March

= = Encourage a love of reading in your students and enjoy Dr. Seuss books all month and longer! Enjoy an animated digital version of //Horton Hears A Who!// by Dr. Seuss. Download free at [|**www.kidthing.com/neasreadacrossamerica/**] Answer some [|Seuss Math Problems]** **, enjoy [|Welcome to Seusville!] and** [|**Seussville University**] **- Reading, Math, Science and Reasoning Activities. Includes** [|**patterns**] **and more!** [|**Dr. Seuss Storybook maker**] **- features characters from** **//Horton Hears a Who!// [|Dr. Seuss] - worksheets and activities from abcteach [|A to Z Teacher Stuff- Dr. Seuss] - worksheets, units, [|printables] and more. [|Cross curricular ideas]- for several books [|Teaching Short Vowel Sounds with Dr. Seuss] - lesson plan from readwritethink [|Dr. Seuss Theme Unit]- from edhelper.com (a few things are available for free, many require an edhelper subscription) [|The Amazing Dr. Seuss PowerPoint] - from Jefferson County Schools site**
 * Celebrate Dr.Seuss and "Read Across America"! **
 * March 2nd is "[|Read Across America]" Day!**
 * What is //your// favorite Dr. Seuss book? Have a class survey of [|Favorite Dr. Seuss Books]!
 * Celebrate Dr. Seuss with a variety of classroom activities and Internet resources**.

[[image:http://www.lexington1.net/technology/instruct/months/images/egg.gif width="54" height="49" align="left" caption="external image egg.gif"]]Easter Eggs
= = [|Easter and Spring Crafts] - from Enchanted Learning You might also want to check out the [|Primary Games Index]......includes Easter Egg match, sliding puzzle, word find, and more. [|ABC Teach Easter resources]** - **booklets, letter patterns, coloring pages, writing prompts, graphs and more.** [|**Faberge-Easter's Most Exquisite Eggs**] **- National Geographic Article [|Easter Book Roundup] - list of Easter themed books from KidsRead.com [|The Great Egg Hunt] - Easter Egg trivia questions, links to more activities**
 * [|The Great Egg Roll]-** **Former** **Online Project!** **Roll eggs to learn about estimation, measurement, and more! You will find ready-made project worksheets as well as "egg" activities to excite your students.** **This project ran last year but you can do all the activities this year in your classroom.**
 * In addition to the online project, there are 'egg-cellent' egg resources and ideas for Language Arts, Math, Science, Art, and Technology! One technology example is the "[|Great Egg Trivia Hunt]." A math lesson example is "[|Egg Math]."

**Learn About Ireland and the Irish!**
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 * St. Patrick's Day - A Technospud Online Project!** [|St. Patrick's Day Project] **- Join Pre K-Grade 3 students over the world hosted March 16-20th! Registration opens March 1st. Students will count the //Lucky Charms// marshmallow shapes and record a final tally count for each shape! A perfect way to encourage math skills and enjoy special activities on St. Patrick's Day. Teacher worksheets and classroom integration ideas are included.**

[|The Republic of Ireland] **(from Enchanted Learning) Discover simple, concise information about Ireland, the significance of the orange, green, and white colors of [|Ireland's flag], the "Tricolor," and more. Compile your information in a narrated PowerPoint show and share!** = =


 * Use Inspiration to "brainstorm" with your students about things that are green, then visit the page of [|Green Things]! Use Inspiration to record information, too! ([|Sample File])**

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 * [|St. Patrick's Day] - Short explanations of St. Patrick, Leprechauns, the Pot of Gold, the Blarney Stone, the Shamrock, Fairies, and the Harp. Use these to launch __creative writing topics__ - "If I found a Pot of Gold, I would . . .", "How to catch a Leprechaun in ? easy steps", "The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was . . ." Encourage students to draw pictures that relate to their writing, then publish - maybe consider a digital storybook!**
 * [|A Virtual Tour of Ireland] - Click "The Lowdown on Ireland" to discover more detailed information about the country, the state name, the flag, the coat of arms, the national anthem, folklore, saints, and more. Informative virtual tours and photos of the many Irish counties can be found here as well!**
 * [|The Universe of Bagpipes] - Learn about and listen to bagpipes from all over the world! Good photos!**

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 * [|St. Patty's Pot O'Gold Money Math Game] - Four areas to practice math here - Addition, Subtraction, Greater or Less Than, and Variety of Money**


 * [|St. Patrick's Day Activities] (EnchantedLearning) Printable Books and other crafts and activities to use with your students!

[|St. Patrick's Day Trivia Hunt]- history, legends and more links

[|Ireland]** **- CIA World Factbook site - information, maps and flag.

[|Happy St. Patrick's Day] - site with links to coloring pages, poems and songs, other interactive pages, arts & crafts, and more.**

**Let's Go Fly A Kite with those March Winds!**
**One Man's Adventure with Kites will always be Special!**

= = = = = = = = = = __ Fly a kite during National Kite Month __   ! (March 28th - May 3rd, 2009) Kites are a perfect teaching tool, Check out this [|great site], which offers lessons in science, mathematics, history, recreation, culture, geography and lots of fun! [|Soar Into Spring with Kites] - information and links from Education World [|Kites]- Links for Educators - great resources and websites [|Learn2Make a Kite] - Learn to make a kite here [|Let's Go Fly a Kite] - How to get your kite off the ground. [|Virtual Kite Zoo]- kites in the classroom [|Kites]- preschool activities and crafts. **
 * [|Benjamin Franklin] - Inventor, Printer, Librarian, Statesman, and a Timeline**
 * [|Energy Quest] Discover the energy story, step aboard the energy time machine, learn about super scientists, and more facts about energy!**
 * [|Electricity] (BBC Schools Bitesize) Sections include Electrical Charge, Electric Current & Circuits, Circuit Symbols, Series Circuits & Parallel Circuits, Measuring Current & Voltage, and more!**
 * [|Electric Universe] - Sections for all grade levels to teach more about electricity**
 * [|The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience] - A cool interactive site!! You've got to try this one!**
 * [|Soar Into Spring With Kites] - (from Education World) The history of kites and lots of integration ideas for all areas - geography, math, science, writing, art, listening - plus links to everything you need about kites!