Green Eggs & Ham Word Work Packet

Did you know that Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham on a bet that he couldn’t write a book with fifty or fewer distinct
words?  After doing some checking, I discovered that the bet was made in
1960 with Bennett Cerf, the co-founder of Random House, and was for
$50. 

Green Eggs and Ham ranks in the top 3 best-selling Seuss books,
so it’s definitely worth reading.  

I painstakingly found all 50 words
in my copy, then alphabetized them in a handy list as well as on an anchor chart poster. All but 8 of these words, appear on the Dolch word lists (6 of the 8 are nouns; the other six nouns in the story ARE on the Dolch noun word list.)

Use the 50 word cards to play a variety of games like “Speed”, Memory Match and “I Have; Who Has?”. Students could also pick a partner, and play “Speed” against them, to see who can arrange their set of cards in alphabetical order first. The packet also includes a 2-page tip list of ideas, like Kaboom!

For writing practice, print, laminate and trim the cards.  Toss them into a Seuss hat and have students choose 2-3 and incorporate those words in sentences. 

So that children can practice long and short vowels, I’ve included two green eggs vowel sorting mats.

For some rhyming practice, run off the two “trace, write and alphabetize” worksheets, which use words that rhyme with Sam and green.  All of these activities are perfect for your Daily 5 word work block. 

Click on the link to pop on over to my blog to grab this fun FREEBIE: Green Eggs & Ham Word Work packet.
From Diane, over at TeachWithMe.com