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*Good morning LM_NETTERS* *Several days ago I sent a request for ideas to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday next week and got many great suggestions. I'm sharing my suggestions wih the rest of the listserv. Thanks to all those who emailed me.* ** Our activities at my preK-8 private school include: 1. A skit on the Morning Announcements about Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day (find in the LM_NET archives - I adapted for our school). 2. School-wide “Stop, Drop and Read”: Everyone (teachers included) will read silently from 8:05-8:20 a.m. 3. Door Decoration Contest: Students, Faculty, and Office Staff are invited to vote for favorites. 4. Cupcakes (with green frosting) will be served to all students at lunch in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Green Eggs and Ham. 5. Guest Reader Program: We have invited special Guest Readers to read their favorite Dr. Seuss books. The classes (Pre-K through 4th) will rotate to each classroom and hear a different Dr. Seuss book. (This will take about 80 minutes.) 6. Students can dress as their favorite Dr. Seuss character. Students will also produce a written assignment about the character/book. 7. Sixth grade students will perform a rap version of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish for the lower grades. Most of the lower grade teachers and I will be dressed as Things (blue wigs, red t-shirts with a white felt Thing logo, and khaki pants). Here is the text of the letter that went home to lower grade parents: Dear Parents, On March 2nd we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read Across America Day. We have a lot of exciting activities planned for all of the children. A Dr. Seuss skit, Mystery Guest Readers, and a variety of literature-based experiences will be a part of this day. The cafeteria is even going to provide a special treat for all of the students in the school. One activity will be an oral book report on a favorite Seuss character. Each student needs to pick a character by Monday, February 22nd. Please help your child choose a character and return the slip below by 2/22/10. We will write the rough drafts of the reports in class on February 22nd, and your child will bring home this practice copy. Each student needs to have a visual aid for this report. Students may make a poster depicting their characters, or they may dress as their characters for the entire day. Costumes should be made from “found” materials (please do not order a special costume for your child or spend a lot of money). Thank you for your assistance with this “Seussical” Celebration! Hope this helps! Debbie Lambeth-Jones St. Charles School Port Charlotte, FL debbie_lambeth-jones@stcbs.org I do a big Dr. Seuss celebration each year during morning announcements. Another teacher and I are going to dress up as the characters in Green Eggs and Ham and read the book. I also have a parent who will dress up as Cat in the Hat and two students dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2. I will do an overview of Read Across America, read G.E.A.H,. sing Happy Birthday to Sam-I-Am (book turns 50 this year) and/or Dr. Seuss, and pass out bookmarks as students leave the gym. Hope this helps. Will look forward to seeing the ideas you receive. Thanks in advance. Glenda Burks, Librarian Milam Magnet Elementary The Visual and Performing Arts School 640 College Odessa, TX 79761 432-337-1561 (School) 432-334-0703 (Library) 432-334-0705 (FAX) glenda.burks@ectorcountyisd.org Hi Angela, I recruited six kids to read Green Eggs and Ham during our morning meeting. They're going to be paired up and one person will take the part of Sam I am and one will take the part of the fussy eater. Amy Gillespie Librarian Hill Top Preparatory School 737 S Ithan Ave Rosemont, PA 19010 610-527-3230 HAve people pick their favorite book and read it outloud. Show some of the movies to go with the books the Grinhc, Seuss on the loose, The Lorax, etc. have a Seuss themed party with treats and posters of character. Do a seuss trivi where you ask student what his real name was and otehr information thye would have to look up. good Luck. Breanna Cardinal poitwrtr@yahoo.com We're having guest readers from the community – mayor, firefighters, etc., read in the classrooms. I'll be wearing my Cat in the Hat hat and tie. I'll be reading Green Eggs and Ham (50th anniversary) to my Monday classes. Joanne Ladewig (A.K.A. "Library Lady") Library Media Tech Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD Garden Grove, California shatz@verizon.net We have our Principal and Assistant Principal read "Green Eggs and Ham" -one reads the part of Sam I Am and the other reads the responses - to all our Kindergartners (300+) after they have a breakfast of Green Eggs and Ham served by our cafeteria staff. Throughout the day I play a selection of Dr. Seuss favorites on video over the school TV network. Teachers can choose to watch whichever they want, whenever it works for them. I have am preparing posters of Dr. Seuss characters, will leave a hole where the face should be and photograph the Kindergartners, 1st and 2nd graders with their faces in their choice of character. I intend to run these photos on our "scrolling bulletin board" throughout the week. I will be reading "Fox in socks" and other tricky read-alouds to my classes and will provide word searches for the students to complete after check out. We have a Dad who is a great PTA volunteer who is searching for a "Cat in the Hat" costume. If he finds one, he'll greet our students as they arrive for school in the morning and will be on our morning news program. Marcia -- Marcia Russo Library/Media Specialist Laurel Hill Primary School Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 marcirus1@gmail.com I finally finished my Seuss newsletter for the kids to take home on Thursday. It lets parents know what we are doing. I am attaching the newsletter and sending it to you all and hoping it goes through (it's 25MB). It is in MS Word format. Thanks, Tony Pope This is the Seuss Activity Sheet that I am sending home with the Seuss Newsletter on Thursday. I haven't done this before, so hope I have a lot of the families to participate. Did any of you not receive the newsletter I sent prior to this e-mail? It may not have went through...even though it was only two pages, was a large file due to graphics. TonyThis is what we do. It's a big hit and I try to go around and take lots of pictures to put on the news in the mornings. Shelley Struble, Media Specialist Boulder Bluff Elementary 400 Judy Drive Goose Creek, SC 29445 strubles@berkeley.k12.sc.us<http://us.mc385.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=strubles@berkeley.k12.sc.us> 843-553-1223 Media Center website http://www.berkeley.k12.sc.us/webpages/sstruble/ We are having our book fair so I am integrating some of the ideas that were shared by Shelley Struble earlier this year - having students dress to celebrate different titles. We are also having a trivia contest daily and I used facts about Dr. Seuss for my questions. You could give away a small prize to the homeroom that has the highest % of those who dress up - I put all of the correct trivia answers into a box and draw out 1 winner each day. Have a good week! Leck Mason Goodnough, M.L.I.S. M. Ed. 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