Read Across America Day - March 3rd

Looking ahead, we will be celebrating Read Across America Day (also Dr. Seuss' birthday!) with a variety of activities Thursday, March 3rd.

Your child will be bringing home a note explaining the various activities in the near future, but I wanted to get a jumpstart on getting the word out because I LOVE Read Across America Day!  (It's a national event typically scheduled for March 2nd, but we have decided to do March 3rd because of conflicts!)  Here are a few things we'll be doing:

1. Dress like your favorite storybook character.  Students can also bring a copy of the book (if you own it) but please make sure you have your child's name written inside the front cover.  It does not have to be a Dr. Seuss character.  (All staff will also be dressing up, including me!   Pinterest has a ton of really great ideas for storybook character costumes.  I'm excited to see the creativity people put into their costumes!  One example I gave of a costume which doesn't require much time or money (or NO money if you have all items) is dressing like Jack or Annie from the Magic Tree House series.  (Ask your child if you aren't familiar...we read these in class and they love these books!)  All Jack requires are glasses, a notebook, a nonfiction book, and a backpack!  Annie could also have the same.

2. Read and Feed in the gym with all students.  As part of our PBIS monthly celebration, students will be invited to meet in the gym, snack on some Seuss Soup (trail mix with Seuss character-themed ingredients) and read with a friend.

3. Guest Readers.  If you or someone you know is interested in coming in to our class to read a favorite story, please let me know!  We would love to have many, many guest readers come read to us!  If you don't have a story in mind, you can select one from our classroom library.

4. Various reading, writing, and math activities related to Dr. Seuss stories!

5. Door decorating -   We will decorate our door with the theme The Lorax, an interesting story with an important message for children and adults written by none other than Dr. Seuss. 

**Please let me know if you are interested in coming to read to our class so I can put you in our schedule, and also if you have any questions!