Monday, March 2, 2009

Read Across America


Today, in celebration of Read Across America honoring Dr. Suess's Birthday we will be looking at some of his books and the literary elements contained within the wacky pages.

What is your favorite Dr. Suess Book? If you can't remember feel free to quickly look at this website for ideas, Examples of His Books.


To learn more about this creative children's author, read his biography, About Dr. Suess at suessville.com.

What things did you learn about Dr. Suess?


What is onomatopeia?


What examples can you give of this literary element?


39 comments:

Anonymous said...

Robert I.
Seth W.
*We learned he rhymes a lot
*A sound or noise word
*Rhyming Words

Anonymous said...

Our favorite Dr. Suess book is Cat in the Hat.
We learned that today he was going to be more than a hundred years old.
A ononatopeia is something that shows action or noise.
Literacy elements are like onoatopeia,ryhms,aliteration,similies,and metaphors.

Anonymous said...

he likes to ryime a lot.
A noise or a sound.
fell yell crame jam
my favorite book by him is Green eges and ham.

Anonymous said...

JUSTICE C
CONSTIOUS H
*WE LEARNED HOW TO FIND OPNOMATOPOEIA AND HOW DR.SUCESS LOVES TO RHAVE RYMING WORDS.

Anonymous said...

Things we learned about Dr. Suess is that he got his rhyms from his mothers .He likes to be creative about his character and imagenation . An onomattipeia is an action or that sounds like a noise .

Anonymous said...

he likes to make up rymes in his books to and odamadapia

Anonymous said...

the Grinch is my favorite book. That he would be over 100 by now. A word that is spelt as a sound. That bump made them jump.

Anonymous said...

BRIANNA G.&CIRRA B.
said we like green eggs and ham because funny and I brianna g like the choice of rhyming words and cirra likes that its easy.GO GREEN EGGS AND HAM!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

he likes to rhyme,
a sound or noise word,
rhymeing words'

Anonymous said...

my favorite dr suess book is the lorax.I learned that he was born in 1904. onomatopia is a noise or a sond. an example of this is bang or boom.

Anonymous said...

he likes to rhyme,
a sound or noise word,
Rhyming words

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Me and Brandhon's favorite Dr. Suess Book is How the Grinch stole christmas.
what we learned about Dr. Suess is that he was in world War 2.
A onomatopiea is a sound or action.
A example of a litercy element is rhyes

Anonymous said...

I learned that Dr. Suess was born in Springfield Massachusetts March 2, 1904

An onomatopia is a word that represents a sound.

Here are some examples of an onomatopia plop, yelp, and humph.

Anonymous said...

The book that i like the best is cat in the hat cause they use alot of rhyming words.

Anonymous said...

Our favorite Dr.Seuss books are Hortan Hears a Who and Green Eggs and Ham. We learned that Dr.suess' real name is Theodore.That and he was born March 2, 1904.It is a sound of something. Crash, Bump, Plop these are just a few examples of an onomatpia that we gave.

Anonymous said...

CARLITO S.
KEVIN C.
WE LEARNED THAT DR.SUESS DIED IN 1991.

Anonymous said...

Our favorite Dr.Seuss books are Hortan Hears a Who and Green Eggs and Ham. We learned that Dr.suess' real name is Theodore.That and he was born March 2, 1904.It is a sound of something. Crash, Bump, Plop these are just a few examples of an onomatpia that we gave.

Anonymous said...

cat and the hat

he uses ryming in his books

a word that represents a nois in the book

a gun fireing BANG

Anonymous said...

Dr.Suess has written more than a 100 books, including Cat and the Hat, for more than 60 years.
Dr.Suess brithday is March 4 and he grew up in SP.Ma.

Anonymous said...

our favorite Dr.Suess book is
Cat and the Hat.

Anonymous said...

What things did you learn about Dr. Suess?he was in world war 2.
What is onomatopeia?words as noise.
What examples can you give of this literary element?yelp help

Anonymous said...

I think it was called green eggs and hamthat is my fav dr.suess book. learned that yuo can make jokes from making a book. bump. it means that it makes a sound or loud noise.

Anonymous said...

I learend that his real name is Theodor. And that he uses alot of rhyming words.All the books that he wrote had to do with careing,trusting,and teamwork in it.

Anonymous said...

mykaela E
jasmine H said...


He has a lots of rhymeing words.
is a sound or noise.

Anonymous said...

DR. Seuss went to Darmouth Unversity. onomatopeia means a word that represents a sound. An example is splash which represents something being thrown in water.

Anonymous said...

i like the book the green eggs and ham becuase it is funny and fun to read

Anonymous said...

i like the book the green eggs and ham becuase it is funny and fun to read

Anonymous said...

we learned that...
He was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfeild Massachuetts.
He also has a sister named Marnie.
We both love THE LORAX!!! :]
The sound a word makes is an onomatopeia.
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Anonymous said...

What is your favorite Dr. Suess Book? Green Eggs and Ham
What things did you learn about Dr. Suess? He was borb on March 2, 1904.
What is onomatopeia? An onomanapia is a sound that ads soun affects.
What examples can you give of this literary element? Splas, Gulp, roar

Anonymous said...

One thing that we learned is that he died in 1991.Somethingh making a sound.Last is ryming.that is what we learned

Anonymous said...

aliesha j $ taylor l we like grden eggs and ham because you can learn more

Anonymous said...

My favorite book is Green eggs and Ham.What I learned about Dr.Suess is his prescription for fun has delighted readers for 60 years.An onomatopeia is words that make sound affects like splash

Anonymous said...

Oh the places youll go is our favorite book. I learned that he was born in Springfield, MA
a onomatopeia is a word that means a sound.
an example of an onomatopeia bang, slurp, flip, boom, beeping, churp, yelp, yop, splash and gasp.

Anonymous said...

DR.Suess was born in Springfield,Massachuets. He has intertained family's for 60 Years.

Onimonapia is when you can picture the sound of the word.
For example:
"I like sizzling Bacon".

Anonymous said...

karley says:
green eggs and ham is mine favorite because i liked the pictures when i was little and it was the first book i read when i was 5.
susan says:
my favorite dr. suess book is "how the grinch stole christmas" because it was funny and made me laugh.

Anonymous said...

our favorite dr.suess book is cat in the hat.we learned rhymes and onomatopeia.and about dr. suess and his life.

Anonymous said...

My favorite book from Dr.Seuss is The Lorax because it is funny but it also has a good lesson but if yiou want to know the lesson you have to read the book.My partner favorite Dr.seuss is Green Eggs and Ham because it is funny

Anonymous said...

What is your favorite Dr. Suess Book? Tabitha:Green Eggs And Ham
Breannah:O The Places Youll Go
What things did you learn about Dr. Suess?
Tabitha:He likes to wright his stories with ryme words
Breannah: He was in world war 2
What is onomatopeia? A sound word
What examples can you give of this literary element? Alliteration, onomatopiea,rhymes