The Sneetches

Our theme for the week was "We Are Alike, We Are Different." We've learned all about Dr. Martin Luther King, and how he taught that all people are equal, and need to be treated fairly. We read non-fiction stories about Dr. King and his work, and at the end of the week, we read a fictional story on the same topic, Dr. Seuss's book, The Sneetches. 

Then we pretended to be star-belly or plain-belly Sneetches, and act out the story! It was a lot of fun, and before we were finished, the star-belly and plain-belly Sneetches were all mixed up, just like in the story!

Here are the star-belly Sneetches having a frankfurter party!

This plain-belly Sneetch is going through the "Star On" machine, to get a star for her belly!

Everyone wants to pay money to go in the "Star On" machine!

Now the star-belly Sneetches want to go through the "Star Off" machine, so that they can still be the "best" kind of Sneetch on the beaches.

"Ah...which group was I in, anyway?"

"Step right up, pay me your money! And I'm raising my prices!" said Sylvester McMonkey McBean.

"We're running out of money!"

And, when every last cent of their money was spent, the Fix-It-Up Chappie packed up and he went. And he laughed as he drove in his car up the beach, "They never will learn. No. You can't teach a Sneetch."

But McBean was quite wrong. I'm quite happy to say, that the Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches, and no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars, and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.