{"id":553,"date":"2019-03-02T17:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/?p=553"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:48:52","slug":"read-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/2019\/03\/02\/read-across-america\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Have the Best Birthday Bash for Dr. Seuss Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Will you read it in a box? Will you read it with a fox? Will you read it here and there? Will you read it anywhere?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0316-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531\" style=\"width:490px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you recognize these (adapted) lines, you are a probably a fan of Dr. Seuss. Every year, our school celebrates <strong>Read Across America Day<\/strong> (March 2d is Dr. Seuss&#8217;s birthday). Sick of the same old reading activities? There is nothing more fun than a birthday celebration! What&#8217;s included in your best birthday memory? Balloons? Banners? Presents? Cake? How about a six-foot Cat in the Hat?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Of course the library was Birthday Central!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0327.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535\" style=\"width:522px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anticipating a pending New York snowstorm, I decorated the library doors with scenes from <em>The Cat in the Hat Comes Back<\/em>. The pink blobs are the pink snow hills from the story.<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0333.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-537\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5000290073678715;width:580px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Balloons, Banners, Bookmarks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">We decorated the school with balloons and banners. I gave the students bookmarks (okay, not the most exciting present in the world, but&#8230;) Our six-foot three-inch principal wore a ginormous Cat in the Hat costume! (Sorry, there was no cake&#8230;food allergy rules). We read funny, rhyming Dr. Seuss books in the library and classrooms and did word searches, matching card games, assembled onomatopoeia puzzles, put together compound word fish. Kindergarteners put alphabet cards in a pocket chart after reading <em>Dr. Seuss&#8217;s A, B, Cs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0373.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546\" style=\"width:446px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bookmarks: What a great gift!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0388.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(I could not find last year&#8217;s Dr. Seuss shirt, so I used an iron-on transfer to affix an image of a book cover to a <del>read<\/del> red tee-shirt.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Seuss Q &amp; A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Q. What was Dr. Seuss&#8217;s first book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A. And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Q. Where did he get the name Seuss from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A. It was his mother&#8217;s maiden name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Q. What job did Dr. Seuss&#8217;s father have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A. Zookeeper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Q. What word was almost not allowed in one of his books?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A. &#8220;Burp&#8221; in Yertle the Turtle (considered rude)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0337.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" style=\"width:442px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Some friends of the library reading their autobiographies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0370.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0377.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-547\" style=\"width:498px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One Fish, Two Fish, Compound Word Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0381.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548\" style=\"width:494px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Onomatopoeia Puzzles go with <em>Mr<\/em>. <em>Brown Can<\/em> <em>Moo, Can You<\/em>?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Drop Everything and Read<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Then, everyone goes into the Gym or All Purpose Room to &#8220;Drop Everything and Read&#8221; for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0344.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\" style=\"width:476px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Special Area Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Seuss-in-Gym1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-552\" style=\"width:494px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/seuss-in-art1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" style=\"width:494px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In past years, we have done other activities too. One year, we had all the &#8220;specials&#8221; do Dr. Seuss activities. Physical Education teachers used the book, <em>A Great Day for Up<\/em>, to do all kinds of physical activities with the theme of &#8220;UP&#8221; (such as batting balloons up, bouncing birdies on badminton rackets, walking on stilts, etc.) The Music teachers sang Dr. Seuss songs (yes, we used <em>The Cat in the Hat Songbook<\/em>). Art teachers read <em>The Shape of Me<\/em> and had students cut out silhouettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Readers Oath<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0339.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-540\" style=\"width:324px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The entire school followed along with the Reader&#8217;s Oath, as it was read over the loudspeaker. We of course want the children to read on other days. So, in the words of the oath:<br>&#8220;I promise to read<br>Each day and night.<br>I know it&#8217;s the key<br>To growing up right.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Try these fun ELA activities:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2758\" style=\"width:357px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Square-TpT-Covers-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Spring-Reading-Comprehension-for-Google-Slides-and-PowerPoint-8103544?utm_source=Blog%3A%20Read%20Across%20America&amp;utm_campaign=Dr.%20Seuss%20Birthday\">Buy HERE on TpT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Spring-Synonyms-new-square-cover-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2759\" style=\"width:369px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Spring-Synonyms-new-square-cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Spring-Synonyms-new-square-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Spring-Synonyms-new-square-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Spring-Synonyms-new-square-cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/littlelibraryoflearning.com\/staging\/9682\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Spring-Synonyms-new-square-cover-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Spring-Synonyms-BOOM-Cards-8047753?utm_source=Blog%3A%20Read%20Across%20America&amp;utm_campaign=Spring%20Synonymshttps:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Spring-Synonyms-BOOM-Cards-8047753\">Buy HERE on TpT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">So, will you read it here and there? 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