Our classroom had The Lorax theme because it is my favorite book in the collection. I have a lot of fun sharing this story with students. They especially like when I read quickly (I think they are hoping my tongue will get twisted!).
Here are the classroom decorations we enjoyed creating and sharing.
The Lorax had to be present on his truffla tree stump.
We also had plenty of truffla trees.
Posters were created to illustrate characters and memorable quotes from the book.
Teachers jumped in on the fun too! Did you know bar-ba-loots admire the Lorax's mustache?
As we listened to the story being read aloud by a brown bar-ba-loot we enjoyed Truffla Trail Mix. Each item in the trail mix represented something different from the story. We had to listen carefully to the story and identify the representations before we could enjoy the tasty treats. Many students were quickly able to identify pretzel sticks as representations for truffla trunks, a chocolate chip as a truffla seed, a marshmallow as a truffla fruit, teddy grahams as bar-ba-loots, and goldfish crackers as humming fish.
Our classroom was overflowing with Loraxes! Aren't we cute in our mustaches?
Students agreed to one more picture with a bar-ba-loot. We're all friends here.
We really did enjoy dressing up for our first graders today!!
Students were able to choose a movie ticket. We were showing Horton Hears a Who and The Lorax this afternoon. Of course, Hop on Pop popcorn was involved. No one goes to the movies and doesn't get popcorn, right?
