Read Across America – Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading. All this week, children at William O. Schaefer will celebrate the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss!

Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote 46 children’s books, among them, The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. Did you know his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected 29 times before finding a publisher! He sure had perseverance!

Motivating children to read is an important factor in student achievement and creating lifelong successful readers. Research has shown that children who are motivated and spend more time reading do better in school. So…Hats Off To Reading!

Challenge yourself with the Dr-Seuss-Reading-Challenge activity sheet below! Oh The Place You’ll Go!

March Word of the Month – RESPONSIBILITY

Be responsible! Responsibility is being accountable for your own actions.

Assembly Read Aloud:
But It’s Not My Fault! by Julia Cook

My name is Norman David Edwards… but everybody calls me Noodle. Sometimes things happen to me that get me into trouble. But it’s not my fault! This first book in the new Responsible Me! Series, follows Noodle through a very rough day at school. It just isn’t his fault that his brother’s game ran late and he didn’t finish his homework. Or that his mom forgot to remind him to turn in his library book. Or that Mary Gold got in his airspace and hit his arm with her head…

Students will join Noodle on his journey as he learns not to blame others or try to find fault, but instead practices accepting responsibility, and turns his very rough day into a very good NEW day!

Books:

  • Pigsty by Mark Teague
  • I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer
  • Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin
  • The Way I Act by Steve Metzger
  • Lucy Goosey Takes Responsibility by Katherine Ciriello Clark
  • The Worst Day of my Life Ever! by Julia Cook and Kelsey De Weerd
  • I Am Responsible! by David Parker
  • I Tell the Truth! by David Parker

Read Aloud YouTube Videos:

Charlie and Lola:It Wasn’t Me by Lauren Child

Pigsty by Mark Teague

What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick

The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin

The Emperor’s Egg by Erin Boone

The Way I Act by Steve Metzger

The Worst Day of my Life Ever! by Julia Cook and Kelsey De Weerd