Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Early Childhood
After reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, draw your own fish patterns with different colors or sizes of fish!
Upper Elementary
In one of his most popular books, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss created the town of Whoville and the Who people. If the imaginary town of Whoville had 1,524 inhabitants at the time of Dr. Seuss writing the book, and gained 10 new Whos for the next 5 years. How many Whos would live in Whoville after 5 years?
Middle School
Dr. Seuss’ final book, Oh the Places You’ll Go!, was published in 1990 and sells about 300,000 copies each year. Most of the sales occur between April and June, as it is often purchased for graduation gifts. If sales continue at this rate, project how many copies of Seuss’ final book will be in circulation by the time you graduate from:Middle school:High school:College:
Featured Websites:
Early Childhood: http://mathwire.com/archives/march08.html
Upper Elementary: http://www.edhelper.com/DrSeuss_MathStories2.htm
Middle School: http://mathsolutions.com/documents/Dr.Suess_Math_Class.pdf