Dr. Seuss

I want to be either a kindergarten or first grade teacher when I graduate. Therefore, I think using any of the Dr. Seuss books in my classroom would be a great idea. These books would help with teaching the alphabet and spelling. Dr. Seuss uses every letter in the alphabet in his books. This would be a great way to get students to identify the letters and to work on the letter sounds. Dr. Seuss is also wonderfully illustrated which would keep the students interested and paying attention to the lesson we are using the book for. After reading the story to the class, I could ask questions about the setting and about different things that happened in the book. This could also help with reading comprehension in my classroom. Dr. Seuss books are fun, interesting, and children usually love the rhymes and made up words in the stories. His books would be a great way for students to learn the alphabet. I could have the students each pick a Dr. Seuss book and look through it and identify at least one word with each letter of the alphabet in it. So essentially the students would pick out 26 words in their book. Each word they pick focusing on a different letter in the alphabet. If there is a letter they simply cannot find in their book, they could look on with a friend or skip it and we could talk about it in class.