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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

6/8/2020

 

MBUSD schools are dismissed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance learning is in place for the remainder of the school year.

To my dear Grand View parents: During this time we are apart the classes are receiving library content from me via Zoom. Students unable to participate in the sessions are welcome to enjoy the content here. There will be a fresh posting each Monday.
Mrs. Snively Reads to You Click here to view a few videos of me reading out loud. Publishers have waived copyright restrictions during this time of social distancing.

To my library colleagues around the country: you are welcome to borrow any ideas that may work for your own students. ​

Week of June 8, 2020 - TK Presentations Have Ended

Week of June 8, 2020 - Kindergarten Presentations Have Ended

Summer Reading Entering 1st grade list

Week of June 8, 2020 - First Grade - Happily Ever After

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The Three Little Gators, by Helen Ketteman
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by Candin Clark.
An adaptation of the traditional folktale in which three little gators each build a house in an east Texas swamp, hoping for protection from the Big-bottomed Boar.

A Well-Mannered Young Wolf, by Jean Leroy
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by Hannibal Ferret Story Books.
Sometimes good manners can backfire, as a young wolf discovers when he goes hunting alone in the forest for the first time.

Woolbur, by Leslie Helakoski 
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by SunaSi.
Though sheep are famous for following the flock, Woolbur is one sheep who knows how to think for himself and make his own lifestyle choices. "Isn't that great!"
Summer Reading Entering 2nd grade list

Week of June 8, 2020 - Second Grade
Helping Others and Seeing from Another's Point of View

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Snail Crossing, by Corey R. Tabor
Snail is determined to cross a busy road to nibble cabbage. When disappointment sets in Snail receives a helping hand, proving one good turn deserves another.
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by Cara Williams.
Video Click here to enjoy a classic Sesame Street animation about size and perspective.
Activity Click here to see a video demonstration of how to make a rocking snail out of paper.
Summer Reading Entering 3rd grade list

Week of June 8, 2020 - Third Grade
Empathy Leads to Kindness and Understanding

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Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse, by Marcy Campbell
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by Deidre Pool.
A young girl learns that sometimes it is more important to be kind than to be correct.

Nothing Rhymes with Orange, by Adam Rex
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by ABC Read to ME.
All the fruits gather together to enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything... until Apple invents a new word.

Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy, by Drew Daywalt
Video Click here for a read-aloud presented by Mr. Bridgeman.
Roderick will think of any excuse not to go to bed at night, so his parents get him a goodnight buddy to help him sleep. But Sleepy is a wide-awake, talkative, bedtime resister himself.
Summer Reading Entering 4th grade list

Week of June 8, 2020 - Fourth Grade Presentations Have Ended

Summer Reading Entering 5th grade list

Week of June 8, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Your Deep Doodles

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Video For an introduction to the topic watch What Do Your Doodles Say About You?
Your Deep Doodles 
What do your doodles reveal about your character and your personality? Students will draw a few doodles and find out what they may represent. 
Manhattan Beach Middle School eBooks Current MBUSD 5th graders are now able to check out eBooks using the MBMS digital library interface. Note: the interface may be down a short while in June for patron maintenance. 
1. Visit the school website mbmswaves.com.
2. Under the Our School tab select Library from the drop-down menu.
3  Click the OverDrive link.
4. Log in with your MBUSD student number. No password is needed.
5. A maximum of two items may be borrowed and will be automatically returned.
Questions? Email MBMS Library Resource Specialist Cory O'Meara at comeara@mbusd.org.
Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading At least three books from this list are required.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/23/2020

 

As of March 16, 2020, MBUSD schools are dismissed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance learning is in place until further notice.

​To my dear Grand View parents: During this time we are apart, please enjoy these stories with your children. They are what I would have presented, with modifications for the new normal of distance learning. There will be a fresh posting each Monday.
To my library colleagues around the country: you are welcome to borrow any ideas that may work for your own students. 

Week of March 23, 2020 - TK and Kindergarten - The Alphabet

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A Busy Creature's Day Eating! by Mo Willems
A raucous creature eats everything in sight from A to Z.
Video See and hear this book read aloud by Mike Golczynski on Mr. Mike's Storytime Bonanza from the Ionia Community Library. The reader is off camera, and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Activity Download and print pages to make your own ABC book from easypeasyandfun.com.
More Mo Did you know Mo Willems will doodle with you? Click here for doodle fun with Mo.

Week of March 23, 2020 - First Grade
Bedtime, or Anytime, Reading Together Makes Us Feel Better

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Good Night, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas
A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.
Video See and hear this book read by Grandma at MaynStreetLife.
Get Well, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas

A good knight does his best to help his three ill dragon friends with a wizard's soups, but when these fail miserably, the knight realizes he needs a more dependable source of aid.
Video See and hear this book read by Shauna Patek.

​Week of March 23, 2020 - Second Grade
A Playful Connection to Dinosaur Research Project

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Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads, by Bob Shea Sheriff Ryan might only be seven years old, and he might not know much about roping. But he knows a lot about dinosaurs. And it turns out that knowing a thing or two about paleontology can come in handy when it comes to hoodwinking and rounding up a few no-good bandits.
Pre-read discussion Front load some of the vocabulary with this guide found at teachingbooks.net provided by Macmillan.

Video See and hear this story read by Dustin Steichmann for AHEV Library. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Activity Extend the reading experience with this guide found at teachingbooks.net provided by Macmillan.

Week of March 23, 2020 - Third Grade - Women's History Month

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, by Laurie Wallmark
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Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was fascinated by numbers as a child and is considered by many to be the mother of computer programming. In 1953, more than a century after her death, her notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine were republished. The engine has now been recognized as an early model for a computer and her notes as a description of a computer and software. ​
Video See the story presented by author Laurie Wallmark at Talks by Google. The author reads the story and asks thought-provoking questions.
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Margaret and the Moon, by Dean Robbins Margaret Hamilton (1936-    ) loves mathematics; in fact, she loves knowing about everything, and she wonders, "Why didn't more girls grow up to be doctors? Or scientists? Or anything else they wanted?" Computers are still brand-new in the 1950s and '60s, so when Margaret discovers them, she experiments to figure out what they might do: simple mathematics, tracking airplanes, predicting the weather. As the director of software programming for an MIT laboratory working for NASA, she helps Apollo 8 orbit the moon and Apollo 10 get within 9 miles of the moon's surface. When Apollo 11 runs into problems, Margaret and her computer codes get them out of trouble and onto the moon.
Video See and hear this story read by Rebecca Knowles at Rebecca Reads. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.

Week of March 23, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Women's History Month

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Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? by Tanya Lee Stone
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Describes the opposition Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women. Blackwell was rejected by 28 medical schools before being accepted to Geneva College (now Hobart College) in New York. She was the first woman in the United States (1849) to earn a medical degree.
Pre-read discussion Parent and child can each tell about something they wanted to do, but were told that they could not. Why did you want to do it? How did it feel to be denied the opportunity?
​Video See and hear this story read by NC Bookgirl Colleen Yarnell
. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Activity To enrich and deepen the understanding of the material, try these discussion questions found at teachingbooks.net.

Week of March 23, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Women's History Month

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I Dissent, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark, by Debbie Levy
A picture book portrait of the celebrated Supreme Court justice traces her achievements through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment and human rights injustice. In celebration of her 86th birthday on March 15, 2019, fans "planked like Ruth."
Video See and hear this story read by the Children's Librarian at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
Activity Extend the reading experience with this curriculum guide provided by Simon & Schuster.

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