One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Lincoln School students celebrate Dr. Seuss with help from guest readers

Lori Hammelman
Posted 3/1/18

Students at Lincoln School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday in a fun way with guest readers and a surprise visit from the Cat in the Hat.

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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Lincoln School students celebrate Dr. Seuss with help from guest readers

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ROCHELLE — Students at Lincoln School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday in a fun way with guest readers and a surprise visit from the Cat in the Hat.

Fourteen members of the community visited classrooms Friday morning, reading the likes of “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish,” “The Lorax,” and “Oh the Places You’ll Go” just to name a few. The guest readers also shared a little about their occupations and answered some questions from the children.

The event is part of the National Education Association’s “Read Across America Day” — an annual event celebrating young students’ love of learning and reading and celebrating the birthday of the most famous and influential author of children’s books. School, libraries, and community centers across the country participate each year with activities all centered around Dr. Seuss.

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Elisa Rubeck, Reading Teacher and event organizer, said teachers in each classroom designated a “Seuss Star,” who escorted the guest reader to the school’s reading room for a special treat and Seuss-related items. Brandi Casey, Michelle Antolik, and Cyndi Cunningham were alongside Rubeck with planning and coordinating the event.

During the week the school had activities and a Family Reading Night on Thursday where students and their families read books, played games, and crafted Dr. Seuss bookmarks.

“This is the first year we have had this at Lincoln School, sharing the idea from a former school I taught at,” Rubeck said. “I thought it would be fun to bring members of the community in. The kids enjoyed hearing the guests readers and were able to talk with the adults.”

Several of the guest readers said they thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity, and from the looks of the students, they enjoyed it too.

“We’ve had fun this week…the students also had dress up day, activities and family reading night where they read, played games, and made slime. All of this culminating to the reading event…this has been a very exciting week,” Rubeck said.

Dr. Seuss would have been 114 years old Friday. The author has penned and illustrated dozens of children’s books still enjoyed by kids of all ages to this day.