Read Across America

Teacher 1 & Teacher 2

I love Read Across America (RAA) aka Dr. Seuss' birthday.  I like to celebrate for the entire week with my kinder kiddos.  We have a spirit week so each day we can dress up to go along with a Dr. Seuss book, for example Thing 1 & Thing 2 day/twin Day.
                     
For the entire week we read Dr. Seuss books and I try to read two different books a day. We also do only Dr. Seuss themed classwork and projects.  You can find a lot of really cute ideas all over Pinterest as well.

Officer Stubblefield
is always a big hit
with the kiddos 

I like to use RAA as a chance to have a career week for my students.  Similar to when we were kids and we had career day where everyone's parents came in to talk about their jobs.  I have a different guest come for each day (so 5 total) and they read their favorite book to the class and also talk all about their career and how reading helps them everyday with their job.
I like to have various careers to show the students that they have so many possibilities and can be whatever they want to.

learning all about the CHP

My husband comes every year and the kids LOVE seeing a police officer.  Some other guest I have had come to RAA week included: an eye doctor,  a nurse, a paramedic, a firefighter, a wedding planner, a restaurant owner, a chef, a minor league baseball player, and a professional dancer.  It's such a great experience for the kids and they absolutely love it.

smelling the Oobleck

Another RAA activity that is a must is Oobleck! If you are not familiar with the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck you need to read it!  After reading the story (warning it is very long, might want to spread it out over 2 days) we make Oobleck.  The kids love playing with it. I give each student a small bowl with some Oobleck and we smell it, feel it, poke it, etc. we talk all about the Oobleck and then afterwards we do a little Oobleck observations sheet together whole class.

Green Eggs & Ham

Whats a Dr. Seuss week without some yummy snacks? Each day I try to make or buy a snack that goes along with a Dr. Seuss book. A class favorite is when I make the Green Eggs and Ham snack.

"When I grow up I want to be
Mr. Stubblefield's police partner." -Luther 

Lastly, to finish off our RAA week (career week also), on Friday we write about what we want to be when we grow up.

It's so cute to see what the kids come up with. This one made my husband feel really cool. It really is co cute and check out that amazing phonetic spelling!