HIT: DR. SEUSS WEEK SCHEDULE

[MR TONY L POPE <FKPD35A@PRODIGY.COM>]

DR. SEUSS IS LOOSE WEEK AT McHENRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARCH 4-8, 1996

McHenry will celebrate the career and life of Theodor Seuss Geisel (a.
k.a. Dr. Seuss) during the week of March 4-8.  Dr. Seuss was born on
March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts and died September 24,
1991.  Activities include:  breakfast/lunch menus theme-based with
Seuss book titles, Guest Readers to read Dr. Seuss books to various
grade levels, special surprise D.E.A.R. (drop-everything-and-read) Dr.
 Seuss book readings by Mrs. Brannon, Mrs. Crowe, Mr. Pope and others;
 a daily Guess-That-Book contest (where excerpts from Dr. Seuss books
will be read in the morning over the P.A. and the first person to the
library with the correct book title wins a prize), a birthday cake
(shaped like the Cat in the Hat hat) in the library to kick the week
off, and other Dr. Seuss trivia announcements.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Monday, March 4, 1996

Breakfast:      Butter Battle Book [toast]...students will get a sticker
telling if they ate their bread                         buttered-side up OR 
buttered-side
down.
Lunch:          Dr. Seuss' ABC [Amazing Barbecued Chicken
Guest Readers:  8:30-  9:00     Kindergarten    Guy Hall                One Fish 
Two Fish..
                                    9:30-10:00  Preschool       Sue Spears      The 
Cat
in the Hat

Tuesday, March 5, 1996

SPECIAL DAY:    HAT DAY
Breakfast:      I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today [Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
cereal...Tony the Tiger]
Lunch:                Thidwick the Bighearted Moose [mooseburger/a.k.a.
 hamburger]
Guest Reader:   12:30-  1:00    1st Grade               Millie Lockley  Daisy-Head
Mayzie

Wednesday, March 6, 1996

SPECIAL DAY:    GREEN DAY (wear green)
SPECIAL EVENT:   GREEN EGGS & HAM presentation by Rome Public
Library
Breakfast:      Green Eggs and Ham [green-dyed scrambled eggs]
Lunch:          The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins [hat-shaped cookie]
Guest Reader:        2:00- 2:30 5th Grade       Beverly Smith   The Lorax

Thursday, March 7, 1996

Breakfast:      Yertle the Turtle [pancake stacks]
Lunch   :       One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue [fish nuggets, fish-shaped
cookies]
Guest Readers:   8:30-  9:00    2nd Grade       Steve Murdock   Horton Hatche the
Egg                      9:30-10:00     3rd Grade       George Bevels   Yertle the 
Turtle

Friday, March 8, 1996

SPECIAL DAY:    WHO-HAIR DAY (come-to-school with a hair style that
looks like it came from a Dr.                             Seuss book..
.)
Breakfast:      There's a Wocket in My Pocket [Wocket Pocket/a.k.a.
breakfast pizza pocket]
Lunch:          Bartholomew and the Oobleck [oobleck jello/a.k.a. lime
jello]
Guest Reader:    8:30-9:00      4th Grade       Tammie Carver   Scrambled Eggs

NOTES:  For D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Dr. Seuss sessions we
will place teacher names in a hat and draw from the hat throughout
the week.  Teachers whose names are drawn will receive a CAT IN THE
HAT invitation to let them know they have "won" a D.E.A.R. Dr. Seus
session in the library on a certain day.


PROFESSIONAL/AV RESOURCES:

The Butter Battle Book (VIDEO, 30 minutes)
The Cat in the Hat (VIDEO, 30 minutes)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (VIDEO, 30 minutes)
In Search of Dr. Seuss (VIDEO, 117 minutes, 4-5 grades)
It's Grinch Night (VIDEO, 30 minutes)

Kovacs, Deborah, and Preller, James.  (1991).  Meet the Authors and
Illustrators.  Scholastic.
Hurst, Carol Otis.  Once upon a time...
Carratello, John and Patty.  (1992).  Across the curriculum with
Favorite Author:  Dr. Seuss.            Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
Huntington Beach, CA.

DR. SEUSS INTERNET WEB SITE:  http://www.freenet.ufl.
edu/~afn15301/drseuss.html