Have your class react to a number of statements about The Cat in the Hat, then read a news article about a special event honoring the birthday of the popular book. The teacher introduces an article with a discussion and vocabulary...

Celebrate the legendary Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a plethora of activities set to five stories—The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and Green Eggs and Ham. Activities...

In this Dr. Seuss comprehension of text worksheet, students complete a vocabulary word search, answer ten comprehension questions and match various pictures that rhyme.

Games are great for practicing any number of basic skills. Here is a set of wonderful instructions for making a braille version of a spinning game, where children win points by correctly reading/identifying the high-frequency words the...

Students participate in an emerging literacy lesson in order to focus on the skill of phonemic awareness. The letter "a" is the phoneme that is chosen for letter and sound recognition in the lesson.

Follow Alice as she travels through Wonderland with a set of lessons based on the first chapter of the book. Learners discuss key moments and ideas from chapter 1 before answering a series of comprehension questions about what they have...

Young learners participate in a guided reading lesson. They will read the book Cat on the Mat by Brian Wildsmith. The teacher helps provide the group with reading strategies, and provides more one-on-one support during independent...

Learners read classic children's books. In this Dr. Seuss lesson, students read the Seuss classics The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs & Ham and Horton Hears a Who. Learners create models based on story characters and discuss the...

Students discover ways to protect their pets.  In this animal safety lesson, students role-play as pet "safety officers" and discuss how to make sure cats avoid dangers in the home.  Students complete many pet safety worksheets...

Learners use phonograms to create pairs of rhyming words. After a discussion of nursery rhymes, students listen to an oral reading of "The Cat In The Hat." Through matching activities, they identify rhyming pairs and create their own...

First graders celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday. Moving through six stations in small groups, first graders rotate on the teacher's signal through several engaging activities connected to Dr. Seuss's books and poetry.

Scholars read four brief poems and analyze their word usage in order to identify the rhyme scheme. 

The unicorn uses Uncle's underwear! Practice saying this tongue twister with your young learners to illustrated the /u/ sound. After comparing pairs of similar words (like cut and cat) and their sounds, learners will read Fuzz and...

Students discover the causes of different types of weather and it's effect on society.  In this environmental lesson, students utilize the Internet to examine cloud types, normal weather conditions and the type of weather considered...

Students read a story.  For this rhyming words lesson, students learn what rhyme is, read Gwendolyn the Library Fairy and identify rhyming words.

Fourth graders read chapter 11 of The Secret School and answer discussion questions as they read. In this reading lesson plan, 4th graders also write a summary of what they read and complete a crossword puzzle..

Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a...

Use drawings as inspiration. Have learners doodle for 10 minutes before beginning the lesson. Then, have them use their doodles to inspire a story. Several writing activities are included here to play with writing. One of my favorites...

In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the 10 sentences and choose the appropriate word to complete each sentence. There is an extension activity where the student must write silly sentences using the word "because."

Students write the ending to <i>It's a Secret</i> by John Burningham.  In this creative writing activity, students are read the first two pages of <i>It's a Secret</i> and they continue writing what they...

Students explore phonemes and short vowels. They identify /a/ (short a) sound in spoken words and learn a meaningful representation and a letter symbol for the sound. Students identify /a/ (short a) sound in words. They read "The Very...

Scholars listen to a rhyming song, clap when they hear a rhyme, and shake their heads when they don't. They then draw a pair of objects that rhyme. 

Scholars use four different children's books by Dr. Seuss to analyze microeconomic concepts. Group presentations and research help them better understand simple economic concepts through simple stories.

Students listen to the story, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, by Dr. Seuss. They discuss the rhyming in the book and then play a rhyming game.