So here is the plan: We started this week by celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday in each grade
. Dr. Seuss is so important because his books are some of the first that our children can finally read by themselves. Sure maybe it's because they've memorized them, but soon they will be matching up those words in the book with what they're reciting. And they learn about rhyming words too. All grades heard an age appropriate biography of Theodor Geisel and then we read a few different favorites. The Lorax amazes me as it was published in 1971 and had such insight on environmental issues. It's a great lesson in going GREEN written 40 years ago. We've also done some fun Seussical word searches and puzzles.Next week we will enjoy some St. Patrick stories. Those leprechauns always bring laughter into the library. And then Spring will be knocking on our door. YEA!!! While the younger grades will be reading Spring books, our second, third and fourth graders are going to have lessons to teach them some resources that are available to them to help with their Young Author Books. They will be introduced to one of my favorite writing tools: The thesaurus!
We'll wrap up the month with some Easter books for kindergarten, first and second grade. I have one final biography for third grade along with a video introduction to author Patricia Polacco and fourth grade will still be plugging away with the thesaurus.
