March is the 3rd month of the year. This post features learning activities for the days of March. We begin with Idioms - In like a lion...out like a lamb and move on to Dr. Seuss and Green Eggs and Ham. Next, we work with words that when rearranged make other words. If that's not enough we also practice homonyms, consonant digraphs, Bossy R, counting gold coins and ending with a pot of gold bulletin board! Let's get started!
It is often said that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. This is called an idiom. It is not a literal phrase. The lion and lamb are symbols for the type of weather that occurs during March. Since the first part of March is still winter, the weather is harsh, unpleasant, stormy, cold and severe like a lion. The last part of March is spring, the weather is calm, pleasant and warm like a lamb.
March 2 is one of our favorite days - Dr. Seuss Day! On this day, we write Dr. Seuss Day on chart paper. Then we brainstorm a list of words that we can spell using only the 10 letters that are in - Dr. Seuss Day - On this list we wrote 43 words. Can you think of more words? We also made character puppets from his different stories
Green Eggs and Ham is a favorite book. After reading the story together brainstorm a class story and have children copy it or write their own telling where they will eat green eggs and ham.
This is fun! March is a word that when its letters are rearranged makes another word - charm. This type of word is called an anagram. Have students draw a line to match each anagram pair. The first pair is mug and gum. Answers follow.
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The word March is also a Homonym. It is a word that has two meanings. March refers to the third month of the year and march refers to a way off moving as in a band. This page shows three more homonyms - bark and bark, fan and fan, jam and jam.
Homonyms Practice Page
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The word March has a Bossy R. When the letter r follows the vowel a, they join together to make a new sound, the bossy r sound /ar/. Have students read the bossy r words below.
Bossy R practice page Circle bossy r words
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Consonant Digraph ch
Consonants c and h are blended together to make one new sound.
Counting by 5(s) Math Practice Page
Consonants c and h are blended together to make one new sound.
Counting by 5(s) Math Practice Page
Example
Pot of Gold Bulletin Board
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