Using this Cat in the Hat Coloring Page, students can color a picture of the Cat in the Hat as they learn about Dr. Seuss.
The Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish Math Worksheet gives first graders five fish-themed word problems for adding and subtracting within 20. A complete answer key is included, perfect for no-prep math practice during Read Across America.
This Dr. Seuss Word Search is a fun way for students to learn about Dr. Seuss vocabulary and celebrate Read Across America Day!
Using Connecting Events In The Lorax Worksheet, students make a connection between to events in The Lorax to understand how events are related.
Using Green Eggs and Ham Reader's Theater, students act out different parts in the story Green Eggs and Hall to learn more about Dr. Seuss.
This Dr. Seuss The Lorax Maze is a fun addition to your students' Read Across America celebration tohelp the Lorax find his way to the Truffula Tree.
This Dr. Seuss Books Alphabetical Order Worksheet will teach your students how to put seven Dr. Seuss books words in ABC order.
UsingDr. Seuss TCH Word Family Worksheet, students find the TCH words with the help of Horton!
This Read Across America Day Reading Comprehension Worksheet will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading about Read Across America Day.
UsingDr. Seuss OX Word Family Worksheet, students circle the OX pictures in the chart using the help of Fox in Sox!
UsingDr. Seuss OP Word Family Worksheet, students circle the OP pictures in the chart using the help of Hop on Pop!
UsingDr. Seuss Creative Writing Worksheet, studentstrite a descriptive paragraph about your character after reading the Dr. Seuss classic, If I ran the Zoo.
UsingDr. Seuss ING Word Family Worksheet, students fill in the blanks using ING words from the word bank with help from Thing 1 and Thing 2!
Using Dr. Seuss Shapes Worksheet, students cut out shapes in order to sort and compare them based on the Dr. Seuss book, The Shape of Me and Other Stuff.
This Dr. Seuss Titles Alphabetical Order Worksheet will teach your students how to put seven Dr. Seuss books words in ABC order.
Rhymes, word families and wacky fun
Dr. Seuss week usually lands around Read Across America Day in early March, close to Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2. For 1st graders, his books are perfect phonics practice. Kids hear rhymes, build word families like -op: hop, pop, top, stop, and read simple words with confidence. They also retell stories in order and talk about the lessons in books like The Lorax. The click is when a brand-new reader finishes a whole Seuss book on their own and can't stop grinning.
Seuss week is a celebration and a phonics bootcamp all at once. Here are our favorite moves.
Pick one word family a day, like -op or -ing. Kids read the rhyming words in a Seuss book, then build their own new words with letter tiles. Spotting the pattern in a fun book makes it stick faster than a list.
Why it works: teaching letter sounds directly and in order is one of the best-supported findings in reading research (National Reading Panel, 2000).
Try it withDr. Seuss OP Word Family WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Assign parts and perform a short reader's theater script together. Model expression first: big voice, little voice, silly voice. Rereading the same lines for a performance builds fluency, and kids beg to do it again.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withGreen Eggs and Ham Reader's TheaterWorksheetsOpen it →After reading The Lorax, have kids cut out story events and glue them in order. Then ask "What happened because of this?" and draw arrows. Kids retell the story and see how one event leads to the next.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withConnecting Events In The Lorax WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Seuss week is all about silly. Add these to your celebration:
WorksheetsCount, add and color fish on a math page inspired by One Fish, Two Fish.
Open Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish Math Worksheet →
WorksheetsHunt for favorite Seuss words and read each one aloud when you find it.
Open Dr. Seuss Word Search →
WorksheetsHelp the Lorax find his way through the maze, then talk about caring for trees.
Open Dr. Seuss The Lorax Maze →Teacher favorites right now: Cat in the Hat Coloring Page, Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish Math Worksheet and Dr. Seuss Word Search.
Dr. Seuss's birthday is March 2, and many schools celebrate Read Across America Day around that date with a week of reading activities.
They're full of rhymes, repeated words and simple patterns, which makes them perfect for practicing phonics and word families. Kids can read many of them on their own.
Word family practice, rhyming games, reader's theater, story sequencing and counting activities all work great. Dressing up for a crazy hat day is a classic too!
Read a Seuss book together every night, make up silly rhymes at dinner, and let your child pick a favorite to read aloud to the family.
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