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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.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week-to-Week by Grade Level

1/27/2020

 

Week of January 27, 2020
Hero in the Hallway Kindness Nominations Continue

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Hero in the Hallway Kindness Nominations When we perform acts of kindness, we can make the world into the better place that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned. Students, teachers, and staff are invited to be on the look out for everyday heroes in the hallway performing kindnesses large and small and nominate them for recognition at the Kindness Assembly on February 5th. The nomination forms and collection box are in the library.

Week of January 27, 2020 - Youth Media Awards Announced 

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American Library Association Youth Media Awards
Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.
Time and Place
The 2020 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at 8 a.m. ET from the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia. Fans can follow the action live at 
http://ala.unikron.com.

​Week of January 27, 2020 - TK - Penguins

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Video Penguin Cam Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Sergio Makes a Splash, by Edel Rodriguez
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Even though he loves water, Sergio the penguin is afraid to swim in the deep water until he learns how.

Activity Penguins coloring sheet

Week of January 27, 2020 - Kindergarten - Penguins

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Penguins ABC, by Kevin Schaefer
Bright, bold photographs depict adorable penguins diving, jumping, and waddling through the ABCs.
Video Penguin Cam Discovery Education Streaming Video 
(password protected)

The Emperor's Egg, by Martin Jenkins
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Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.

Activity Penguins coloring sheet

Week of January 27, 2020 - First Grade - Groundhog Day

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Video History of Groundhog Day Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected) Find out the story behind Punxsutawney Phil and the history of Groundhog Day.
Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox, by Susan Blackaby
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Brownie is waiting for spring and meets a fox... will Brownie be able to talk her way out of becoming a mid-winter snack?
Activity 
Groundhog Coloring Sheet
At-Home Activity Ground Hog Pudding Cups Turn pudding, cookies, and simple trimmings into the cutest treat ever! 

​Week of January 27, 2020 - Second Grade - Dinosaurs

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Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? by Julie Middleton
During a trip to the museum Dave keeps trying to get his dad's attention. The dinosaurs around him are springing to life!

What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol Carrick
Patrick imagines that at one time dinosaurs were great friends of people and were responsible for building the world we enjoy today.

Video United Kingdom: Birds Related to Dinosaurs Discovery Education (password protected) Scientists study the link between modern birds and dinosaurs.
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, by Bob Shea
Roaar! Roaaaar! Nothing can stop him!
How to Be a T Rex, by Ryan North
Sal decides she is not going to be a teacher or doctor or lawyer when she grows up --she is going to be an awesome Tyrannosaurus rex.
Activity Draw Bob Shea's dinosaur (hint: start with a sideways rounded heart shape)

Week of January 27, 2020 - Third Grade
​Curriculum Connection - Ballona Wetlands Field Trip

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Website Ballona Wetlands 
Heron Street, by Ann Turner
Over the centuries as people settle near the marsh by the sea, herons and other animals are displaced.
Secret Place, by Eve Bunting
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A boy learns that the city with all its concrete and noise can also be a home for wildlife when he sees egrets, cinnamon teals, and mallard families nesting in a secret place between two walls.

Week of January 27, 2020 - Fourth and Fifth Grade
California Young Reader Medal - Picture Book for Older Readers

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California Young Reader Medal About 
Malala's Magic Pencil, by Malala Yousafzai
This picture book by history's youngest Nobel Prize laureate describes how as a child in Pakistan (born 1997) she wished for a magic pencil to make others happy and to make her home cleaner and safer. In her young lifetime she has already experienced devastating changes to her country, which has been transformed into a hotbed of terrorism. Malala now lives in Birmingham, England and devotes her life to the good of the people her belief that all girls everywhere deserve an education.
​Video A brief interview with Malala in her hometown in 2018.
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