Dr. Seuss Week

Dr. Seuss: what an amazing author and illustrator. This week is Dr. Seuss week, and what that means is I’m placing all my Dr. Seuss books in a very important place: Right up front and center, up on a window shelf, or even on a little throne. These books are so important this week. The main thing I want my students to learn this week is to love to read, read, read. Dr. Seuss was a major influence on my experience when I grew up learning to read, and I would love to pass along this passion to my students. Of course, I get all of the books I can. Check them out from a school library, check them out from a public library. Put them in a place of importance. Today, my students all came to school with a hat on because I was reading: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. And my students were able to enjoy the lesson, wearing a hat of their own. Each of these books has an important lesson for each of our students to learn. We also talk about the lesson each day during our Dr. Seuss week, and that brings such an important element that can connect them with this author and illustrator that is so unique to our time.