Dr. Suess Day

     Dr. Suess' Birthday was this past Friday, March 2nd.  As a child, I could remember waking up to my mom making my brother and I green eggs and ham... literally!  She would get up early on one of her busiest days of the school year to make us this breakfast!  It was so much fun to eat colored food as a kid! In my town Dr. Suess Day was taken very seriously.  My mother was in charge of this Read Across America day.  She had the best "centers" planned for everyone!  In the gym, there were multiple stations set up.  Each class had a scheduled time to go to the gym that day.  One center was making a book mark, another was a reading station with a high school student.  There were usually about six or seven stations in the gym, and classes had a ball going to each one!  I miss being in elementary school and getting to do this.  My mom worked so hard and it was always a hit!
    This year,  I was lucky that March 2nd fell on a Friday- my observation day!  I was in my first grade classroom where they had the best day!  Now, in Village Elementary School, March 2nd is Pajama Day, so every student in the school, including the teachers, had PJs on with their favorite stuffed animal and a blanket.  The morning started and I brought those iconic red and white striped hats for each student.  While the students were going through their morning routine, I fitted the paper hat to each child, and they loved it.  Next, they went over their graph of which Dr. Suess book, that they read this week, was their favorite.  They were having so much fun!  As part of Read Across America, they spent the rest of their day with their reading buddies, one of the fifth grade classes.  They each had been paired up with their buddy at the beginning of the year.  They did so many activities, including a "Green Egg Hunt," The Sneetches Bingo, and Dr. Suess Jeopardy.  In the Green Egg Hunt, each reading buddy pair went into the room where green eggs that contained a Dr. Suess book title were hidden.  They then read the book they found.  Sneetches Bingo consisted of a bingo board with words from the Dr. Suess book, The Sneetches.  The reading buddy pairs listened for the words on their board while the book was read.  Another great and fun game was Dr. Suess Jeopardy.  It was a game full of Dr. Suess trivia about the author and the books.  The kids LOVED it!  The day ended with a "Movie on the Ceiling," they watched the Sneetches!  They also ate Dr. Suess hat cookies while the watched the movie!  
     Dr. Suess Day at Village was a HUGE success!  The kids read so much that day and learned a lot about Dr. Suess as an author.  I enjoyed the day too, and got TONS of ideas.  My favorite idea was a project my Aunt did with her class... which is next to the class I'm observing in!  She made Thing 1 and Thing 2 with hand prints!  They came great!  Everyone had an AMAZING day!




Lesson Learned:
You are never too young to read!

Working on their Dr. Suess
Activity books while on
their blankets

Hat Cookies!

The GREAT craft my Aunt did!