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College students take the lead…
helping children learn to read
“Dr. Seuss’s birthday?”
Says Cal State L.A.,
“Let’s go celebrate!
Both early and late!
Take university cool
To elementary school.”
Los Angeles, CA – To honor the 104th birthday of Dr. Seuss, students from Cal State L.A. will on two successive Fridays, Feb. 29 and Mar. 7, don red-and-white stovepipe hats and visit four elementary schools to show schoolchildren how fun books can be.
The school events—planned and coordinated by Cal State L.A. students—will be held at Ann Street, Kennedy Elementary, Hammel Elementary and 99th Street Schools.
Cal State L.A. students are encouraging all members of the community to participate in the Read Across America Challenge. Their hope is that every kindergartner through fifth-grader will read with an adult for at least 30 minutes during this week.
Joining the students as guest readers will be Cal State L.A. Sociology Professor William Wasson (at Ann Street) and University Vice President for Student Affairs Tony Ross (at Kennedy).
Throughout the year, Cal State L.A. students tutor more than 250 children at the four schools in the Los Angeles area through the University’s EPIC (Educational Participation In Communities) America Reads and Counts program.
Begun in 1998 to promote reading and literacy while celebrating the March 2, 1904, birthday of Dr. Seuss (the pseudonym of author Theodore Seuss Geisel), the National Education Association’s Read Across America has become a national tradition.
Photo Opportunities:
Fri., Feb. 29
Kennedy Elementary School (8:30-10 a.m.)
4010 E. Ramboz Drive, Los Angeles
Scheduled program:
Introductions and Story (Guest Reader: Dr. Anthony Ross, Vice President of Student Affairs, Cal State L.A.)
Activities:
Math with the Cat in the Hat
Wocket in my Pocket Book Marks
Take Time to Rhyme with Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss
RIF (Reading is Fundamental) Book Distribution
Ann Street Elementary (12:30-2:20 p.m.)
126 Bloom Street, Los Angeles
Scheduled program:
Introductions and Story (Guest Reader: Dr. William Wasson, Department of Sociology, Cal State L.A.)
Activities:
Run Thing One, Run Thing Two
Cindy and the Oobleck
Quote Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss
Bean Bag Toss
RIF Book Distribution
Fri., Mar. 7
Hammel Elementary School (8-11:30 a.m.)
438 N. Brannick Avenue, Los Angeles
Scheduled program:
Introductions and Story
Activities:
ABC Mix Up
Hot Potato Read Around
Sandra and the Oobleck
Math Puzzleath Puzzle
RIF Book Distribution
99th Street School (12:45-2 p.m.)
9900 S. Wadsworth Street, Los Angeles
Scheduled program:
Introductions and Story
Activities:
Yertle the Turtle Word Families
Seuss I Spy
RIF Book Distribution
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