Jeremie De Leon - ILA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #4

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Jeremie De Leon

ILA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #4



Seussville (https://www.seussville.com/) is a website dedicated to Dr. Seuss and all his works. The website is catered to students from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade. This does not mean that high school students should not visit this website. They can still benefit from the reading and writing activities the website provides. The main website provides information on Dr. Seuss books as well as the characters found in them like Horton, the Grinch, and the Lorax to name a few. It also provides external links to experiences like theme parks, museums, and musicals.

The most beneficial features of the website are the tabs for parents and educators. It is easy to navigate to and once you click on the tab, you will be able to see every resource the website has to offer. The best thing is that all the resources provided are free and there is no need to sign up for anything to access them. In the parents’ section, the website provides activities, crafts, and printables that go great with any Dr. Seuss books. This means that children can have fun while they practice their literacy skills. The activities provide descriptive explanations on how parents can conduct them with their children like making nonfiction interesting and fun. The website also provides informative guides to help parents like giving tips for reading with their children.

The educators’ section has just as many resources like the parents’ section. One of the useful resources the website provides are the lesson plans that cater to specific literacy skills like retelling, implicit vs. explicit, and P.O.V. to name some. Educators can also access guides on how to organize events like Earth Day for both in the classroom or the whole school. The printables provided are simple to understand. One of my favorite printable/activity form the website is the Oh! The Places You’ll Go! activity. The resource can be used as a lesson to teach growth mindset and the writing activities are both fun and meaningful. The prompts offer students a meaningful way to think about their future. It may seem like the activity is for elementary students, but middle and high school students can still greatly benefit from it.

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