Come meet the Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss makes me smile!  How can you not when his words are

so silly, the pictures are of creatures that I have never seen, and 

each and every one of his books are full of wisdom and lessons to

learn in the best of ways....through stories.

I loved when I. learned that the publisher and Dr. Seuss had a bet

that Dr. Seuss could not write a book for children (that they would

want to read) with only 50 words.

He did it and Green Eggs and Ham was born!  We checked

and there are only 50 words.  Each and every one of my students

should be able to read this book.  We practised with partners in the

classroom.  Reading such as 'long' book made them very proud of

their learning so far this year!

What else do you think of with Dr. Seuss books?

You probably remember that he liked to 'play' with words and

that many of the nonsense words that he made up rhyme with

words in the English language.  These couple of weeks with

Seuss, we are focusing on reading and then spelling rhyming words.

We made our own fish bowls gull of handprint fish.

The most famous cat in the world was created by Dr. Seuss.

That was the little movie that the class watched for their dollar 

donations to Valeda House.  We then talked about how the book

and the movie were similar and different.  Great observations were

made by the students!

We then were asked the question "Would you like the Cat in the Hat

to come to your house?" and created little people that might or

might not resemble the students in the classroom.

"I would not like the cat in the hat to come to my house because 

He would make a big mess."

"I would like the Cat in the Hat to come to my house because he would 

play with me."

"I would like the cat in the hat to come to my house because my house is 

not fun os the cat in the hat is fun."

Now I bet you are wondering which Dr. Seuss books will be featured this

coming week!