Stanford university did a study on the perfect combinations of words and then. As teased, he delivered a book with only 50 different words. Seuss books and the fun of reading with this activity for kindergarten. Living books green eggs and ham read to me youtube. Green eggs and ham is a bestselling and critically acclaimed book by dr. Seuss wrote green eggs and ham on a bet the famous childrens book author came up with one of his greatest works after he was presented with the challenge of using only 50 words. Create a class book that records whether or not students like green eggs and ham this activity for kindergarten is just one of twelve dr.
To date over 8 million copies of the childrens titles have been sold and it remains one of the top five bestseller hardcover books for children. Green eggs and ham scrambled wordsstudents have fun unscrambling the rhyming vocabulary words found in the dr. Students drag the scrambled letters to spell the word that matches the picture. Seuss write after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 differe. This title gives you a cut and paste worksheet for 50 high frequency sight words. I am sam i am sam sam i am that samiam that samiam. Seuss activities for kindergarten that i recommend. Green eggs and ham beginner booksr and millions of other books are. As a private joke, bennett cerf later bet ted fifty dollars that he couldnt write a book using only fifty different words. Green eggs and ham is a bestselling and critically acclaimed childrens book by dr. Stanford university did a study on the perfect combinations of words and then applied the equation to. I do not like that samiam do you like green eggs and ham i do not like them, s.
Seusss editor bet him after the cat in the hat, which used 225 words, that he couldnt write a book using fewer. Seuss take a dare he could write a book using fewer than fifty different words. Use boom cards on an interactive whiteboard, with tablets or laptops, or. The book was first read aloud in april 1960 at a small dinner party held for a select group of random house executives. How many vocabulary words were used in green eggs and ham. Vocabulary for green eggs and ham the teachers corner. Green eggs and ham class book activity kindergartenworks. Samiam suggests all kinds of ways to try green eggs. Plus extra green eggs and ham activities including a rhyming word works. Simply cut out the letters and glue in order to spell the word or phrase from the story. Seuss a penname of theodor seuss geisel, first published on august 12, 1960. Theodore geisel, winning the bet by producing one of his most popular works green eggs and ham using exactly 50 unique. Green eggs and ham book in 50 words dr seuss multimedia.
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