A day to read aloud
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In honor of the 13th annual Read Across America event, thousands of retired teachers and California Teachers Association leaders joined classroom teachers in reading aloud from their favorite books to elementary students across the state. Many were reading from Dr. Seuss books, since today’s celebration of the art of reading aloud coincides with author Theordore Geisel’s birthday.
In Los Angeles, CTA Vice President Dean Vogel and noted L.A. chef Paul McCullough read this year’s featured book for state events, “Armadilly Chili.” At my wife’s school in San Jose Unified, a half-dozen retired teachers shared books with kids. It was a great event.
Reading Dr. Seuss was a good prologue