On Monday, we kicked off our new author study by joining with Mrs. Wrigley's class for an introduction to who Dr. Seuss was. We learned a little bit about his style of writing, his life, and had a preview of a few of the books he has written. Theodore Gisel, known to us as Dr. Seuss, has published 46 children's books. Although the children think we'll be able to read them all, I'm not sure it'll be possible. On Monday, we began Bartholomew Cubbins and the 500 hats to celebrate Hat Day and we're still reading it today - some of his books are quite lengthy! We have also enjoyed, "Oh the Places You'll Go and students used their imagination to respond in writing where they would fly an imaginary hot air balloon to. You'll be able to check out this work in the hallway next week while you're in for parent conferences. Today, we learned about how it's not possible to read with your eyes shut ("I can Read with my Eyes Shut") and used the "chunking" strategy to decode some of Dr. Seuss longer words. INQUIRE with your child how to use this strategy while reading. Mrs. Frye has been excited to join us for our author study and help us read some of Dr. Seuss books in library. She stopped in today to join us for a special picture..and promised to teach us the oobleck dance on Friday!
