Jellybeans Up Your Nose

Jellybeans Up Your Nose, by Jeff Moss, prompts a discussion of responsible and irresponsible behaviors. After reading and discussing the poem, groups of fifth graders examine a Dr. Seuss-ism, from Geisel’s Seuss-isms, and report back to the class about the kind of responsibility (personal responsibility, environmental responsibility, etc.) of which their Seuss-ism is an example and the consequences of ignoring that responsibility.