In this fantastical world of Dr. Seuss, young Gerald McGrew visits the zoo and decides that the normal zoo animals aren't as exciting as the animals that live in his head. He plans out his zoo, McGrew Zoo is filled with animals such as, Iota and Obsk and Tufted Mazurka. His imagination grows wild with his own zoo animals.
This is a great book to read to your class. It's fun and entertaining and the children will love it! I would use this during a thematic unit for a study on animals.
South Carolina State Standard
Standard K-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of organisms. (Life Science)
K-2.2 Identify examples of organisms and nonliving things.
In my classroom, we would do a shared reading of If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, then we would discuss the kinds of animals we would put in our own zoo. The students would cut animal pictures out of magazines and glue them to a piece of paper, then glue bars over the animals that resembles a zoo. Talk about the animals chosen and the things you would need to take care of the animals.
Websites
http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780394800813
www.scholastic.com
www.teachingheart.com
Here is a sweet video from YouTube.
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