|And to Think that I saw it on Mulberry Street| |The Cat in the Hat| |Fox in Socks| |Green Eggs and Ham| |Horton Hatches the Egg| |Horton Hears a Who| |The Lorax| |One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish| |Biography and Other Seuss Resources|

And to Think that I saw it on Mulberry Street

And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street Writing Activity
Students listen to the story and use the same format to write a class book.

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The Cat in the Hat

"At" sound
A printable hat with lines for words that use the "at" sound.

The Cat in the Hat
Activities to develop word skills, math, art, and writing.

The Cat in the Hat Craft
An extensive list of literacy and craft activities to support the book.

The Cat in the Hat is 50!
Vocabulary and other activities related to the book's background and the celebration of its publication in 1957.

Cat's Birthday: Maze
Help the cat find his hat. A printable maze.

Dr. Seuss
A generous collection of activities to develop skills in language arts, math, and crafts.

Reading Lesson Plan, The Cat in the Hat
Students will learn various phonograms and identify these phonograms through several words in context. Also, students will learn to read four more difficult words (mother, trick, thing, fish).

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Fox in Socks

Phonograms for Decoding
Using Fox in Socks, students learn to recognize phonograms in a variety of different words, then use phonograms to create new words.

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Green Eggs and Ham

Convince Parents to let you have a Pet
Using Green Eggs and Ham and other stories, fifth graders compose a persuasive composition to convince parents to let them have a pet.

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Horton Hatches the Egg

Horton Hatches the Egg
Students relate the story to a personal experience.

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Horton Hears a Who

Description of a Friend
Using Horton Hears a Who and other books, first graders explore the topic of friendship, including issues such as getting along, being loyal, sharing, spending time together and alone, and the qualities of a best friend.

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The Lorax

The Lorax
Questions to help students understand the economic concept of scarcity.

The Lorax
Scroll down to a social studies lesson based on The Lorax and involving making wise choices.

The Lorax
Three post-reading activities.

Trees for Many Reasons
"Students examine the importance of conserving natural resources."

Who Will Speak for the Trees?
This WebQuest is designed to be used after reading both The Lorax and The Giving Tree. It addresses standards in language arts and science and is designed for third grade.

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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Several postreading activities.

Phonics with Dr. Seuss — One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Students learn the phonograms -ad, -op, -ish, -ink and -ump.

Venn Diagram With One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss
Colored fish serve as an introduction to Venn diagrams.

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Biography and miscellaneous sites

The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss
An online collection of the ads that supported Theodore Geisel before he became Dr. Seuss.

A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
Theodore Geisel produced more than 400 editorial and War Bond cartoons during WWII. Some of them are reproduced on this site.

Dr. Seuss
Activities for a variety of stories, including The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss's ABC's, The Foot Book, Yertle the Turtle, and Green Eggs and Ham.

Dr. Seuss: Newspaper Lesson Plans
Dr. Seuss's birthday and Newspaper in Education Week both fall in March. These lessons connect newspaper study with 23 of his books: And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Horton Hatches the Egg, The Glunk that Got Thunk, If I Ran the Circus, and more.

Dr. Seuss Activity Pages
A variety of activities related to The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss's Seussville!
The official Dr. Seuss Website. Be sure to check out the games link.

Dr. Seuss's Sound Words: Playing with Phonics and Spelling
Students explore the relationship between sound and spelling using onomatopoeia. This standards-based lesson uses Dr. Seuss's Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?

Dylan Hears a Who!
This site has audio files of Dr. Seuss books, sung in the style of Bob Dylan.

Featured Author: Dr. Seuss
Biography and background information.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Ideas for celebrating the March 2 birthday: make the Green Eggs and Ham breakfast, take the Grinch quiz, and other activities.

Meeting and Reading Dr. Seuss
Designed for second grade, these lessons ask students to spend a week learning basic sight words, demonstrating comprehension of simple stories, and demonstrating knowledge of story elements. The activities also meet the criteria of balanced literacy--reading to with and by students.

Preschool Dr. Seuss Arts and Crafts
Suggestions for a variety of books by Seuss.

Seuss and Silverstein: Posing Questions, Presenting Points
"Working in small groups, students select and read books or short stories by Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. Each group then prepares critical thinking questions and leads a class discussion about the issues raised in the story. Students use the interactive Literary Elements Map to explore the conflict in their selected texts."

Teaching Short Vowel Discrimination Using Dr. Seuss Rhymes
Students identify rhyming words, discriminate between short u and o sounds, and more.

Welcome to Seussville University!
Reading, math, science, and reasoning featuring Seuss characters.

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