seuss

today is dr. seuss's birthday. and yes...a child in my class really drew this in their journal. (i couldn't make this stuff up if i tried.) i teach outside of DC, but it's really not a terrible area. (however, judging from this picture...i'm not in kansas anymore.) we talked a little bit about dr. seuss and the books that he wrote. i read the cat and the hat and some other seuss stories to them. we also talked about the fact that he is no longer living, but we still celebrate his birthday. i gave the children ten minutes shortly after this to free journal write.

the kids piled up their journals on my desk before recess. one by one i went through them during my lunch and landed on this gem. after the kids came in from recess, i called this particular child back to my desk and asked him to explain his picture...this was his explanation: "well you said dr. seuss was dead. so i guess some gangsters came and shot him...i think that's what happened anyway, but i still wanted to say happy birthday." i said, "well why do you think they shot him?" he said he didn't know. so i asked "well what about his stories wouldn't they like?" he thought for a minute and said, "well maybe all those annoying rhyming words??" (valid point.) 

so brought to you today is the cover for the story...

"the gangsters who bust a cap in the cat in the hat's ass." enjoy.

"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one." -Dr. Seuss