Dr. Seuss

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America week, we have done some extra activities to foster students' love of books and reading.

On Monday, we were invited by Mr. Burns' 5th grade class to come to the library to listen to the 5th graders read Dr. Seuss books.  The students were put in groups of 2 or 3 and listened intently to the fun books they chose for their fifth grader to read.

Lots of comfy pillows of course.

Another view.

The whole group.

Sometimes you just have to have a quiet place to read.

Most of the group seemed to stay in one big space but a few of the groups found quiet spaces off by themselves.  It was fun to watch all the students engaged in the reading process.  I don't know who I enjoyed watching more; the first graders I currently have or the fifth graders who used to be my first graders!

On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Vielleux's fifth grade class came down to first grade with their class set of iPads.  The fifth graders taught the first grade students how to use the iPad by using an app about Dr. Seuss.  The students had to take a picture and then size and re-size the picture to get it to fit in the frame of the character they chose.

Here are some of the first graders getting their lesson on how to use the Dr. Seuss app. 

 It did not take them long to catch on!

 

Of course, once they got good at it, they had to have some pictures of the teachers too!

Mrs. Thorburn

Mrs. Pfeiffer

Mrs. Vielleux