Celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across
America Day!
Better known to most readers as Dr.
Seuss, Dr. Theodor Geisel was born 101 years ago today. Mark his birthday with
NEA’s Read Across America, the largest reading event in the United States,
by celebrating with read aloud, read along, and reading marathon activities.
For background on the event and additional
information, visit the ReadWriteThink
Calendar Entry, and use the following activities to explore reading
and celebrate Dr. Seuss with students:
- Reading
Everywhere with Dr. Seuss (E)
As they create a book modeled on the rhythm and rhyme of Green Eggs
and Ham by Dr. Seuss, students discover all the special places they
can read, in this ReadWriteThink lesson plan.
- Dr.
Seuss's Sound Words: Playing with Phonics and Spelling (E)
Focus on sound words from Mr. Brown
Can Moo! Can You? with
this lesson, which helps students develop spelling strategies by moving from
phonemes (the sounds they make) to graphemes (the written representations
of those sounds).
- "What
Picture Books Do You Recommend for Use in the English Language Arts Classroom?" (M) from English Journal includes
an activity based on Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches, which asks students
to analyze
the story and connect it to history, current events,
and their own lives. The article includes additional ideas using books by
other authors as well.
- Id,
Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat (S-C)
Read Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat to your secondary or college
students to introduce psychoanalytical criticism. The simple examples in
the book can then be applied to more sophisticated works that students
read.
NOTE: Free access to journal articles mentioned in this Inbox is provided
for 21 days. After this free access period expires, articles are available
to journal subscribers only. This Inbox Idea was published 03-02-05.
Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary,
M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, G=General).
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