Dr. Seuss week (week 20)

   

This session of Library resource was all about Dr. Seuss.  I remember watching the best "cartoons" made from Dr. Seuss books (this was way back in my childhood).  I was looking these up on youtube - especially the one about the Sneetches with the "stars upon thars" and the silly Zax who wouldn't step out of each other's way when I discovered the Library had a copy of these "cartoons" already.  The best thing about these cartoons are that Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss himself) was part of the production team and the cartoons ARE the books, just in moving form and with songs added.  They are wonderful.

I let the classes have a say in what they watched but Green Eggs and Ham was overwhelmingly the most requested.  I think the Sneetches made some die hard fans this week.  That is probably my favorite of the cartoons. 

Youtube had some finds, as well.  I didn't know Justin Bieber read The Cat in the Hat for Read Across America.  And I found a bunch of authors who read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.  That story, though, was too long to comfortably fit into the resource time.

The younger grades had the opportunity to practice the Wednesday word, analyze, with a Dr. Seuss handout I made from internet finds.  One side had a "find the difference" set of the Cat in the Hat and I found a page of fish that I put on the back so they could practice making patterns.

Green Eggs and Ham
    The older grades (2-5), of course, don't have as much time to do handouts because they are all allowed to check out books at the same time for the last 15 or 20 minutes of class.  The 2nd and 3rd grades celebrated Dr. Seuss by watching one or more of the cartoons (depending on length) while the 4th and 5th grade classes were either absent due to testing or worked on their cataloging worksheets. 

And, thanks to the fabulous Heather Wehmeyer (another elementary school librarian here in Culpeper), I have a game to show the 4th and 5th graders that will help them with the concept of "where do I find this book in the library"....I am really excited about showing them this game and letting them try it out.  Thanks, Heather, for telling me about this game.