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YOU ARE IN SEUSSVILLE! Power Point Created By: Angela McNaught Seuss Questions Who is Dr. Seuss? What is “The Cat in the Hat”? How do you feel on rainy days when you cannot go outside? What are some activities we can do on rainy days? How would you feel if you were left at home alone, and a stranger came in? Which words rhyme in the story? Dr. who? DR. SEUSS! Biography Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel on March 2, 1904 Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925 Attended Oxford University for a doctorate in literature Married Helen Palmer in 1927 His cartoons appeared in major magazines such as Vanity Fair Gained national exposure when he won an advertising contract for an insecticide called Flit In the military he created an Oscar winning cartoon character: Gerald McBoing-Boing The Cat in the Hat, was an inspiration to help children learn to read because of a May 24, 1954 column in Life Magazine He has written and illustrated 44 childrens books that are widely known throughout the world Theodor died on September 24, 1991, but his memory lives on through is widely loved books ? To Find out more about Dr. Seuss go to: /main.php?section=homeisbn=catalogID=eventID= Back to Seuss Questions Hat-tivities! Class Project: Each student will have the opportunity to make their own cat in the hat! Materials needed: Construction paper Glue Scissors Cat face shape and hat shape stencils “The Cat in the Hat” Book (used as references if desired) Out come: The students will have made their very own version of the Cat in the Hat, but it can be any color they want! To get the Cat in the Hat cut outs go to To print out the Cat in the Hat cut outs go to: /dr__seuss.html Hat-tivities! Small Groups Rhyming Activity Make multiple patterns of a hat and cat. On the cat cut-outs write the words - play, cat, two, sunny, said, ball, say, pot, you, hall, cake, go, fox, now, bump, yes, so, fish , sit, you, and hot. On the hat cut-outs write words that rhyme with th