Dr. Seuss Author Study
March 2 is Dr. Seuss's birthday, but any day is a good day for a book by this perennial favorite!
Start your author study by reading a short biography of Dr. Seuss and choosing some of his books to read. Then use the activities and lessons below to have fun with Seuss's unique characters, imaginative tales, and rhythmic language. Extend the lessons by directing students to these fun Dr. Seuss websites: Suessville and Horton Hears a Who Movie Web Site.
For more lesson ideas, see Teaching with Favorite Dr. Seuss Books published by Scholastic Professional Books.
Articles
5 Ways to Celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday in Pajamas
by Andrea J. Spillett
Andrea Spillett shares her class activities on Dr. Seuss's birthday
by Aaron Broder
Scholastic News Online | March 18,2008
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Brandon Jones helped a very excited group of elementary school kids celebrate Read Me Week and the late Dr. Seuss's birthday by reading his favorite Seuss book Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Spectacular Dr. Seuss!
Instructor Magazine |
March ,2002
Includes activities designed to help celebrate Dr. Seuss Day on March 2nd. Four classic Seuss tales are outlined, along with activities for each story.
Resources
Cat in the Hat Mini-Lesson (PDF)
Use the beloved tale of a mischievous cat to teach students about rhyming words.
Literacy Activities With Dr. Seuss (PDF)
Use Dr. Seuss' stories to teach vowel sounds, reinforce spelling patterns, build sight vocabulary, and more. Nine different activities from the book Teaching With Favorite Dr. Seuss Books
Dr. Seuss Extension Activities
Dr. Seuss stories are full of invitations to build literacy skills. Rhyming words teach vowel sounds, reinforce spelling patterns, build sight vocabulary, and more.
Lesson Plans
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
Turn your classroom into a Seuss cooking school where students make their own green eggs and ham and have fun with the language and rhymes of the classic story.
Foot Book Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
Students love the rhyming text and whimsical creatures in The Foot Book. Students enjoy measuring any and all objects they can find!
500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
Dr. Seuss's 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is a fun book that lends itself well to a graphing activity. Students will "collect, sort, organize, and draw conclusions about data using concrete objects, pictures, numbers, and graphs."
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
As always, Dr. Seuss is a hit with students, and I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories is no exception. Students enjoy the craziness of the cats holding up their tails in King Looie Katz
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
I include Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! in a Dr. Seuss author study. Students enjoy using the register tape to create their lists.
Scrambled Eggs Super! Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
Although the featured birds are fictional, it's a fun book to use during a bird study as well. Students enjoy creating zany designs on the eggs and then trying to find the rhyming words.
Butter Battle Book Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
Dr. Seuss injects humor into this serious tale of conflict. The Butter Battle Book is a powerful book to begin a discussion on valuing diversity. Students respond to the fact that the escalating conflict began over a silly difference of opinion.
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
This mini-unit uses hands-on activities to introduce students to the comical world of Dr. Seuss
