2. Did you know?  Dr. Seuss is not his real name. His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel.  He was born in Massachusetts in 1904  Dr. Seuss died on September 24, 1991  His books have been translated into more than 15 languages

3. Books by Dr. Seuss  And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street  Rejected 27 times before it was published  Oh, the Places You’ll Go!  How the Grinch Stole Christmas  Green Eggs and Ham

4. Books we will read  There’s A Wocket in my Pocket We will be reading this book to first learn about rhyming. This book uses great examples to get us started!

5.  The Cat in the Hat This book we will use to help us think about the essential question for this unit. It also will continue our learning with rhyming and the introduction to cause and effect.

6.  The Lorax To wrap up the unit, we will be reading The Lorax. We will create a cause and effect chart, list out the rhyming, and answer the essential question. Following this book we will complete a final project to wrap up the unit.

7. Introduction to Rhyming  What is rhyming? Words ending with the same sound Example: Cat->Mat->Hat What are some other words that rhyme with CAT?

8. Introduction to Cause and Effect Because one event happens another event follows. Cause Effect Effect I played with the ball inside I broke my mom’s lamp.

9. I studied for the test. I got an A. CauseEffect

10. Resources  “Theodor Seuss Geisel –”Dr. Seuss” Biography.” Theodor Seuss Geisel –”Dr. Seuss” Biography. Tortus Technologies, Inc., 2004. Web. 16 July 2013.  This website provided the simplest history of Dr. Seuss. It was summarized with his works and his life. Reading Level: Grade 9, ages 14-15