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A Peek At Our Literacy Week

March 8 By Linda Kamp 5 Comments

It’s been all things literacy and Dr. Seuss during Read Across America Week. I thought I’d share some fun literacy week ideas you might want to save for next year.  I know I’m always on the lookout for new bulletin board ideas and door decorations, and especially for fun writing activities to do with my students.

Literacy week writing ideas- Dr. Seuss themed writing activities, door decorations, and bulletin board ideas for Read Across America and Dr. Seuss week.

Read Across America Week Bulletin Board Ideas

Create a reading bulletin board by having students write about biographies they have read. Based on the book Put Me in The Zoo by Robert Lopshire (affiliate link),  students write facts about a famous person on “biography spots”.

Literacy Week bulletin board idea- We've Spotted Some Great Biographies based on Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire. Students summarized biographies on these biography spots.

My class thinks I’m a great artist, but here’s my secret: I made this book character by taping yellow butcher paper to my SMARTBoard.  Next, I placed the book under a document camera and projected the cover onto my board to trace. (You can be a great artist too!)

 Literacy Week bulletin board idea- We've Spotted Some Great Biographies based on Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire. Students summarized biographies on these biography spots.

To make the spots on the character, draw an oval on a white sheet of paper and copy that onto colored construction paper. Glue them to the cut out character placing some on the edges and trimming off the excess. Afterward, I outlined oval with a black Expo marker to make them stand out.

Literacy week writing ideas- Dr. Seuss themed writing activities, door decorations, and bulletin board ideas for Read Across America and Dr. Seuss week.

Copy the writing templates on colored paper for students to write a short paragraph about their biography. If you’d like to do this with your class, you can!

Download the FREE bulletin board title and writing templates HERE

Literacy Week ideas for a fun bulletin board- We've Spotted Some Great Biographies based on Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire. Students summarized biographies on these biography spots.

Literacy Week Writing Ideas

 What’s a birthday celebration without cake?
Literacy Week bulletin board idea- Writing about what an author has given us as readers and a gift we'd like to give in return. We even "baked" him a birthday cupcake! The cupcakes can also be a foldable booklet.

This was such a fun project and I just love how it turned out. My class loved this fun literacy week activity where we “baked” a birthday cupcake.  You can do this for any author, but we chose Dr. Seuss. We used my Literacy Week Author Craft to make the cupcakes which can also be made as a booklet for students to write inside.

Literacy Week idea- Writing about what an author has given us as readers and a gift we'd like to give in return.

I asked my students to think about their experiences with Dr. Seuss books and to write about what this author and his books have given them as readers.

 

Literacy Week idea- Writing about what an author has given us as readers and a gift we'd like to give in return.
They then wrote about a gift they’d like to give him in return. So many said they’d like to write a book for him, too.

 

Literacy Week bulletin board idea- We "baked" Seuss style birthday cupcakes and wrote about what Dr. Seuss has given us then gave a gift to him.

Our birthday cupcakes made such a bold and bright hallway display and they were so fun for my class to make!

Click here to find the writing craft cupcake templates I used.

Literacy Week Word Work Ideas

We’ve been reviewing parts of speech and focusing on verbs so I came up with an idea for our door decoration.  We used our Scholastic Magazines which, this week, had an article  about Dr. Seuss.  Since he is no longer living,  the text was rich with past tense verbs.

 

Literacy Week idea- Finding present and past tense verbs in Scholastic Magazine article about Dr. Seuss.

After reading our magazine article we located and highlighted past tense verbs.  Students wrote these along with the present tense on birthday candles.
Literacy Week idea- Finding present and past tense verbs in Scholastic Magazine article about Dr. Seuss. We wrote them on birthday candles to add to our door decoration, a giant Seuss cupcake!

After writing their words on the candles, they cut flames out of  yellow scraps of paper.

Literacy Week idea- Finding present and past tense verbs in Scholastic Magazine article about Dr. Seuss. We wrote them on birthday candles to add to our door decoration, a giant Seuss cupcake!

We added the candles to our giant Seuss style cupcake that decorated our door.

Literacy Week door decoration

Literacy Week door decoration
Literacy Week door decoration close up- present past tense

In another activity, we worked with prefixes and suffixes.  I made a quick set of word cards and added them, along with a hat template I drew, to our word work center. Click here to download this FREE activity plus several more printables!

Literacy Week prefix suffix activity

 

We also alphabetized the titles of some of our favorite books.  Students chose 10 books, arranged them on the floor in alphabetical order by title, then wrote the titles in ABC order on these fun note pads I found in the Target dollar spot a few years ago.

Literacy Week center idea-Alphabetizing book titles

Literacy Week Writing Craft

If your students love to make things with their photos, they will love this writing craft! Download the free templates here.
I hope you’ve found ideas you can add to your Read Across America celebrations!
For more teaching ideas be sure to check out my huge collection on Pinterest!  Be sure to pin this post so you have it when you plan!
Literacy week ideas- Dr. Seuss themed writing activities, door decorations, and bulletin board ideas for Read Across America and Dr. Seuss week.

Happy teaching, friends!

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    Comments

    1. Sara Frampton says

      March 8 at 12:26 pm

      We had a lot of fun making your cupcakes this week!
      Sara
      Frampton's FUNdamentals

      Reply
    2. Linda says

      March 8 at 3:25 pm

      Yay! I'm so glad your class enjoyed it, Sara!

      Reply
    3. Laura says

      March 10 at 2:05 am

      Hey, Linda! Thanks so much for linking up to The Primary Chalkboard! Can I just say I want to be in your classroom?? Pinned a few things! Love it!
      Have a great week!
      Laura
      Peace, Love, and First Grade

      Reply
    4. Cynthia Snow-Swan says

      February 26 at 6:23 am

      This is the best freebie. I love it.Thanks!

      Reply
      • Linda says

        March 1 at 7:33 am

        You’re welcome Cynthia!

        Reply

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