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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/4/2020

 

MBUSD schools are dismissed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance learning is in place for the rest 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 May 4, 2020 - TK - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week The world of Mo Willems is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
That Is NOT a Good Idea!
 by Mo Willems
A plump mama goose is invited to dinner by a hungry fox while her babies warn that it is a bad idea.
Video Click here for a read-aloud from BookToons.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Kindergarten - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This mystery is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
​There are No Bears in This Bakery, by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Muffin the cat investigates a suspicious noise at the Little Bear Bakery where a cub with a growling tummy has consumed all the yummy goods.
Video Click here for a read-aloud from SnuggleBug StoryTime.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

​Week of May 4, 2020 - First Grade - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This book about bravery is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken, by Douglas Rees
The planet's first prehistoric chicken, Edna, confronts a stomping, hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex who scares away the other dinosaurs but is startled by Edna's mighty beak and bravely flapping wings.
Video Click here for a read-aloud with the author on Wee Share Stories, San Jose Public Library.
Video Click here for a Laughing Rooster Contest on The Kid Should See This.

Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Second Grade - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This book about honesty is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Betty Bunny Didn't Do It, by Michael B. Kaplan
When Betty Bunny breaks a lamp, she blames it on the Tooth Fairy. “Is that the honest truth?” her mom asks. “It's an honest lie,” Betty Bunny replies proudly. Honest lies, white lies, crying wolf – how can a little bunny keep track of the right thing to do?
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Cara Niemeyer.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Third Grade - Children's Book Week
Curriculum Connection: Writing Fairy Tales

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Children's Book Week These fairy tales are exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Elements of Fairy Tales Readwritethink.org
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, by Kevin O'Malley
Videos Before reading the story, set the mood with We Are Princesses and The Biker.
Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up a muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Carin Barwick.
Waking Beauty, by Leah Wilcox
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Prince Charming tries all sorts of silly ways to wake Sleeping Beauty before he learns how he is really supposed to wake her up.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Mrs. Nottoli.
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Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Children's Book Week
​Curriculum Connection: Parody as Literary Device

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Children's Book Week These stories are exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Definition of Parody literarydevices.com 
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein

A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of receiving anything in return.
Online Access Click here to read the book on Epic
The Taking Tree, by Shrill Travesty
A selfish little boy takes advantage of a long-suffering tree who finally gives him just what he deserves in this parody of The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Read Roam Love.
Video Click here for The Tree's Revenge, a brief animated parody

Video Eat It Weird Al Yankovic's music video parody of Michael Jackson's Beat It.
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Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This picture book biography is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Girl Running : Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon, by Annette Bay Pimentel
An uplifting account of the achievements of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon describes how as a girl, Bobbi Gibb was not allowed to participate in sports at school and was subsequently barred from the 1966 Boston Marathon, compelling her to prove that women are just as capable as men.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by rkspiro.
Video Click here for a 2016 interview with Bobbi Gibb.
Update Although today about half of the race participants are women, there is just one sculpture of a female runner along the race route. It is sculpted by Bobbi Gibb, modeled after herself, and was installed in 2019.
COVID-19 Update Originally scheduled for April 20, the 2020 Boston Marathon has been rescheduled for September 14.
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