Teacher Appreciation Week 2014

This year I was in charge of Teacher Appreciation Week for Ella's teacher.  I decided to go with a theme for the week.  And what better theme than Dr. Suess for a teacher, right?

So, I sent these letters home to the parents with a return envelope that said to return it to myself (via her teacher).

On the backside of the envelope it said  

"The news just came in from the County of King, it's time to show our teacher, that she is AMAZING!

May's the month, the 5th is the week, a celebration we're having, please try not to shriek!

We want to show THANKS for all that she does do.  She is the best, so here is what you can do!"

I got this poem from another blog, but for the life of me I can't find it to give her credit, darn it!

Inside the envelope was a note that gave all the details about the week and what we were going to do for her teacher each day.

MONDAY was Pink Yink Ink Drink Day  (from One Fish, Two Fish).

I asked the kids to bring in the teacher's favorite drinks.  I gave them a list of her favorite drinks to choose from.  And then I had a parent bring a Pink Jamba Juice for the teacher at the beginning of class.

TUESDAY was Beezle Nut Oil Boxed Lunch (from Horton Hears a Who).

I asked the kids to bring in the teacher's favorite lunch items.  I gave them a list of different snacks she could eat for lunch or her favorite places to eat out for gift certificates.  And then I asked a parent to bring the teacher her favorite sandwich from her favorite lunch place.

WEDNESDAY was The More You Read Library Day (from Oh the Places You'll Go).

I asked the kids to bring in a gently used or new book to add to the teacher's classroom library.

THURSDAY was Whoville Who Treats (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas).

I asked the kids to bring in her favorite treats.  I gave them a list of her favorite treats.

FRIDAY was Gourmet Hop on Popcorn Bar (from Hop on Pop).

I had the kids all write a nice note for the teacher saying why they like her as a teacher.  And then I asked 5 parents to bring in a batch of gourmet popcorn.  I had a place for the popcorn and that day the kids and teacher had snack time with the popcorn.  And then the leftovers, the teacher was able to take home for the weekend.

I had set up a place in the classroom where the kids could put their goodies each day.  I made Truffula Trees (from the Lorax) to decorate the areas.  Here is a great tutorial on how to make them.  I had a bucket for them to put their goodies and a sign with the "theme" for each day.

Here are the bags I had for the popcorn bar.  I just used brown paper lunch bags and cut them down half way with scalloped scissors and put a label on the front.

And here is the popcorn bar.  I made tags that said "popcorn thing 1" and so on.  And had scoops and popcorn napkins.

It was a fun project and Ella's teacher was so thrilled by it all.  She couldn't believe I did all this for her.  I told her she deserves to be appreciated more for just one week a year :-)  Boy oh boy, teachers should be appreciated all year long!.  But hopefully she felt the love this one week!