Read+Across+America

Please reply to the discussion question in the discussion tab above **__ Read Across America Day – Primary Ideas __**

1) Review short-vowels using Dr. Seuss Rhymes at this website http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=113  2)  Use the SMART Notebook lesson that was also attached to enrich the following books: a. __Green Eggs and Ham__ (matching game) b. __Hop on Pop__ (positional words) c. __One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish__ (venn diagram sorting)

· __ The Cat in the Hat __ · __ Horton Hears a Who __ · __ How the Grinch Stole Christmas __ · __ Green Eggs and Ham __ · __ Hop on Pop __ · __ Dr. Seuss’s ABC __ 3) Read about Dr.Seuss on http://www.factmonster.com/spot/seuss1.html  Have students identify Fantastic Facts from this article. You can have them highlight them on the SMART Board as you read. Second grade teachers may want to consider modeling this for their students and then having them work in groups to come up with 5 fantastic facts about Dr. Seuss.
 * You may want to have copies of the following books:**

4) There are many ideas for 15 of his books at http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/250.shtml 5) http://www.seussville.com/ 6) http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/books/seuss.html 7) http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/monthly/March.html#seuss 8) http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210462/mainindex.html

1) Visit http://www.catinthehat.org/ . Read about Dr. Seuss. Use the highlighter to identify the important events in his life. Create a timeline together using the interactive time line in the SMART Notebook Lesson Activity Tool Kit 1.0.
 * __ Read Across America Day – Intermediate Ideas __**

2) Visit http://www.catinthehat.org/ Read about the National Memorial. Locate Springfield, MO on the map. Discuss the reasons certain characters were selected for the sculptures. 3) Visit http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210462/  Beyond the Cat. Read the summaries of some of Dr. Seuss’ books. After you read the summaries read the reason that Dr. Seuss wrote the book. Read the “ Real Deal” section to make comparisons to things in history. You may want to use a Venn Diagram that can be found in the SMART Notebook Lesson activity Took Kit 1.0 to organize your thoughts for each book. **It may be helpful to have a copy of the following books as they are the ones that are discussed on this website: · __ The Sneetches __ · __ The Lorax __ · __ Yertle the Turtle __ · __ The ButterBattle Book __ 4) Dr. Seuss Math problems http://www.mathstories.com/bookstories/Book_12_Dr_Seuss.htm 5) There are many ideas for 15 of his books at http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/250.shtml 6) http://www.seussville.com/ 7) http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/books/seuss.html 8) http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/monthly/March.html#seuss 9) http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210462/mainindex.html