great book and activity ideas

These are pretty much going to be early elementary because picture books lend themselves so well to this.

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Graphing Green Eggs and Ham

math, reading and writing 1st grade, 2nd grade, book and activity

Comments

  1. Christy says

    May 30, 2011 at 10:49 am

    This sounds like a great project.

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  2. MaryAnne says

    May 30, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    Very cool! And I didn't even know Dr. Seuss was from Massachusetts!

    You teach me something new every day =)

    Thanks for linking up!

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  3. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    May 30, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Good way to bring Dr. Seuss to the older children in the group!

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  4. Raising a Happy Child says

    May 30, 2011 at 11:59 pm

    Very neat idea. I didn't know that about Green Eggs. 50 words? Really???

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  5. JDaniel4's Mom says

    May 31, 2011 at 2:27 am

    What great fun! I love a lively discussion.

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  6. Susan @ learning ALL the time!! says

    May 31, 2011 at 2:56 am

    What a creative idea for a project…good thinking! I also didn't know that about Green Eggs and Ham.

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  7. Cindy says

    May 31, 2011 at 4:13 am

    What a cool idea! I'd love to see a picture of the kids' graphs. Thanks for linking up at Math Monday!

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  8. Ticia says

    May 31, 2011 at 4:44 am

    I'll try to get a picture up as well as the printable later on.

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  9. Kelly says

    May 31, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    I'm loving your states series! Scribd can be so difficult sometimes.

    You had asked about our pineapple sage…I don't care for the taste of sage because it is so strong. However, the pineapple sage actually has a very mild, almost fruity taste. I think scent is what is most attractive about this plant though.

    Little Wonders' Days

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